Fraction, Percent, and Decimal Word Problems

100 students took a survey 90% of the students who took the survey say they like playing basketball more than they like playing volleyball. How is 90% written as a decimal?

• 90% = .09

• 90% = .9

• 90% = 9.0

• 90% = 90.0

In Ms. Varner's class 8 out of 25 students are boys. What percentage of the class are GIRLS?

• 32%

• 17%

• 68%

• 8%

POMS records show that 44% of his students bring their own lunch to school. What decimal and fraction represents the students who do NOT bring their lunches to school?

• .044 and 11/25

• .056 and 14/25

• .44 and 11/25

• .56 and 14/25

If I ate 34% of my pizza, what fraction represents the amount of pizza that has not been eaten? Make sure to simplify

• 17/50

• 66/100

• 34/100

• 33/50

Which shows 0.07 as a percent ?

• 70%

• 7%

• 0.7%

• 0.07%

Which shows the decimal and percent for 7/8 ?

• 0.875 and 875%

• 0.875 and 8.75%

• 0.875 and 87.5%

• 0.875 and .875%

A restaurant offered cooking classes on 24 of the 30 days in November. What decimal is equivalent to the fraction of days in November?

• .8

• 1.25

• .25

• .2

On Wednesday, 72% of the customers who bought gas made an additional purchase. There were 250 customers who bought gas. How many of the 250 customers made an additional purchase?

• 180

• 18

• 178

• 72

Yesterday 170 guest at a hotel called for food, and 255 guests did not call for food. What percent of the guests at the hotel called for food?

• 60%

• 15%

• 40%

• 85%

A store offered a 20% discount off the regular price of shoes. The amount of the discount is $3. What is the regular price of the shoes?

• $15

• $6

• $9

• $18