Finding the Percent Part and Whole

What percent of 50 is 20?

• 40%

• 25%

• 2.5%

• 4%

A pizza shop has 25 employees. Of these, 14 are students. What percent are students?

• 14%

• 56%

• 33%

Of the 20 people in class, 12 are male. What percent are male?

• 12%

• 60%

• 30%

Blair Walsh made 27 of the 30 field goals he attempted in one season.  What percent of the field goal attempts did he miss?

• 15%

• 90%

• 10%

• 5%

Sally got 22 questions wrong on her quiz that had 40 questions on it. What is the percentage of the questions she got wrong?

• 45%

• 55%

• 32%

• 95%

29 out of 50 is what percent ?

• 58%

• 75%

• 68%

• 96%

 Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test.  What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• 40%

• 50%

• 80%

• 60%

Caroline took a math test and got 19 out of 25 questions correct.  What percent of the questions did she answer correctly?

• 76%

• 66%

• 24%

• 54%

Out of a dozen eggs in a carton, nine had cracks! What percent had cracks?

• 75%

• 90%

• 66 ⅔%

• 60%

A student answered 8 out of 10 questions correctly on this quiz. What percent of the questions were answered correctly?

• 8%

• 810%

• 80%