Percent Proportion STAAR

Simon and Jory worked together to put up a fence in the back yard. Together it took them 8 hours to complete. Simon was only able to help for 6 hours. What percent of the 8 hours was Simon able to help?

• 75%

• 6%

• 60%

• 34%

Books are on sale for 25% off. The discount is $4. What is the regular price of the book.

In a survey of 300 boys, 126 voted baseball as their favorite sport. What percentage of boys voted for baseball?

Natasha finished 45% of her homework. How many problems did she finish if there were 20 problems?

Out of 400 students, 36 are left-handed. What percent of these students are left-handed?

At the zoo there are 75 exotic birds. Of the 75 birds, 32% of them are male. How many of the 75 birds are male?

• 8

• 16

• 24

• 32

What percent is NOT shaded?

• 40%

• 24%

• 60%

• 16%

Customers at an ice cream shop took a survey. The results showed that 144 customers rated the shop as being “very satisfactory.” This is 45% of the total number of customers who the survey. What was the total number of customers who took the survey?

• 189

• 65

• 99

• 320

There are 90 girls and 60 boys in the 6th grade at a middle school. Of these students, 9 girls and 3 boys write left handed. What percentage of the 6th graders at this middle school write left handed?

• 10%

• 8%

• 9%

• 15%

As part of a survey, 300 girls were asked to name their favorite sport. The results showed that 12 of the girls named bowling as their favorite sport. What percentage of the girls in the survey named bowling as their favorite sport?

• 4%

• 12%

• 25%

• 0.04%