Finding Percent of a Number Word Problems

Solving percent proportion word problems: A shirt that originally cost $40 is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price of the shirt?

• $35

• $25

• $30

• $45

Using percent proportions to solve real-life problems: If a car originally cost $20,000 and is now selling for 15% off, what is the sale price of the car?

• $18,500

• $17,000

• $16,000

• $19,500

Using percent proportions to solve real-life problems: If you scored 85% on a test with 50 questions, how many questions did you answer correctly?

• 40

• 30

• 45

• 43

Finding the percent of a number: What is 15% of 200?

• 25

• 30

• 40

• 20

The hockey team won 63 out of the 84 games it played this year. What percent of the games did the team win?

• 30%

• 67%

• 75%

• 80%

You are downloading a program onto your computer that is 85 megabytes. As you are working, you notice that only 60% of the program has been downloaded so far. How many megabytes of the program have been downloaded so far?

• 48 megabytes

• 51 megabytes

• 54 megabytes

• 56 megabytes

Dr. Hall files 320 insurance claims every month. If 5% of those claims are rejected, how many claims are rejected? 

• 15

• 64

• 16

• 56

In a survey of 350 adults, 10% knew how to ride a hover board. How many adults knew how to ride the hover board?

• 35 adults

• 300 adults

• 100 adults

• 45 adults

While mining, Jason found a large metal bar that weighed 40 ponds. Jason was also able to determine that the bar contained 30% gold. How many pounds of gold are in the metal bar? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 10 pounds

• 11 pounds

• 12 pounds

• 13 pounds

In a graduation class of 200 students, 20% of students do not know how to drive. How many students KNOW how to drive? ** READ CAREFULLY and there is an extra step.***

• 40 students

• 100 students

• 160 students

• 50 students