Percent Whole Word Problems

60% of the employees at a high school school work as teachers. There are a total of 420 employees. How many teachers work at the school?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A student earned a grade of 70% on a math test that had 10 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There were 36 students signed up to go on a fieldtrip. On the day of the trip, only 29 students were present. What percent of the students showed up for the field trip?

A student answered 46 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 88%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points?

• 500
• 625
• 100
• 150

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

There are 32 students in a class.  Fifteen of those students are girls. What percent are girls? Round to the nearest tenth)

• 46.9%

• 53.1%

• 47%

• 53%

There are 453 students eating lunch in the cafeteria. Of those, 308 students brought lunch from home. Which equation can be used to determine the percent of students who brought their lunch from home?

• 453 = x*308

• 308 = x*453

• x = 4.53*308

• x = 3.08*453

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A baseball team played 30 games throughout their entire season. They won 24 of them. What percentage did they win?

What part of the percent proportion are you missing?

• Part

• Whole

• Percent

David bought a car for 65% of the original price of $8500. What did he pay for the car?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Pamela bought a new jacket on sale for 30% off the original price. The original price was $45.71. What was the discount? What was the new sale price?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C