Find the Percent of a Number

At the craft store, Stanley bought a bag of yellow and purple marbles. He received 60 marbles in all. 42 of the marbles were yellow. What percentage of the marbles were yellow?

• 7%

• 18

• 70%

• .7

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs 

• 32 packs

• 40 packs 

• 40%

Ian's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 310 were in favor of the new speed limit and 190 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit? 
*HINT* You have to find the total number of votes first!! 

• 62%

• 38%

• 61%

• 310 people

A test has 20 questions. If Peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did Peter get correct?

• 4 correct

• 16 correct

• 4%

• 25 correct

24 students in a class took an algebra test. If 18 students passed the test, what percent do not pass?
*HINT* Find out how many did not pass the class before you start! 

• 25%

• 75%

• 75 students

• 24 students

There are 32 students in a class.  Nine of those students are women.  What percent are men? (Round to the Nearest Tenth)

• 71.9%

• 73.5%

• 32%

• 32.9%

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are sold?

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%

The number of people signed up for a bus trip increased from 32 to 45. What is the percent increase?

(round to the nearest whole percent)

• 52%

• 41%

• 42%

• 45%

Game Stop is having a sale on the newest game. It is normally priced at $66.64, but is on sale for $29.99. What is the percent decrease?

• 55%

• 549%

• 45%

• 222.2%