Percents Decimals Fractions Word Problems

Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents: Convert 0.75 to a fraction and a percent.

• 2/5, 50%

• 3/4, 75%

• 4/5, 80%

• 1/3, 25%

Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents: Convert 45% to a fraction and a decimal.

• 4/9, 0.54

• 3/8, 0.63

• 9/20, 0.45

• 5/11, 0.41

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

Finding the percent of a number: If 40 is 20% of a number, what is the number?

• 150

• 100

• 250

• 200

Marie spends $75 of her paycheck on clothes. She then spent 2/5 of the remaining money on books. Next, she put half of the money that was left into her savings account and spent the remaining $60 on groceries. How much was Marie's paycheck?

• $140

• $150

• $243

• $275

If a bag contains 100 marbles, and 25 of them are red, what percentage of the marbles are red?

• 25%

• 75%

• 50%

• 100%

If a laptop was originally priced at $1000 and now is 20% off, what is the new price?

• $800

• $200

• $1000

• $1200

If a shirt costs $50 and is on sale for 20% off, what is the sale price?

• $40

• $30

• $10

• $45

200 children attended the school play. Of the total attendance, 40% were boys. How many girls attended the school play?

• 800

• 180

• 80

• 120

At a sport club 40% prefer football, 30% basketball and the rest volleyball. 300 children attend this sport club. Find the number of those who prefer volleyball.

• 70

• 80

• 90

• 100