Solving Percents Word Problems

Everyone at Ethan's school wore either brown or yellow for school spirit day. 74 out of the 100 students at the school wore brown. What percentage of the students wore brown?

• 26%

• 26

• 74

• 74%

Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am that he could fix. He

bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200.

What did he pay for the car? (Round to nearest dollar)

• $4680

• $4000

• $4500

• $1

26 is 5% of what number?

• 3

• 5

• 25.95

• 520

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answers correctly?

• 25 problems

• 16 problems

• 18 problems

• 9 problems

Solving word problems involving percentages: If 20% of a number is 16, what is 40% of that number?

• 32

• 12

• 8

• 24

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%

A shirt originally costs $40. If it is on sale for 25% off, how much does the shirt cost now?

• $10

• $30

• $35

• $25

There are 40 students in a class and 30% of these students passed their history test. What number of these students passed the test? What part of the percent proportion are you missing? (What is this question asking you to find?)

• Percent

• Part

• Whole

Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?

• $3,000

• $12

• $15

• $1,920

At a sale, shirts were sold for $15 each. This price was 80% of their original price. What was the original price?

• $12

• $16

• $18.75

• $23.12