Solving Percents Word Problems

12 is what percent of 30?

• 0.40

• 40

• 3.6

• 36

What is 33% of 50?

• 16

• 16.3

• 17.4

• 16.5

Write 1/8 as a percent. 

• 0.125%

• 1.8%

• 12.5%

• 125%

What is 125% of 84 ?

• 105

• 188.5

• 473.4

• 356.7

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

Solving percent proportion word problems: The price of a computer is $800, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price of the computer?

• $700

• $500

• $1000

• $600

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

• 150

• 100

• 250

• 200

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

• 25

• 30

• 40

• 20