Percents Proportion Word Problems

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

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 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

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

A painter has finished painting 45% of a really long fence. If she has painted 90 feet so far, how long is the entire fence?

• 45 feet

• 200 Feet

• 90 Feet

• 240 Feet

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

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%

20% of the students in Mr. Royal's classroom are 12 years old.  If there are 25 students in the classroom, how many students are 12 years old? 

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What is 15% of 60?

• 9

• 10

• 8

• 15

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

• 25

• 30

• 40

• 20

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

• 150

• 100

• 250

• 200