Decimals Fractions Percents Word Problems

In a survey of middle school students, one out of five students preferred pizza for lunch. What is this result as a percent?

• 80%

• 10%

• 20%

• 50%

• 0.375

• 3.8

• 3.75

• 2.67

When James was buying a boat, he gave 5.5% as a down payment. What is this number in the form of a decimal?

• 5.5

• 550

• 0.55

• 0.055

Sixteen friends went ice skating. Ten of them needed to rent skates and the rest of them had their own. What decimal represents the friends who rented skates?

• 1.6

• 0.6

• 0.625

• 0.63

• 3.33

• 0.33

• 0.3

• 3.3

In a store-closing sale, a department store offers 50% discount on the original prices. What is the fractional discount?

• 1/4

• 3/8

• 1/2

• 2/5

Reed has read 12 pages of the 20-page reading assignment. What percent of the assignment has Reed read?

• 60%

• 25%

• 75%

• 33 1/3%

On a math test, Dante answered 16 questions correctly out of 25. What percent of the questions did he NOT answer correctly?

• 64%

• 25%

• 16%

• 36%

Brandi had to put down a deposit of 3/20 of the value of her new condominium. Express the deposit as a percent.

• 3%

• 15%

• 30%

• 73%

Marvin's rent is 25% of his earnings. What fraction of Marvin's earning is paid towards her rent?

• 7/20

• 3/4

• 4/5

• 1/4