Percentage of an Amount: Word Problems - Exercise 3d

The distance from Leeds to Bath is 220 miles. Noah has travelled 40% of the distance. How far has Noah travelled?

• 88 miles

• 132 miles

• 220 miles

• 40 miles

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Grace has 60 cakes. She sells 35% of the cakes. How many cakes does she have left?

• 21 cakes

• 39 cakes

• 40 cakes

• 45 cakes

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Elijah and Max are shooting arrows. Elijah shoots 60 arrows and hits the target with 65% of his shots. Max shoots 80 arrows and hits the target with 55% of his shots. Who hits the target the most times, and by how many?

• Elijah hits the target 5more times than Max.

• Max hits the target 3 more times than Elijah.

• Elijah and Max hit the target the same number of times.

• Elijah hits the target 1 more time than Max.

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A bag contains 240 counters. 45% of the counters are blue. 20% of the counters are white. The rest of the counters are grey. Work out how many grey counters there are.

• 96 grey counters

• 84 grey counters

• 108 grey counters

• 120 grey counters

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A flag is in the shape of a rectangle 90cm by 60cm. 30% of the flag is coloured red and the rest is coloured blue. Work out the area of the flag that is coloured blue.

• 3780 cm²

• 1620 cm²

• 5400 cm²

• 2430 cm²

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CCSS.6.G.A.1

A car salesman earns 3% commission on each car he sells. He sells 4 cars priced at £8500, £10,500, £12,000 and £12,500. What is the total commission earned for these car sales?

• £1,275

• £1,350

• £1,425

• £1,305

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

A sports team has played 20 games and won 12 of them. The team has 10 more games to play. How many more wins does the team need to have won 60% of all their games?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

For a show, 350 tickets are sold. 50 of the tickets are premium tickets and the rest are standard tickets. 25% of the standard tickets are sold with a discount. How many standard tickets are sold without a discount?

• 225

• 200

• 150

• 250

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CCSS.7.EE.B.3

In an exam, Paper 1 has 50 marks and Paper 2 has 80 marks. Ruby scores 78% in Paper 1 and 65% in Paper 2. How many marks does Ruby score overall?

• 78.5 marks

• 82 marks

• 91 marks

• 101 marks

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

In an exam, Paper 1 has 40 marks and Paper 2 has 80 marks. Harrison scores 70% in Paper 1. How many marks does Harrison need to score in Paper 2 to get 60% overall?

• 44 marks

• 50 marks

• 52 marks

• 54 marks

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C