Fractions to Percentages: Fun Word Problems for 5th Grade

If 3/4 of a pizza is left and you want to find out what percentage that is, what is the percentage of the pizza left?

• 50%

• 25%

• 75%

• 100%

A class has 20 students, and 1/5 of them are absent. How many students are absent in percentage?

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

• 15%

If you scored 18 out of 24 on a test, what fraction of the test did you pass, and what percentage is that?

• 1/2 and 50%

• 2/3 and 66.67%

• 4/5 and 80%

• 3/4 and 75%

A recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar. If you want to make it a percentage of the total ingredients, what percentage does the sugar represent if the total is 3 cups?

• 33.33%

• 10%

• 50%

• 22.22%

You read 4/10 of a book. What fraction is equivalent to this, and what percentage of the book have you read?

• 2/5 and 40%

• 3/10 and 30%

• 1/2 and 50%

• 4/5 and 80%

In a survey, 7 out of 25 people prefer chocolate ice cream. What fraction of the people prefer chocolate, and what percentage is that?

• 7/25 and 28%

• 5/25 and 20%

• 10/25 and 40%

• 3/25 and 12%

A garden has 5/8 of its area planted with flowers. What percentage of the garden is planted with flowers?

• 50%

• 75%

• 80%

• 62.5%

If a student answered 15 out of 30 questions correctly, what fraction of the questions did they answer correctly, and what is that as a percentage?

• 3/4 and 75%

• 1/2 and 50%

• 1/3 and 33%

• 2/3 and 66%

A store is having a sale where 1/4 of the items are discounted. If there are 80 items in total, how many items are discounted in percentage?

• 50%

• 25%

• 75%

• 10%

You have a ribbon that is 9/12 of a yard long. What is the equivalent fraction in simplest form, and what percentage of a yard is that?

• 2/3 and 66.67%

• 1/2 and 50%

• 5/6 and 83.33%

• 3/4 and 75%