Mastering Percentages: Real-Life Applications for 5th Graders

A store is having a sale where 25% off is applied to all items. If a shirt costs $40, how much will you save on the shirt?

• $20

• $5

• $15

• $10

In a class of 30 students, 60% of them are girls. How many girls are in the class?

• 12

• 18

• 24

• 15

A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour, but you only want to use 75% of that amount. How many cups of flour will you use?

• 1 cup

• 2.5 cups

• 3 cups

• 1.5 cups

If a book has 200 pages and you have read 40% of it, how many pages have you read?

• 100 pages

• 120 pages

• 60 pages

• 80 pages

A school has 120 students, and 1/4 of them are in the band. How many students are in the band?

• 30

• 20

• 40

• 50

During a fundraiser, 30% of the total money raised was from bake sales. If the total amount raised was $500, how much money came from bake sales?

• $250

• $150

• $200

• $100

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If you eat 3 slices, what percentage of the pizza have you eaten?

• 12.5%

• 50%

• 37.5%

• 25%

In a garden, 50% of the plants are flowers. If there are 20 plants in total, how many are flowers?

• 10

• 25

• 15

• 5

A movie theater has 150 seats, and 2/5 of them are filled. How many seats are filled?

• 90

• 75

• 30

• 60

If a student scored 85 out of 100 on a test, what percentage did they score?

• 90%

• 75%

• 80%

• 85%