Equivalent Values and Percentages

Andrew got 9 out of 12 questions correct on a math test. What percentage is equivalent to the fraction of

questions he got incorrect on the test?

• 20%
• 25%
• 50%
• 33%

Mario spends 52% of his monthly budget on housing. What fraction of Mario’s budget is spent on housing?

• 1/2
• 3/5
• 13/25
• 2/3

Yesterday at the school cafeteria 150 students ate school lunch and 350 students brought lunch from

home. (a)   percentage of students brought lunch from home yesterday.

• 60%
• 80%
• 50%
• 70%

Sara met her exercise goal on 18 out of 30 days in November. The decimal equivalent to the fraction of days that Sara met her goal is (a)  

• 0.8
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.5

Isaac saw a video game on sale for a 25% discount. The amount of the discount is $4.00. What is the

regular price of the video game?

• $16.00

• $12.00
• $20.00
• $8.00

Fifty-four members of the marching band are in 12th grade. If there are 200 members in the marching

band, what percentage of the members are in 12th grade?

• 50%
• 20%
• 35%
• 27%

A nutritionist met with 60 clients last week. Out of the clients she met with, 55% of them were over the age of 50. How many clients over 50 did the nutritionist meet with last week?

• 33
• 40
• 25
• 50

During her dinner shift, Kayla made 20% of her total sales in tips at her restaurant job. She made $140 in

tips. What were Kayla’s total sales for the dinner shift?

• 800
• 500
• 700
• 600

Jay gave a survey to students at his school about their favorite holidays. The results showed that 35% of students said the 4th of July was their favorite holiday. There was a total of 680 students who took the survey. Based on this information, how many students said the 4th of July was their favorite holiday?

• 300
• 400
• 150
• 238

Mrs. Morris was collecting permission forms for the 6th grade field trip. So far, 108 students have returned their signed permission forms, and 42 students have not returned their permission forms. What percentage of 6th grade students have returned their signed permission forms?

• 60%
• 80%
• 50%
• 72%