Percentage Calculations and Word Problems

This lesson covers fluency with percents through various problems, including model cars, student heights, tip calculations, and more. Students learn to convert between fractions and percents, solve real-world problems, and understand percent increases and decreases.

If Corey has 80 model cars, which is 25% more than Everett, how many cars does Everett have?

• 60

• 64

• 75

• 70

What percentage of students in Jesse's class are 60 inches or taller if there are 20 students in total?

• 50%

• 60%

• 75%

• 80%

Bobby wants to leave a 15% tip on an $18 bill. How much should the tip be?

• $3.20

• $3.00

• $2.50

• $2.70

Express 9 hours as a percentage of 3 days.

• 15%

• 12.5%

• 10%

• 20%

Richard's dinner break is 75% through his 16-hour shift. What time is his break if he starts at 11 a.m.?

• 11 p.m.

• 10 p.m.

• 9 p.m.

• 12 a.m.

If 370 fans cheer for School A and 555 for School B, what percentage of School B's fans are School A's fans?

• 50%

• 70%

• 66.7%

• 60%

Rectangle B has the same area as Rectangle A but a width that is 62.5% of A's width. If A's width is 8 cm, what is B's width?

• 5 cm

• 4 cm

• 7 cm

• 6 cm

A plant grows from 40 inches to 48 inches in a week. What is the percentage increase in height?

• 20%

• 15%

• 25%

• 30%

Lorain needs 480 signatures but gets 672, which is 40% more than needed. How many signatures did she need?

• 500

• 480

• 520

• 540

If a rectangle's length is 160% of another rectangle's length, and the first rectangle is 16 cm long, how long is the second rectangle?

• 20.6 cm

• 30.6 cm

• 35.6 cm

• 25.6 cm