Tackling Percent Word Problems

25% of the students in Carlyn's class are girls and there are 20 girls.

What is the total number of students in the class?

• 60
• 80
• 100
• 40

A store is offering a 15% discount on shoes, and the discount amount is $9.

What is the original price of the shoes?

• $60
• $45
• $75
• $30

Ms. Taye’s test has 25 questions, and a student answered 20% of them correctly.

How many questions did the student answer correctly?

• 5
• 3
• 15
• 10

The Atlanta Falcons football team played 20 games and won 3 of them.

What percent of the games did they lose?

• 80%
• 90%
• 75%
• 85%

Ben earns $12,800 a year and 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?

• $1,500

• $1,280

• $1,920

• $1,600

Sophia bought a new car. 

The car’s fuel tank holds 10 gallons but only has 4 gallons in it. 

What percentage of gas is in the fuel tank?

• 20%
• 40%
• 80%
• 60%