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Percents Quiz 6th Grade

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A customer at a restaurant spends $78 on food. If the customer leaves a $7.02 tip what percent of $78 is that?

a)

18%

b)

9%

c)

$479

d)

8%

2.

If a student named Eli gets a 97% on a 6 question quiz how many questions did he get correct?

a)

5.47

b)

4

c)

4.29484189

d)

5.82

3.

Write an equation to solve.

60% of 12 is what number?

a)

12 x Unknown = 0.60

b)

Unknown x 0.60 = 12

c)

0.60 x 12 = Unknown

d)

None of the above

4.

Mrs. Patten buys 28 Starbucks gift cards for her class. There are 32 people in Mrs. Patten's class. What percentage of the class got gift cards?

a)

About 87 percent.

b)

Around 93 percent.

c)

Exactly 78.313 percent.

d)

About 96 percent

5.

There are 12 people in the class.

If the teacher asks for happy faces and 9 people give happy faces what percent of the class did not give happy faces.

a)

0.25

b)

75%

c)

0.75

d)

25%

6.

A question on Cup's math test is 12 is 60% of what number?

Cup has written down an equation to solve:

12 = 0.60 x Unknown

What must Cup do to figure out the unknown?

a)

Divide both 0.60 and 12 by 12 and have the twelves cancel out

b)

Multiply 0.60 by 12

c)

Divide both 12 and 0.60 by 0.60 and have the sixty-hundredths cancel out

d)

All of the above

7.

Katelin eats 3 jars of Nutella

If there are 5 jars of Nutella what percent, as a decimal, did Katelin eat?

a)

64%

b)

0.60

c)

0.64

d)

60%

8.

If John writes in his journal about 3 hours of the 24 hours of his day what percent of his day did he not write about?

a)

0.875

b)

0.125

c)

12.5%

d)

87.5%

9.

If your family ate 7 of those apples what percent, as a decimal, did they not eat?

a)

0.07

b)

7%

c)

0.93

d)

93%

10.

(Multiple select)

Write an equation to solve. Then solve.

72 is 8% of what number?

What steps must you take to solve this.

a)

Write an equation to solve: 72 = 8% (or 0.8) x Unknown

b)

Write an equation to solve: 72 x Unknown = 8% (or 0.8)

c)

Divide 72 and 0.8 by 72.

d)

Divide 72 and 0.8 by 0.8

e)

Have 0.8 and 0.8 cross out so you are left with 72 divided by 0.8. Then divide and get answer.

11.

A dress costs $46.51. If the dress has a tag that says 25% off how much does the dress cost now?

a)

$46.51

b)

$0.72

c)

$11.62

12.

Simon gets yeeted a total of 500 miles. If Simon traveled 23% of a country how many miles long is the country?

(Hint: 500 = 23% of what number?

Now write an equation to solve)

a)

2343

b)

9181

c)

2174

d)

2530

13.

There are 1000 books in the library. If one day 10% of the books are checked out how many books are checked out

a)

91

b)

144

c)

102

d)

10 to the second power

14.

The Mississippi River is at longest 11 miles long. A person canoes 6 miles across the river. What percent of the river did they canoe?

a)

54%

b)

78%

c)

54.8%

d)

12%

15.

A question on a quiz is: 48 is 60% of what number?

In this question what is the known and unknown.

a)

The known is 48 and 60% and the unknown is 0.60

b)

The known is 48 and 60% and the unknown is 31

c)

The known is the part and percentage and the unknown is the whole.

d)

None of the above