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Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

15 of the students in a history class passed a History test. If these students are 75% of all the students in the class, how many students are in the history class? Round you answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

20 students

b)

11 students

c)

32 students

d)

24 students

2.

Sara decided to look at new and used vans. Sara found a used van for $30,000. A new van is $50,000, so what percent of the price of a new van does Sara pay for a used van? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%

3.

Beeny went to his local zoo where 55% of it's exhibits featured reptiles. If the zoo features 20 exhibits in total, how many of the zoo's exhibits feature reptiles? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

20 exhibits

b)

11 exhibits

c)

32 exhibits

d)

24 exhibits

4.

At a construction job for a store, 24 painters were tasked with painting the interior. These painters made up 75% of the painting crew, so how many painters in all worked on this job? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

20 painters

b)

32 painters

c)

11 painters

d)

24 painters

5.

At a local department store, dresses have been reduced to $20/ This is at 80% of the original price for dresses. Given this, what was the original price of the dresses? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

$10

b)

$15

c)

$20

d)

$25

6.

For one English test, Mary had to answer 25 questions. Of these 25 questions, Mary answered 5 of them correctly. What percent did Mary get on her English test? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%

7.

One baseball team played 15 games throughout their entire season. If this baseball team won 3 games, then what percentage of their games did they win? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

20%

b)

40%

c)

60%

d)

80%

8.

While mining, Jason found a large metal bar that weighed 40 pounds. Jason was also able to determine that the bar contained 30% gold. How many pounds of gold are in the metal bar? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

a)

10 pounds

b)

11 pounds

c)

12 pounds

d)

13 pounds

9.

You are driving and you are hungry and thirsty.On the road you find 2 doors.1 has food and 1 has water(drinkable).:Question:What door do you open first?

a)

your car door

b)

the food places door

c)

the water places door

d)

no door

10.

A girl has no sight. She lost her favorite book and her pencil, her wallet(with all of her money), some of her clothes, some cosmetics, and her purse. What did she loose first?

a)

her wallet

b)

her favorite book

c)

her pencil

d)

her sight

11.

What tastes better than it smells?

a)

face

b)

tongue

c)

mouth

d)

nose

12.

what looses its head in the morning and gets it back at night?

a)

pillow

b)

bed

c)

you

d)

praying mantis

13.

what asks but never answers?

a)

nothing

b)

an owl

c)

a fox

d)

you sometimes

14.

What can you catch but not throw

a)

a cold

b)

a baseball when your not good

c)

anything

d)

nothing

15.

What flies when it is born, lies when its alive, and runs when its dead

a)

a machine

b)

sleet

c)

a snowflake

d)

rain

16.

There is a three digit number. The second digit is four times as big as the third digit, while the first digit is three less than the second digit. What is the number?

a)

234

b)

141

c)

575

d)

267

17.

How many 9's are there between 1 and 100?

a)

10

b)

99

c)

13

d)

20

18.

What is half of two plus two?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

6

19.

Mom and dad have four daughters, and each daughter has one brother. How many people are in the family?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

4

d)

7

20.

If you are running in a race and you pass the person in second place, what place are you in?

a)

First place

b)

Second place

c)

Third place