Percent Word Problems
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  • Question 1
    300 seconds
    Q. A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 30 problems.  How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?
    answer choices
    17 problems
    24 problems
    20 problems
    18 problems
  • Question 2
    300 seconds
    Q. Nancy is buying a new pair of boots. The store is having a sale and all boots are 20% off. The sales price is what percentage of the original price?
    answer choices
    20% is the discount, so 80% is the sales price
    20% is the sales price, so 80% is the discount
    The boots are on sale so who cares
    I will just pay what the cashier says and hopes that I am not cheated out of my money
  • Question 3
    300 seconds
    Q. There are 42 teachers that work in a school.  On Friday, 29 teachers were present.  What percent of the teachers showed up for work? 
    answer choices
    50%
    69%
    55%
    80%
  • Question 4
    300 seconds
    Q. There are 32 students in a class.  Nine of those students are women.  What percent are men? (Round to the Nearest Tenth)
    answer choices
    71.9%
    73.5%
    32%
    32.9%
  • Question 5
    300 seconds
    Q. Sandals are on sale for 30% off. The original price of one pair of sandals is $30. What is the new cost of sandals after the discount?
    answer choices
    $4.50
    $21.00
    $9.00
    $11.60
  • Question 6
    300 seconds
    Q. Nancy is buying a new pair of boots. The store is having a sale and all boots are 15% off. The boots that Nancy wants to purchase are $95.00. The expression that can be used to represent the discount is
    answer choices
    0.15($95.00)=discount
    0.85($95.00)=discount
    1.2($95.00)=discount
  • Question 7
    300 seconds
    Q. The ratio equation used to find percent is...
    answer choices
    part/whole = %/100
    part/whole = 100 / %
    whole/part= %/ 100
  • Question 8
    300 seconds
    Q. Last month, Karmin made $480 working for 30 hours. This month, she will get a 15% increase in the amount she earns per hour. What will be her hourly rate, in dollars per hour, after the raise? 
    answer choices
    $480
    $2.40
    $18.40
    $15.00
  • Question 9
    300 seconds
    Q. A pair of sandals costs $10.50.  There is a  7% sales tax.  What is the total cost of the sandals?
    answer choices
    $.74
    $10.50
    $12.78
    $11.24
  • Question 10
    120 seconds
    Q. Which fraction is equivalent to 0.1?
    answer choices
    1/100
    1/10
    1/1000
    1/1
  • Question 11
    120 seconds
    Q. 0.81% written as a decimal is... 
    answer choices
    81
    0.81
    0.0081
    0.081
  • Question 12
    120 seconds
    Q. 22.6 written as a percentage is... 
    answer choices
    2260%
    22.6%
    226%
    0.226%
  • Question 13
    120 seconds
    Q. Express 0.52 as a fraction in lowest terms. 
    answer choices
    52/100
    13/25
    52/1000
    13/250
  • Question 14
    120 seconds
    Q. Write the fraction 3/8 as a decimal. 
    answer choices
    37.5
    2.6666...
    0.375
    0.26666...
  • Question 15
    120 seconds
    Q. Express 7/5 as a percent.
    answer choices
    140%
    1.4%
    0.71%
    75%
  • Question 16
    120 seconds
    Q. Express 16/25 as a percent.
    answer choices
    0.64%
    64%
    1.5625%
    15.625%
  • Question 17
    120 seconds
    Q. In 2011 in Kentucky, sales tax was 6%. What fraction would represent this tax?
    answer choices
    1/6
    6/10
    6/100
    6/1000
  • Question 18
    120 seconds
    Q. Which is the decimal for 3.5%?
    answer choices
    3.5
    0.35
    0.0035
    0.035
  • Question 19
    30 seconds
    Q. 16 is 35% of what amount?
    answer choices
    21.87
    29.95
    45.71
    24.58
  • Question 20
    30 seconds
    Q. 102 is 94% of what?
    answer choices
    108.51
    83.48
    194.20
    48.57
  • Question 21
    30 seconds
    Q. 73 is what percent of 125?
    answer choices
    28.4%
    16.8%
    58.4%
    168.9%
  • Question 22
    300 seconds
    Q. 40 % of attendees at Martika's wedding order the steak for dinner.  There are 160 people eating steak.  How many people will dine on steak?
    answer choices
    64
    400
    200
    100
  • Question 23
    300 seconds
    Q. Penelope is told to clean all the windows at her house.  After cleaning 9 windows her job is 30% complete.  How many windows does she clean in all?
    answer choices
    100
    50
    30
    25
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