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Mathematics
6th
grade
Converting Fractions, Decimals and Percents (Word Problems)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
In a store-closing sale, a department store offers 50% discount on the original prices. What is the fractional discount?
1/4
3/8
1/2
2/5
- 2. Multiple Choice
Reed has read 12 pages of the 20-page reading assignment. What percent of the assignment has Reed read?
60%
25%
75%
33 1/3%
- 3. Multiple Choice
On a math test, Dante answered 16 questions correctly out of 25. What percent of the questions did he NOT answer correctly?
64%
25%
16%
36%
- 4. Multiple Choice
Brandi had to put down a deposit of 3/20 of the value of her new condominium. Express the deposit as a percent.
3%
15%
30%
73%
- 5. Multiple Choice
Marvin's rent is 25% of his earnings. What fraction of Marvin's earning is paid towards her rent?
7/20
3/4
4/5
1/4
- 6. Multiple Choice
The total number of free throws made by a basketball player was 33 out of 50. What percent of the free throws were made?
33%
50%
33 1/3%
66%
- 7. Multiple Choice
In Texas, about 1 person in 8 lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. What percent of people in Texas live in the Dallas/Fort Worth area?
50%
25%
12.5%
37.5%
- 8. Multiple Choice
Sheila bought a coat during the winter sale at a department store that was 1/3 off the original price. What percent was taken off the price of the coat?
33 1/3%
30%
66 2/3%
60%
- 9. Multiple Choice
Lisa bought some fabric that was 0.75 yards long. How could this number be written as a fraction?
5/7
3/4
7/5
3/5
- 10. Multiple Choice
In a survey, 1 in 5 people said they preferred diet colas to regular colas. How is this ratio expressed as a percent?
75%
40%
5%
20%
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