Percent Problem Solving
A student earned a grade of 80% on the math test that
had 20 problems. How many problems on this test
did the student answer correctly?
There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On Monday, 30 were
present. About what percent showed up for work?
10.8%
83.3%
11.6%
82.8%
A metal bar weighs 8.5 ounces. 90% of the bar is silver.
How many ounces of silver are in the bar?
7.55
7.65
7.68
7.62
A woman puts $580 into a savings account for one year.The rate of interest on the account was 6%. How muchwas the interest for the year?
$
A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and
received a grade of 98%. How many total problems were
on the test? (Round to the nearest whole number)
87
88
89
90
Manuel found a wrecked car that he could fix. He bought
the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did
he pay for the car?
$4616
$4606
$4618
$4608
Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% of the regular
price. She paid $42.50 for the drill. What was the original
price?
$
A crew is made of 9 men and the rest are women. If 25%are women, then how many total people are there?
At a sale, shirts were sold for $15 each. This price was
80% of their original price. What was the original price?
$18
$18.58
$18.75
$18.93
There are 32 students in class. Twelve of those
students are girls. What percent of the class is boys?
%
The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the 
current showing. What percent of seats are empty?
A class of sixty voted for class president. 30% voted for Brad
and 70% voted for Jane. How many votes did the winner get?
A survey of 1,000 people was done by New York Times
magazine. 80% of the people did not know the name of their
representative in Congress. How many of the 1,000 people
DID know the name of the Congressman?
Bill is in a class of 15 boys and 35 girls. 40% of all the
students in the class take the bus to school. How many 
students do NOT take the bus to school?
Miss Holman gave a $0.90 tip to a waitress for a meal that
cost $6. What percent of the bill was her tip?
In the Central City Grand Prix, put of the 30 cars that started
the race, 12 of them crashed and did not finish. What
percent of the cars finished the race?
No-Freeze antifreeze mixture contains 30% alcohol. How
much alcohol is there in 15 quarts of No-Freeze?
Eric earned 60 points on his last test. If there were 75 
possible points, what was his percent grade?
Restaurant etiquette dictates that you should leave at least a 
15% tip for the waiter. What would be the amount of tip if your
bill is $24?
$
Last night the Mavericks made 12 free throws. If their free
throw percentage is 75%, how many free throws were
attempted?
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