Percents!
11/29/16
Tuesday, November 29, 16
A student earned a grade
of 80% on a math test that
had 20 problems. How
many problems on this test
did the student answer
correctly?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Lyla baked 200 cupcakes
for the school bake sale.
She sold 60% of them. How
many cupcakes did she
sell?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Eighty-two percent of 300
boys polled said that they
liked to play outdoors. How
many boys like to play
outdoors?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Fifteen percent of a bag of
chocolate candies have a red
coating on them. How
many red pieces are in a
bag of 60 candies?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am
that he could fix. He bought the car
for 65% of the original price of
$7,200. What did he pay for the
car?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Ben earns $12,000 a year.
About 15% is taken out for
taxes. How much is taken
out for taxes?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Hill’s Department Store had a one
day sale on footballs just before the
start of the fall football season. They
started the day with 1,000 footballs,
and sold 87 percent of the footballs.
How many footballs did the store
have left at the end of the day?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Hilda works at a candy store and
sold 80 pounds 0f peanut butter
candies in one day. Computer totals
showed that of the 120 customers
that day, 40% bought peanut butter
candies. How many customers
purchased peanut butter candies
that day?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
The lunchroom at Prairie Middle
School sold 90% of the burger meat
they ordered for the week. If Mrs.
Halgurst ordered 900 pounds of
meat for a week’s worth of burgers,
how many pounds of meat did the
lunchroom sell?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Cary’s dad gave her $20.00 to spend
on shoes at the mall. Cary spent
85% of the money on one pair of
shoes. How much money does Cary’s
dad get back from his $20.00?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Thirty percent of sixty student
polled said DOGS were their favorite
pets over cats. How many of the
sixty students preferred CATS over
dogs for pets?
Tuesday, November 29, 16
Jennifer made a fruit juice using
red and green grapes. Thirty percent
of the grapes are green. If she used a
total of 60 grapes, how many red
grapes should she use?
Tuesday, November 29, 16