Word Problems
1. Out of the 120 fruits that Maya and Katie bought, 15% are oranges, 10% are bananas, and the rest are grapes. How many are the grapes?
90
5. The regular price of airplane tickets were $300. Asher bought it on 20% discount.
a. How much was the discount?
b. There's 9% tax on the price of tickets. How much did he pay for the discounted ticket plus tax?
a. $60
b. $261.6
9. Express 4/5 as percent =
80%
2. There are 300 students in Isabella's school. 55% are girls and the rest are boys. How many more are the girls than the boys?
30
6. Elle and Eloise are going to put their money on one of the bank;
a. One bank give 4% + $100 per year,
b. The other bank give 5% per year.
They has to put a $10,000 minimum on either bank, which one will give her a better return on the first year? Over the next two years?
Same; B
10. 14/250 is the same as ______ %
5.6%
3. At Brooke's soccer competition, 68 out of 200 spectators are women, 56 are men, and the rest are children. How many percent are children?
38%
7. Paul and his brothers shares a $10,000 prize. Nicholas gets 35%, Paul gets 5% more than his youngest brother. How much money does Paul get?
$3,500
11. Express 135% as a fraction in simplest form
1 7/20
4. Millie collects coins from different countries
20% of her coins are U.S. dollars; 50% are Taiwan dollars, and the rest are Japanese Yen.
If she has 90 Japanese Yen, how many U.S. dollars does she have?
60
8. Mica and Constance earns $2,500 per month. They spent 50% on rent, and saved 60% of the remainder. The rest is used for food. Draw a model and figure out how much did they pay for food.
$500
12. Caleb spends 30% of his $200 on new shoes. How much are the new shoes?
$60