Percentage Word Problems
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100

40% of students at Landry want to move out of New Orleans when they grow up. If there are 500 students at Landry, how many want to leave New Orleans?

200

100
Josh flips a quarter 20 times. It falls on tails 30% of the time. How many times does it fall on heads?
14 heads
200

In a movie theater, 5% of 120 of the moviegoers ate M&Ms during the movie.  This is how many people. 

What is 6?

200

6 students brought a turkey sandwich for lunch.  This is 15% of the grade.  How many students are in the grade?

40 students

300

This is the number of students that graduate from high school out of every 20 students if 60% of students in Louisiana graduate.

What are 12 students?

300

24 books have been checked out of the class library. This is 80% of the total.  How many books are in the class library? 

What is 30?

400

Mr. Gleghorn's cell phone bill was $50 last month. This month Verizon raised his bill. The new bill is 12% of last month's. This is the cost of the new bill.

What is $56?

400
Ms. Owens is in debt. Last month her debt was $1,000. This month her debt is 167% of that. What is her debt this month in dollars?
$1,670
500

In a survey given to 365 people, 40% of them like mint chocolate chip ice cream.  This is how many people like mint chocolate chip. 

What is 146?

500

There are 40 6th graders and 28 7th graders in a group. 15% of the 6th graders and 25% of the 7th graders are car riders. How many car riders are in the group altogether?

What is 13?

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