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Word Problems
100
What is 110% of 180?
198
100
A basketball player makes 7 out of 10 shots that she takes from the three point line. What is her three point shot percentage?
70%
100
50% * ? = 20
40
100
Susan has made 4 out of the 7 items she signed up to make for the bake sale. What percentage of the items does she still need to make? Round to the nearest hundredth.
42.86%
100
Mrs. Carter has 23 items on her to-do list. If she has completed 9 of them, what percentage of her to-do list is still left? Round to the nearest percent.
61%
200
What is 205% of 303? Round to the nearest hundredth
621.15
200
When playing Trivial Pursuit with my sister, I answered 13 out of 20 questions correctly. What percentage of questions did I answer correctly?
65%
200
35% * = 47 Round to the nearest hundredth.
134.29
200
A pair of shoes originally cost $45.99. If a store is offering a 35% discount on the shoes, how much will they cost? Round to the nearest cent.
$29.89
200
A new mountain bike cost $575. If sales tax is 7.75%, what is the final cost of the bike? Round to the nearest cent.
$619.56
300
A new book bag is $45, but the store is selling all their merchandise for 15% off. What is the final price of the book bag?
$38.25
300
Laura completes 15 out of 17 items on her to-do list. What is the percentage of tasks not completed? Round to the nearest hundredth.
11.76%
300
88% * ? = 102 Round to the nearest percent.
115.91
300
A salesman makes 12% commission on all the items he sells. If he sold $4,000 worth of merchandise, how much money did he make?
$480
300
A good tip in a restaurant is about 20%. If the total bill at a restaurant was $43.55, what tip should the family leave?
$8.71
400
Mrs. Carter wants a new sweater at GAP that costs 49.95. If the sales tax in Wilmington is 7.5%, what is the final price of the sweater? Round to the nearest cent.
$53.70
400
A particular shade of green is made by mixing 4 ounces of blue paint with 9 ounces of yellow paint. What percent of the paint is blue? Round to the nearest hundredth.
30.77%
400
A salesman makes 3% commission on the items he sells. If he wants to make $1500, how much does he have to sell?
$50,000
400
A band makes 5% of the money from their album sales. If the band sells 4,000 copies at $15.99 per CD, how much money will they make?
$3,198
400
An author makes 7% of his total book sales. If he sells 500 copies of his book at $13.95 each, how much does he make?
$488.25
500
Jason finds a pair of jeans on the clearance rack at Old Navy. The jeans were originally $29.99 and are marked 15% off. Sales tax in Wilmington is 7.5%. What is the final price of the jeans? Round to the nearest cent.
$27.40
500
Caitlyn collects three kinds of stuffed animals: bears, dogs, and bunnies. She has 13 bears and 4 dog stuffed animals. Altogether, she has 27 stuffed animals. What percentage of her collection is made up of bunnies? Round to the nearest hundredth.
37.04%
500
A baseball player hits 35% of the pitches he is thrown. If he wants to make 500 hits before he retires, about how many times will he need to bat? Round to the nearest whole number.
1,429
500
Mrs. Carter paid $2.50 in sales tax at Wal-Mart last night. If sales tax in Brunswick County is 7.75%, what was the price of her items before tax? Round to the nearest cent.
$32.26
500
Mrs. Carter also went to Harris Teeter last night. Her total bill was $45.89. If she had a coupon for 10% off and sales tax is 7%, how much was her total bill? Round to the nearest cent.
$44.19
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