Percent of a Number

A

100

The students in Cooper's grade voted to select a guest speaker. 30% of the students voted for a famous athlete. If there are 70 students in Cooper's grade, how many students voted for the athlete?

21

200

Julie read 27 pages of an 80 page book. What percent of the book has she read?

33.7%

300

A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 35 games, then how many games did he win?

28 games

400

A jar is filled with blue and yellow buttons. If the jar has a total of 500 buttons and 54% of the buttons are blue. how many yellow buttons are in the jar?

230 yellow buttons

500

Six and one-half feet of thread are used in one pair of jeans. If 1 ft. 11 in. of that thread is used in decorative stitching on the pockets, approximately what percentage of thread is used for decorating the pockets?

30%

B

100

At the craft store, Stephanie bought a bag of brown and red marbles. The bag contained 30 marbles, and 20% of them were brown. How many brown marbles did Stephanie receive?

6 marbles

200

Mrs. Kell has 28 students in her class. If there are 16 boys in the class, then what percent of girls are in her class? (round your answer to the nearest hundredth)

42.85% are girls

300

The students in Donovan's class got to choose between pizza and burgers for the celebration on the last day of school. 20% of the students picked the pizza. If there are 35 studnets in Donovan's class, how many students preferred the pizza?

7 students

400

Kareem shot the basketball 32 times and made 23 baskets. What percent of his shots were baskets?

71.8%

500

The Royals softball team played 75 games and won 55 of them. What percent of the games did they lose? (round your answer to the nearest tenth)

26.6%

C

100

A sports shop has 15 employees. 60% of the employees work part-time. How many part-time employees does the sports shop have?

9

200

During 2nd period, Zanna completed a grammar worksheet. Of the 50 questions, Zanna got 70% correct. How many questions did Zanna get correct?

35

300

There are 36 carpenters on a crew. On Wednesday, 29 were present. What percents showed up for work? (round your answer to the nearest hundredth)

80.55%

400

A TV station has 11 minutes of commericals for each 60 minutes of air time. What percent of air time is used for commercials?

18.3%

500

Jane made an 80% on her math test that had 20 problems. How many questions did she get incorrect?

4 incorrect questions

D

100

25% of the tickets sold at a school carnival were early-admission tickets. If the school solf 96 tickets, how many early-admission tickets did they sell?

24 tickets.

200

In a science class there are 32 students. If 8 of those students are boys, what percent of the students are girls?

75% are girls.

300

Manuel bought a car that was on sale for 65% of the original price of $7200. How much did he pay for the car?

$4680

400

The Hawks won 7 games, lost 6 games, and tied 2 games. What percent of games did they win?

46.6

500

A metal bar weights 8.15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver. How many ounces of silver are in the bar? (round your answer to the nearest thousandth)

7.579 ounces of silver

E

100

A bookstore carries 60 magazines. 30% of the magazines are women's magazines. How many magazines does the bookstore carry?

18

200

The human body is 65% oxygen, 18% carbon, and 10% hydrogen. The rest is made up of other elements. What percent is composed of other elements?

7%

300

Elise's Diner offers its clients a choice of regular and diet soda. Last night, the diner serves 56 sodas in all, 75% of which were regular. How many diet sodas did they serve?

14 diet sodas

400

Pam bought a shirt on sale for $15. The price she paid was 80% of the original price of the shirt. What was the original price of the shirt?

$18.75

500

JimBob answered 80 questions correct on a test and scored a 94%. How many questions were on the test? (round your answer to the nearest whole number)

85 questions