Basic Percent Problems
What is 50% of 300?
150
An Olympic team won 20 medals. If 30% of the medals were gold, how many gold medals did they win?
6
You buy a sandwich for $6.00. If the sales tax is 5%, what is the final selling price of the sandwich?
$6.30
Ava estimates that 475 songs will fit on her iPod. The actual number of songs that fit is 380. Find her percent error.
25%
A store pays $56 for a bluetooth speaker. The markup is 25%. Find the price the store sells the speaker.
$70
What is 15% of 80?
12
Each day, a bakery makes 50 loaves of wheat bread. If that amount is 20% of all the bread that they bake, how many loaves do they bake each day?
250
You go to a restaurant and your meal costs $20. You want to leave a 15% tip. How much should you leave for JUST the tip?
Marcus estimates that 230 people will attend the school play. The actual number of people who attended the play was 300. Find his percent error. (Round to the nearest whole percent)
23%
Find the sale price of a $34.50 blouse at 30% off.
$24.15
40 is what percent of 160?
25%
In a survey of 300 people, 180 said they prefer vanilla ice cream to chocolate. What percent prefer vanilla ice cream?
60%
You buy a pair of headphones for $40 and the sales tax is 8%. How much will you pay total?
$43.20
Jessie estimates the weight of her cat to be 10 pounds. The actual weight of the cat is 13.75 pounds. Find the percent error. (Round your answer to the hundredths place)
27.27%
Find the selling price of a $127.50 skateboard with a 20% markdown.
$102.00
120% of 90 is what number?
108
A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test. If they got 16 questions correct, how many questions in total were on the test?
20
You and a friend go out to eat. The total bill is $36. You want to leave an 18% tip. How much is the total bill with the tip included?
$42.48 total
A student estimated a rock to have a mass of 325g. When the student actually measured the rock, they found it to have a mass of 342g. Find the students percent error. (Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a percent)
4.97%
What is the discounted price on a $250 bicycle on sale at 30% off?
$175
22 is 88% of what number?
25
In a group of 50 children, 11 can not swim. What percent of children can swim?
78%
You buy a PS5 on sale for $299. Sales tax is 7.5%, and you also want to leave a $10 tip for the helpful store employee. What is your total cost, including the tax and your tip?
$330.43
A student's calculation during an experiment in science class was 29.7mL. The actual value of the calculation was determined to be 25.7mL. Find the student's percent error to the nearest tenth of a percent.
15.6%
A store is having a double sale. Everything is 15% off. However, jeans are an additional 40%. Find the discounted price of a pair of jeans that were originally $68.
$34.68