Convert fractions or percents to decimals
Find percentages of whole numbers
Find tip and sales tax of a purchase
Other Percent Problems (LEAP)
Challenging Word Problems
100

Convert 1/2 to a decimal.

What is 0.50

100

This is what you get when you find 1% of 100.

What is 1

100

What is the total including tip of a meal that costs $13. You pay a 20% tip.

$15.60

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

Jayan's recent math check-up score was 76%. He remembered that his point score was 49.4, but couldn't remember how many points were in total. What was the most Jayan could have scored on the check-up?

65 total points

200
How do you convert a percent to a decimal?
What is move the decimal to the left two places.
200
300% of 12
What is 36?
200

Find the cost including tax for a snack that costs $2.45. The tax rate is 8.5%. Round to the nearest cent.

$2.66

200
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
200

The value of my rare US stamps increases 15% each year. If the stamps are worth $90 now, how much was it worth last year?


$78.26

300

Convert 23% to a decimal.

What is 0.23

300
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
Mr. McMorris bought a new iPad for $950.13. Tax on the iPad is 11%. What is the cost with tax?
$1,054.50
300
0.5% of all statistics are true. If you have a list of 1,400 statistics. How many are true?
7 statistics are true
300

6H received $60 prize money for getting to class on time for three straight weeks. They decided to eat out and spend all of their money. In addition to the 6.5% food tax, they agreed to tip 18% of the cost of their meal. What would be the most the group can spend on food without exceeding their budget?

$48.19

400
Convert 8.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.085
400
Mr. Gleghorn's cell phone bill was $50 last month. This month Verizon raised his bill. The new bill is 132% of last month's. This is the cost of the new bill.
What is $66
400
D'Jonique goes out to eat at New Orleans Burger Company and gets a burger, fries, and milk shake for 13.27. She tips 15% and tax is 8.5%. Name the amount of the tax AND the amount of the tip. Do not list the total amount.
Tip is $1.99, tax is $1.13.
400
A store paid $75.29 for a couch. To make a profit, the store charged 270% of the cost. What is the price tag the store puts on the couch?
$203.28
400

The chef has 25 pounds of striploin. The trim loss on the striploin is 35% and the cooking loss is 10% of the trimmed weight. How many pounds of trimmed, cooked striploin will the chef have left to serve to his customers?


14.625 or 14.63 pounds

500
Convert 0.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.005
500
The candy lady paid $0.75 for each pack of Now and Later. She made a profit by charging 125% of what she paid. This is how much she charged for each pack of Now and Later.
What is $0.94
500

Benjamin Bannaker, the famous mathemetician, went out to a fancy dinner. The dinner cost $89.67. He tipped the waiter 20% and tax was 5%. What was the total including tip and tax?

$115.41

500

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

14 heads

500

A 100-milliliter bottle of salad dressing initially consists of 80% oil and 20% vinegar. 40% of the dressing is used, and then 4 milliliters of vinegar is added to the bottle. What percentage of the mixture is now vinegar? 

We start by using  of the original  of dressing, which means that  remains. That gives us  of dressing left in the bottle. Since the composition of the dressing hasn’t changed (only the amount has changed), we still have  oil and  vinegar. This means that we haveNext, we add the additional  of vinegar. After this, we still have  of oil, but we have  of vinegar, and the total amount of dressing is . Therefore, the percent of the dressing that is vinegar is

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