Percent Problems 1
In a class of 20 students, 40% of students prefer Sprite. How many preferred Sprite ?
8 students
30% of 75 is what number ?
22.5
Who had a better shooting percentage ?
Al Bale Cale
0.6 0.06 0.066
Al
A bag of candy contains 300 pieces of which 28% are red. How many pieces are red? How many pieces are NOT red?
84 pieces are red
X = .28(300)
216 pieces are not red
X = .72(300)
A questionnaire was done to see the favorite drink of students. 45 preferred Coca-Cola. If 5% preferred Coca-Cola, how many students are there in total ?
900 students
24 is what percent of 80
30%
Who had a better shooting percentage ?
Dale Fale Eale
0.5% 51% 50%
Fale
At Citi Field, there are 6,700 box seats available. If box seats make up 20% of the total seats, how many seats are there in total?
33,500 seats
6700 = .20X
14 students preferred Root Beer out of 112 students. What percent preferred Root Beer to all drinks ?
12.5%
13 is 25% of what number ?
52
Who had a better shooting percentage ?
Jim Bim Tim Sim
2/5 3/10 5/15 7/20
Jim
Curtis threw 15 darts at a dart board. 40% of his darts hit the bull's eye. How many darts did not hit the bull's eye?
9 darts
percent of darts that did not hit bull's eye = 100% - 40% = 60%
X = .60(15)
34 students preferred water to all drinks. If there are 200 students total, what percent DID NOT prefer water ?
83%
3 is what percent of 48
6.25%
Who had a better shooting percentage ?
Sool Cool Fool
0.26 26.6% 26/99
Cool
If about 15% of prime-time television is devoted to commercials, how many minutes of commercials are broadcast during each hour?
9 minutes
There are 60 minutes in an hour
X = .15(60)