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Word Problems
100
What percent is represented in this model?
80%
100
Write 25% as a fraction and decimal
(Remember to SIMPLIFY fractions!)
Fraction: 1/4
Decimal: 0.25
100
What is 5/25 as a percent?
20%
100
What is 60% of 90?
54
100
Valeria made a fruit salad using 30 apples, 45 bananas, and 25 oranges. What percent of the fruit in the salad is made up of bananas?
45%
200
What percent is represented in this model?
64%
200
Write 57% as a fraction and decimal
Fraction: 57/100
Decimal: 0.57
200
What is 0.78 as a percent?
78%
200
What is 0.2% of 6500?
13
200
Bailey went to the library and noticed that there are 60 fiction books, 40 non-fiction books, and 50 reference books. What percent of the books in the library are fiction books?
60%
300
What percent is represented in this model?
72%
300
Write 0.8% as a fraction and decimal
(Remember to SIMPLIFY if you can!)
Fraction: 1/125
Decimal: 0.008
300
What is 0.03 as a percent and fraction?
3% and 3/100
300
Which is greater?
75% of 8 OR 8% of 7.5
75% of 8
300
When asked about favorite sports, 3/4 of the students said volleyball, and 0.25 of the students said basketball. Gio said that more students said volleyball than basketball. Do you agree with him?
(Hint: Convert to the same type of number - fraction, decimal, or percent!)
Yes! More students said volleyball.
400
What percent AND ratio are represented in this model?
45 %
45/100 (Simplified: 9/20)
400
Write 255% as a fraction and decimal
(Remember to SIMPLIFY if you can!)
Fraction: 2 11/20
Decimal: 2.55
400
What is 2 3/4 as a percent and decimal?
275% and 2.75
400
Which is greater?
25% of 16 OR 20% of 25
20% of 25
400
There are 60 songs in my playlist and 45% of them are Taylor Swift songs. How many of my songs are Taylor Swift songs?
27 songs
500
What percent AND ratio are represented in this model?
68%
68/100 (Simplified: 17/25)
500
In the 6th grade class, 40% of the students are boys. What decimal represents the portion of the students that are girls?
0.6 or 0.60 (same answer!)
500
Zaid has a bag that contains red and blue marbles. Given that 17/20 of the marbles are red, what percent of Zaid's marbles are blue?
15%
500
A school library has 260 DVDs in its collection. Given that 45% of the DVDs are about science and 40% are about history, how many of the DVDs are about other subjects?
39 DVDs
500
A shoe store has 20 stores and 30% of the stores are in California. The rest of the stores are in Hawaii.
How many stores are in California and how many stores are in Hawaii?
6 in California
24 in Hawaii