Percent Word Problems
Changing to mixed numbers or improper fractions
Order of operations
Story Problems
Mixed category
100
Find the percent: 6 out of the 30 students get a grade of an A in the class.
What is 20%
100
33/2
What is 16 and 1/2
100
10 + 17 x 4 - 16
What is 62?
100
Clay and his 3 friends divide their dinner bill evenly. If each boy paid $13, what was their total bill?
What is $42
100
1 and 2/3 plus 2 and 1/6
What is 3 and 5/6
200
Change into a percent: 3 out of 10 students ride the bus to school.
What is 30%
200
4 and 1/3
What is 13/3
200
12(6 + 4) -2
What is 118?
200
You want an mp3 play that costs $140. If sales tax is 5%, what will you pay for tax?
What is $7
200
Rebecca rolled 2 fair number cubes. How many possible outcomes could she have?
What is 36?
300
Change to a percent: In Alaska, 9 month out of 12 record temperatures below 0 degrees C.
What is 75%
300
9 and 1/2
What is 19/2?
300
9 + 9 x 2 - 4
What is 23?
300
A furniture store advertises 40% off on all items. What would the sale price be for a dining room set that was originally $1200?
What is $720?
300
2/3 X 1 1/2
What is 1?
400
Change to a percent: In a bag of 60 candy coated chocolate pieces, 9 are yellow.
What is 15%?
400
17/3
What is 5 and 2/3
400
7(10 - 4) - 8 + 2
What is 36?
400
The Anderson family went on a family trip. They traveled 860 miles in 20 hours. How many miles per hour did they travel?
What is 43 miles per hour.
400
At the end of the school year picnic, Mrs. O'Reilly's class ate 3 hotdogs for every 2 hamburgers. If the class ate 18 hamburgers, how many hotdogs were eaten?
What is 27?
500
Change into a percent: 16 out of 40 pieces in the box of candy are covered in dark chocolate.
What is 40%?
500
60/3
What is 20?
500
14 - 2(3 x 2) + 4 - 2
What is 4?
500
Each student in Mrs. O'Reilly's class completed their 40 sit-up challenge. If Mrs. O'Reilly has 24 students, how many total sit-ups did they do?
What is 1080?
500
If you have a triangle with 2 interior angles of 33 degrees and 57 degrees, what is the 3rd angle?
What is 90 degrees?