Algebra-Percents of Numbers & Word Problems

Tax

100

The shoes cost $60. The tax is 10%. How much does the tax cost? 

$6

200

The Nike outfit costs you $80. The tax is 9%. How much does the tax cost? 

$7.20

300

The dinner costs $45. The tax is 11%. How much does the tax cost you? 

$4.95

400

The clothes cost $84. The tax is 9%. What is your total including tax?

$7.56

500

Mr. King got a meal that costs $27. Ms. Delabra got a meal that costs $22. They received one bill for the both of them. Then there was a 8% tax. What was the cost of the bill including tax?

$52.92

Tip

100

The dinner costs $100. Your family wants to give 20% tip. How much tip do they want to leave?

$20

200

You go out for lunch with your family, your meal costs $50. You want to give 10% tip. How much money did you leave for a tip?

$5

300

The bill costs $62. You want to leave an 18% tip. How much tip did you leave?

$11.16

400

You go out for dinner. The bill costs $88, you leave a 17% tip. How much did your TOTAL bill cost?

$102.96

500

You go out for lunch with your friends. Your meal costs $14 and your friends meals cost $23. Together, you want to leave a 20% tip. How much was the TOTAL bill including tip? 

$44.40

Percent of a Number

100

What is 100% of 52?

52

200

What is 50% of 80?

40

300

What is 30% of 60?

18

400

What is 7% of 120?

8.4

500

What is 109% of 300?

327

Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

100

There were 7 baseballs in a basket and Daniel found 6 more baseballs on the floor. How many total baseballs does he have?

13 baseballs

200

Ms. Schmidt ate 3 cupcakes, Mr. King ate 2, and Ms. Delabra ate 6. How many cupcakes did they eat in total?

11 cupcakes

300

There were 25 tennis racquets and 36 hockey sticks. How many more hockey sticks are there than tennis racquets?

11 more hockey sticks

400

Angel went to the store and bought 8 bananas. Then, he gave away 3 bananas. Then Nicholas gave him 7 bananas. How many bananas does he have now?

12 bananas

500

Ana has $45. She gets paid $12 for chores. She wants to buy a new T.V. that costs $120. How much more money does she need to save in order to have enough for the T.V.?

$63 more 

Multiplication and Division Word Problems

100

There are 8 students and each student receives 3 cookies. How many total cookies are there? 

24 cookies

200

Ms. Schmidt has $7 on week 1 and she doubles her money each week? How much money does she have on week 3?

$28

300

There are 144 students. They are seperated into 4 grade levels equally. How many students are in one grade level?

36 students per grade level

400

A pack of 120 candies cost $24. How much does one piece of candy cost? 

$0.20

500

Mr. King has $235. He wants to divide his money equally between the 8 students in class. How much money would each student receive? 

$29.38