Word Problems
1. Out of the 120 fruits that Matteo bought, 15% are oranges, 10% are bananas, and the rest are grapes. How many are the grapes?
90
5. The regular price of airplane tickets were $300. Katherine bought it on 20% discount.
a. How much was the discount?
b. There's 9% tax on the price of tickets. How much did she pay for the discounted ticket plus tax?
a. $60
b. $261.6
9. Express 4/5 as percent =
80%
2. There are 300 students in Titus' school. 55% are girls and the rest are boys. How many more are the girls than the boys?
30
6. Amelia is going to put money on one of the bank;
a. One bank give 4% + $100 per year,
b. The other bank give 5% per year.
She has to put a $10,000 minimum on either bank, which one will give her a better return on the first year? Over the next two years?
Same; B
10. 14/250 is the same as ______ %
5.6%
3. At Josie's gymnastics competition, 68 out of 200 spectators are women, 56 are men, and the rest are children. How many percent are children?
38%
7. Aurora, Stella, and Viola, shares a $10,000 prize. Stella gets 35%, Aurora gets 5% more than Viola. How much money does Aurora get?
$3,500
11. Express 135% as a fraction in simplest form
1 7/20
4. Joseph collects coins from different countries
Currently, he has 30 coins, 20% of his coins are U.S. dollars; 50% are Taiwan dollars, and the rest are Japanese Yen.
How many Japanese Yen coins does he have?
9
8. Leo earns $2,500 per month. He spent 50% on rent, and saved 60% of the remainder. The rest is used for food. Draw a model and figure out how much did he pay for food.
$500
12. Anders spends 30% of his $200 on new shoes. How much are the new shoes?
$60