FIRST SEMESTER
PERCENTAGE
WORD PROBLEMS
AREA WORD PROBLEMS
ORDER OF OPERATIONS
WORD PROBLEMS
100

934+821=

1755

100

A platter has 12 cookies on it.  If 25% of the cookies are eaten, how many are left?

9 cookies

100

John is buying wood flooring to renovate his living room. The dimensions of his living room are 7 m × 6 m. How many square meters of wood flooring should John buy?

42 sq.m.

100

Solve. (58 + 12) / 5 x 2

28

100


Sara bakes cookies and sells them at the Farmer's Market. She charges $45.25 for a large platter. She charges $32.45 for a small platter. Last month he sold six large platters and three small platters. How much did he make in all?

$368.85

200

6572-4869=

1703

200

Joan receives a $18000 salary for working as an accountant.  If Joan has to spend $9000 of her salary on expenses each year, what percent of Joan's money does she have to spend?


9000/18000=x/100

18000x=900000

18000x/18000=90000/18000

x=50%



200

Laura wants to wallpaper her bedroom. Her bedroom is 4 m × 5 m in size. How many meters of wallpaper does she need?

18 m2

200

Solve. 5 + (9 + 8 x 2 ) x 4

105

200

Brayden and Gavin were playing touch football against Cole and Freddy. Touchdowns were worth 7 points. Brayden and Gavin’s team scored 7 touchdowns. Cole and Freddy's team scored 9 touchdowns. How many more points did
Cole and Freddy have than Brayden and Gavin?

14 points

300

73x92=

6716

300

While mining, Jess found a large metal bar that weighted 20oz.  Jess was also able to determine that the bar contained 55% copper.  How many oz of copper are in the metal bar?

x/20=55/100

100x=1100

100x/11=1100/100

x=11oz

300

Maria is retiling her kitchen floor. The kitchen has dimensions of 20 ft × 22 ft. How many square feet of tile does Maria need to buy?

440 ft2

300

Solve. 5 x (6 + 6) - 32 + 14

42

300


On Thursday the Boba Barb sold 210 cups of boba. On Friday they sold twice that amount. On Saturday they only sold 130 cups of boba.
How much more boba did they sell on Friday than Saturday?

290 cups of boba

400

3528/28=

126

400

For one English test, Jess correctly answered 18 questions.  These correct answers gave her a percent score of 40%.  In total, how many questions were on this English test?

18/x=40/100

40x=1800

40x/40=1800/40

x=45 questions

400

Mark is buying a rug for her bedroom. She wants a rug less than 10 square feet. Which rug should she buy, the on that measures 3 ft × 3 ft or the one that measures 4 ft × 4 ft?

3ft x 3ft

400

5(23+32) =

5(23+32)= 5(8+9)=5(17)= 85

400

Jennie makes quilts. She can make 7 quilts with 21 yards of material. How many yards of material would be required to make 12 quilts?


36 yards
500

3/9+4/27=

9/27+4/27=13/27

500

Jason decided to look at new and used cars.  Jason found a used car for $18000.  Jason found that he paid 75% of the price of a new car.  How much would a new car cos

18000/x=75/100

75x=1800000

75x/75=1800000/75

x=$2400

500

Joe wants to buy a picture frame with a perimeter of 30 inches. Should he buy a frame that is 7 in × 6 in or the frame that is 7 in × 8 in?

7in x 9in

500

Solve. 5 x 3 + (60 / 60) + 20

36

500

Ann is making model airplanes. She makes three dozen blue planes, two dozen red cookies, and four dozen yellow cookies. Ann gives away 9 blue planes , 12 red. planes, and 23 yellow planes. How many total planes did she keep?

36 planes

600

7/12 / 8/7=

7/12 X 7/8= 49/96

600

Monica brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for her birthday. 88 students decided to take a cupcake, and 44 of them picked vanilla. What percentage of the students picked a vanilla cupcake?

50%

600


Theresa wants new carpeting for her family room. Her family room is a 12 ft by 21 ft rectangle. How much carpeting does she need to buy to cover her entire family room?


252 ft2

600

Solve. (5 x 7) x 2 - 56 + 23

37

600

Jasmine has 50 marbles in a bag. 20% of the marbles are blue. How many marbles are blue? 


10 marbles