Percent Basics
What is 25% of 80?
20
What proportion can be used to find 30% of 120?
30/100 = x/120
A restaurant bill is $50. If you tip 20%, how much is the total cost?
$60
If 12 is 20% of a number, what is the whole?
60
A farmer’s field is 40% planted with corn. If 12 acres are planted with corn, what is the total size of the field?
30 acres
If 60 is 75% of a number, what is the whole?
80
If 24 is 60% of a number, what is the number?
40
A jacket originally costs $80. It is on sale for 25% off. How much is the discount?
$20
45 is 75% of what number?
60
A TV originally costs $500 and is discounted 10%, then discounted another 10% off the new price. What is the final price?
$405
Rewrite 40% as fraction in simplest form.
2/5
A student earned 18 out of 25 points on a quiz. What percent did they score?
72%
An item costs $120 before tax. If the sales tax is 8%, what is the total price?
$129.60
A student has read 30% of a book and has read 90 pages. How many pages are in the book?
300 pages
A school library has 1,200 books. If 35% are fiction, how many books are fiction?
420 books
What is 15% of 200?
30
What percent of 150 is 90?
60%
A school has 500 students. If 35% are in the band, how many students are in the band?
175 students
A company’s profit is 35% of total revenue. If the profit is $7,000, what is the total revenue?
$20,000
A basketball player made 72% of their free throws. If they made 36 free throws, how many did they attempt?
50 free throws
If a store sells an item for $150 and it is discounted by 20%, what is the new price?
$120
A recipe calls for 250g of flour. If you only have 40% of that, how much flour do you have?
100 g
A store increases the price of a $90 phone by 15%. What is the new price?
$103.50
In a class, 15 students have completed their projects. If this is 60% of the class, how many students are in the class?
25
A sweater is on sale for 30% off, bringing the price down to $42. What was the original price?
$60