Percent - Grade 6

Fractions and Decimals to Percent

100

Write  

3/5

  as a percent.

What is 60%?

200

Express 0.7 as a percent.

What is 70%?

300

Write

13/20

   as a percent and a decimal.

What is 65% and 0.65?

400

Write 89 as a percent and a fraction or mixed number.

What is 89% and

89/100

 ?

500

Express  

1/5

 a percent.  If need be, round to the nearest whole percent.

What is 20%?

Percent to Fractions and Decimals

100

Express 37% as a decimal.

What is 0.37?

200

Write 75%

 as a simplified fraction.

What is  

¾

?

300

Write 42% as a simplified fraction and decimal.

What is 0.42 and

21/50

 ?

400

Write 15% as a decimal and simplified fraction or mixed number.

What is .15 and  

3/20

?

500

Express 25% as a decimal and simplified fraction.

What is 0.25 and  

1/4

?

Percent of a Quantity

100

Find 35% of 100.

What is 35?

200

Find 60% of 75.

What is 45?

300

70% of a number is 35.  Find the number.

What is 24.5?

400

250% of a number is 60.  Find the number.

What is 24?

500

A school raised $5,000 for its new library.  28% of the money raised is for non-fiction books.  Find the amount for non-fiction.

What is $1400?

Tax, Tip and Discount

100

A blanket costs $35.  You have a "10% OFF" coupon. Find the amount you can save if you use the coupon.

What is $3.50?

200

Let's say NJ sales tax is 7%.  Find the tax on a video game that costs $39.

What is $2.73?

300

Your new haircut costs $65. You decide to give the hairdresser a 20% tip.  Find how much you pay in all - tip and cut.

What is $78?  65 + 13

400

Fiona buys 2 new notebooks for $5.75 each and a pack of pencils for $4.25.  Find the total price Fiona pays if there is 7% sales tax. Round to the nearest cent if necessary.

What is $16.85?

It was 16.8525 before rounding.

500

You and a friend eat at Wyckoff Pizza for lunch.  You split a pizza for $15.75 and get waters for $1.50 each.  You decide to split the bill and leave the waitress a 15% tip.  Find how much you each pay. If necessary, round to the nearest cent.

What is $10.78 each?

Pot Luck aka Word Problems

100

There are 13 girls and 12 boys in Ms. Perrotta's math class.  Find the percent girls.

What is 52% girls?

200

Mr. Smith makes $2500 a month.  25% is for rent.  Find the amount spent on rent.

What is $625?

300

Ms. Perrotta bought flowers for a bouquet.  She bought 35 roses, 18 tulips and 7 hydrangeas.  Find the percent for tulips.

What is 30%?

400

Felicity baked 300 cookies for Valentine's Day.  She sold 50% of the them.  She gave 10% of the remaining cookies to her brother.  Find how many she gave to her brother.

What is 15 cookies?

500

William sold $250 worth of items at TREPS night in December.  25% of that money covered the cost. Of the remaining money, he gave 20% to charity. Determine how much was given to charity.

What is $37.50?