Story Problems
A volleyball club has a total of 30 teams. If 80% of the teams have won at least one game, how many teams have won at least one game? (explain your thinking or show your work)
What is 24 teams?
What is the percent equation? (or draw a diagram that helps you remember the percent equation)
What is part = percent x whole ?
50% of what number is 5? Is the question looking for the part, the percent, or the whole? (explain how you know)
What is the whole?
Taylor sells jewelry and makes money off of commission. If she sells $750 worth of jewelry and earns 9% commission, how much does she make in commission? (show all work OR explain your answer)
What is $67.50?
Mr. Schlessinger gives a test worth 100 points. If you wanted to earn a 90% on the test, how many points would you need to earn?
What is 90 points?
Write two other ways to write 3%
What is 3/100 or 0.03?
Dan is watching the birds in his backyard. He figures out that 25% of the 12 birds are robins. Does Dan need to find the part, the whole, or the percent?
What is $10.50?
List three real life situations involving percents.
Sales tax, tips, commissions, discounts, finding percents on tests/quizzes, in sports for statistics, etc.
3 is what percent of 15? Explain how you know OR show your work!
What is 20%?
The selling price of a new pair of shoes is $80.00 and there is a 5% sales tax. Find the amount of tax AND the total cost of the shoes. (Explain your thinking OR show your work for both answers!)
What is $4.00 in tax and $84.00 in total?
Describe how to find 10% of 50 using mental math. Then, tell what 10% of 50 equals.
You can divide 50 by 10 OR move the decimal one place to the left. So, 10% of 50 equals 5.
The original price of a watch was $550, but it was 43% off. Find the amount of money saved on the watch AND the cost of the watch after the discount?
What is $236.50 in savings and $313.50 after the discount?
What is 80%?
The volleyball team has a total of 20 jerseys. There are 8 medium-sized jerseys. What percent of the jerseys are medium-sized? (show all work or explain your thinking)
What is 40%?
A group of four friends eat out a restaurant and their bill comes to a total of $60. If they decide to leave a 20% tip, find the total amount they will owe the restaurant including tip. (show all work or explain your thinking)
What is $72?
Which is greater 30% of 150 or 60% of 80? Explain your thinking or tell how you know.
What is 60% of 80? (because 30% of 150 is 45 and 60% of 80 is 48)
What does 540% look like as a decimal and a fraction?
What is 5.4 and 540/100?
Amber answers 80% of the questions on a math exam correctly. If she answers 20 questions correctly, how many questions are on the exam? (Explain what you did OR show your work)
What is 25 questions?
Kirsten got offered a job as a Nintendo Switch salesperson and has two choices as to how she can be paid. Option A is an hourly wage of $8.50. Option B is a 5% commission on the total sales she makes. She plans to work 8 hours over the weekend. She estimates that she can sell $1300 worth of merchandise over the weekend. Which option gives Kirsten the most earnings? (you MUST explain your thinking)
What is Option A? She earns $68 with Option A and $65 with Option B.
Describe how to find 20% of 70 using mental math.
What is 14, because 10% of 70 is 7 and you can multiply that by 2 because 20% is twice as much as 10%