Finding the Part
Finding the Percent
Percent Word Problems
Part Word Problems
100
25% of 16 is _____.
What is 4.
100

2 is what percent of 10

What is 20%?

100

You answered 25 out of 50 questions correctly on a test. What percent did you answer correctly?

What is 50%?

100

65% of students do not study prior to tests. If there are a total of 700 students, how many do not study for tests?

What is 455 do not study?

200

Write 258% as a mixed number in simplest form.

2 58/100   reduces to 2 29/50

200

What is greater 0.47 or 50%?

What is 50%?

200

Find a whole number n such that the values:

2/n, n/10, and 55% are in order from least to greatest.

What is n = 5?

200

The length of a rectangular field is 60 feet. The width of the field is 80% of its length. What is the area of the field?

What is the area is 2880 square feet.

300

Write 0.81 as a percent

What is 81%

300

54 is what percent of 120?

What is 45%?

300

I ran for 8 out of the 9 miles (I walked 1 mile to recover). On what percent of my route did I run?

What is 88.8 (repeating)% or 88.89% 

300

Two identical containers of liquid fertilizer, Container X and Container Y, are used for a garden. Container X contains a solution that is 15% nitrogen. Container Y contains a solution where the portion of nitrogen is 0.45.

How many times more nitrogen is in Container Y than in Container X?

What is 

  • Container X: 15% = 0.15

  • Container Y: 0.45

  • 45 divided by 15 = 3

  • There is 3 times more nitrogen in Container Y.
400

While organizing a bookshelf, a librarian notices that 6 out of 25 books are missing their covers. Write "6 out of 25" as a fraction, a decimal, and a percent.

What is:

1.   6/25

2.    0.24

3.     24%

400

Order the following values from least to greatest:

18%, 7/25, 16.5%, 1.15, 0.19


What is 16.5%, 18%, 0.19,  7/25, 1.15

400

At a school carnival, there are 200 students in attendance. The organizers give out "fast passes" for the rides to 40 students. What percentage of the students were not given a fast pass?

What is 80%?

400

A runner has completed 12 miles of a long-distance race. The race coordinator tells her that she has finished 40% of the total race. How many more miles does the runner have left to run to reach the finish line?

What is 3o miles?

500

120% of $200

What is $240

500

85 is what percent of 140? (round to 2 decimal places)

What is 60.71%?

500

A smoothie shop uses a blend of strawberries and bananas. The ratio of strawberries to bananas in the blender is 3 to 7. What percent of the fruit in the blender is strawberries?

What is 30%?

500

Mary got 72% out of 25 questions correct on her test. How many did she get wrong?

What is 7 questions wrong?