Percent Proportions

At the store

100

A shirt is 50% off.  How much does the shirt cost if it started at $20?

$10

200

If you spend $50, the store gives you 20% off.  What is 20% of $50?

$10

300

The Black Friday sale is giving computers away for 75% off!  If the computer I want is normally $200, what is 75% of $200?

$150

400

I'm buying shoes that are on sale for 30% off.  What is 30% of $40?  Hint: cross multiply or checkmark

$12

500

If the computer is $200 and 75% off, what is the new price?  Hint: the new price is only 25% of the original

$50

At the movies

100

The movie is 90 minutes long.  What is 50% of 90?

45 minutes

200

The theater is 50% full.  It can hold 80 people.  What is 50% of 80?

40 people

300

Popcorn is 15% off today!  What is 15% of $10?

$1.50

400

1000 people tried to attend tonight's premiere movie.  If the theater had to turn away 45% of those people, how many did they turn away?

450 people

500

The movie is 180 minutes long.  The scary part is 40% of the way through the movie.  What is 40% of 180 minutes?

72 minutes

Sports

100

The Chicago Bulls average 80% made of the 200 free throws they shoot.  What is 80% of 200?

160 free throws

200

The swim meet involves swimming 200 yards.  What percent of 200 yards is 100 yards?

50%

300

The baseball game is 180 minutes long.  They sing the 7th-Inning Stretch about 135 minutes into the game.  What percent is 135 of 180?

75%

400

In an intense little-league basketball game, there were 10 players on the court for only 95% of the game.  What is 95% of the game if the game is 80 minutes long?

76 minutes

500

The referee messed up one of his ten calls, but we still respect all referees.  What percent of the ten calls did he get CORRECT?

90%

Music

100

You're driving in the car for 50 minutes.  Your mom says that you get to pick the music for 50% of the drive.  How many minutes is 50% of 50?

25 minutes

200

At a December party, 25% of the music was Christmas songs.  Out of 40 songs, what is 25%?

10 songs

300

A school in Arizona took a class vote.  40% of them love country music.  There were 25 students in the class.  What is 40% of 25?

10 students

400

In a popular song, they are singing for 75% of the time.  The song is 200 seconds long.  What is 75% of 200?

150 seconds

500

For a special performance, the band director has the flutes playing for 20% of the song.  If the song is 300 seconds long, how many seconds do the rest of the instruments get to play?  Hint: the rest of the instruments play for 80%

240 seconds