100=T/F
200=Beginner
300 = More Difficult
400= Tricky!!
500 Word Problems
100

True or False?
66% is less than 2/3

True
2/3= 66.6666...

100

True or false?
3/8 is greater than 38%

False. 3/8=37.5%.

100

True or False?

If 10% of 70 is 7, then 20% of 70 is 21.

False. 20% would be double, so 14.

100

True or false?
0.035 = 35%

False

100

True or False?
14% is equal to 7/20

False, 14% equals 14/100 or 7/50.

7/20= 35%

200

Write 13/50 as a decimal.

0.26

200

Write 9/20 as a percent.

9÷20=0.45 = 45%

200

Which percent is equivalent to 6/10?

60%

200

Sam got 19/21 on her Science test. What percent did she earn?

19÷21=0.9047

Sam earned a 90%

200

4/5 as a percent

80%

300

6% of $19.99

1.1994
$1.20

300

33% of $345

$113.85

300

10% of ____ = 9

90

10% of 90 = 9

300

20% of $23.45 =

$4.69

300

Percent IS question:

12 students in Math have brown hair.  If 40% of the students in the class have brown hair, how many kids are in the class?

Percent IS: If you want to know what is the total if the percent is given equal to a number, you can:
 divide the number by the percent.

12÷0.40=30

Check is 12/30=0.4?
12÷30=0.4 YES!

400

Estimate 24% of 122

24% is close to 25%. 122 is close to 120.

25% of 120 is 30.

30+30+30+30=120.

30 is a good estimate.

400

Ryder's football team won 14/20 games. What percent of the games did his team win?

70%

400

Calculate a 15% tip on a bill that is $32.75.

Percent OF means multiply.

0.15 x $32.75 = $4.91

The tip is $4.91

400

+200 difficulty bonus

After taxes, Ava paid $25.68 for a $24 purchase. How much was the tax?

What percent was the tax?

tax: $25.68-$24 = $1.68

percent: 1.68 ÷ 24 = 0.07

The tax was 7%

400

+400 Difficulty Bonus.

April makes a smoothie with 8 parts fruit juice and 12 parts orange juice. What percentage of the smoothie is orange juice?

Need to consider the entire smoothie. The total amount of smoothie is 8 + 12 = 20 parts.

12/20 is orange juice = 60%

500

Braden spent $25 of his $35 on a sweater.
Jacob spent $9 of his $14 on a game.

Who spent the higher percent of their money?

25/35= 71%

9/14= 64%

Braden spent a higher percentage of money.

500

How much (in dollars) will you save if a bicycle is $355 and has a 35% discount?

Discount: 0.35 x 355 = $124.25 in savings.

500

+100 difficulty bonus (total 600)

Calculate the total price of a camera that costs $134.49 + 5% sales tax.

$141.21

Total = price + tax

tax= 0.05 x 134.49 = $6.72

Total = $134.49 + $6.72 = $141.21

500

+300 Difficulty Bonus = 800 points! This Jeopardy game is nuts!

Averie is paid $225 a week plus 8% sales commission. Last week her sales totalled $456.
Calculate Averie's total earnings for the week.

Total = weekly earnings + commission

Commission = 0.08 x 456 = $36.48

Total = $225 + $36.48 = $261.48

500

+200 points Difficulty Bonus

406 students attended school at Rudolph Hennig yesterday.  This is 85% of the school’s population. How many students are enrolled at Rudolph Hennig when all of the students are present?

Percent IS: If you want to know what is the total if the percent is given equal to a number, you can:
 divide the number by the percent.

406÷0.85= 477.64 (can't have part of a student), so 478