Percent, Tax, Discount

Percents & Decimals

100

Write the percent as a decimal: 4%

0.04

200

Write the percent as a decimal: 15%

0.15

300

Write the percent as a decimal: 77.8%

0.778

400

Write the decimal as a percent: 0.09

9%

500

Write the decimal as a percent: 11.25

1125%

Proportion Word Problems

100

A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 10 ballgames, how many games did he win?

8 games

200

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race?

40%

300

A sports shop has 90 employees. 30% of the employees work part-time. How many part-time employees does the sports shop have?

27 employees

400

A volleyball team played 28 matches and won 21 of them. What percent of their matches did they win?

75%

500

Valerie answered 28 problems on her test correctly. If Valerie correctly answered 80% of the problems on the test, then how many problems were on the test?

35 problems

Solving Proportions

100

What is 90% of 120?

108

200

What percent of 70 is 21?

30%

300

60% of 145 is what number?

87

400

150 is 15% of what number?

1,000

500

34% of what number is 51?

150

Tax/Tip/Discount

100

A jacket is on sale for 30% off the original price of $50. How much does the jacket cost?

$35

200

Eli bought a pair of pants for $25.00. What amount of sales tax must he pay if the sales tax is 5%?

$1.25

300

A store bought a pair of jeans for $19.99 and the store marked them up by by 20%. How much are the jeans after the markup?

$23.99

400

The groceries that Bailee buys at the store total $135.75. If the sales tax is 4%, how much will Bailee have to pay for her groceries, including tax?

$141.18

500

Ryan earned $200 mowing lawns for his neighbors. If he saved 30% of his money, how much did he save?

$60

Percent Word Problems

100

A $30 pair of jeans is on sale for $15. How much were the jeans on sale for? 

50%

200

At Ridgeview Middle School, the cafeteria served chicken nuggets 25% of the school days. If there were 176 school days, how many days were chicken nuggets served?

44 days

300

Double Jeopardy - Get this question correct for 600 points!

Barnes & Noble has 90 employees. 70% of the employees work full-time. How many part-time employees does Barnes & Noble have?

Barnes & Noble has 27 part-time employees.

400

Jessica buys a book for $37 with 9.25% sales tax paying a total of ______?

$40.42

500

The regular price of a scooter is $65.50. It is on sale for $52.40. What percent of $65.50 is 52.40? 

80%