Finding the Part
Finding the Whole
Finding the Percent
Mixed
Percentage Story Problems
100

What is 2% of 150?

3

100

30 is 12% of what number?

250

100

What percent is 15 out of 500?

3%

100

Convert 250% to a decimal.

2.5

100

A painter has finished painting 45% of a really long fence. If she has painted 90 feet so far, how long is the entire fence?

200 ft

200

What is 30% of 30?

9

200

20 is 40% of what number?

50

200

9 out of 10 is what percent?

90%

200

In a classroom, 4 students are wearing red shirts, 11 students are wearing blue shirts, and 10 students are wearing black shirts. There are 25 total students. What percentage of students are wearing black shirts?

40%

200

If a car’s gas tank has 15 gallons of gas in it, and the gauge says the tank is 75% full, then how many gallons can the entire tank hold?

Whole

300

What is 40% of 10?

4

300

8 is 20% of what number?

40

300

10 out of 50 is what percent?

20%

300

Change 0.5% to a decimal.

0.005

300

60% of the animals at a pet shop are dogs. If there are 42 dogs at the shop, then how many animals are there altogether?

70

400

What is 70% of 20?

14

400

55 is 11% of what number?

500

400

What percent is 30 out of 200?

15%

400

Andrew sold 60 baseball cards to a friend. This was 80% of Andrew’s total baseball card collection. How many total baseball cards were in Andrew’s collection?

75

400

Some students are taking a timed test and they have spent 16 minutes on the test so far. If 20% of the time has gone by, how long do they have to complete the whole test?

80 minutes

500

What is 25% of 4?

1%

500

81 is 9% of what number?

900

500

45 out of 60 is what percent?

75%

500

Jeff is shooting a basketball during team practice. He made 15 shots, which is 25% of the total number of shots he took. How many total shots did Jeff take?

60

500

 In the whole 6th grade, there are 448 students in four teams. Three hundred thirty-six of the students are 11 years old. What percent of the students are 11 years old?


75%