Percents

Finding the Part

100

Part = ?

Whole= 64

Percent= 20

12.8

200

On the boardwalk, there are 20 different places to get food, 20 percent of them are ice cream shops. How many ice cream shops are on the boardwalk?

4

300

Winter coats are 70% off on February 1st. If a coat costs $57.75 on January 31st, how much will it cost on February 1st?

$17.33

400

On Friday, 280 Freedom Middle School students purchased pizza in the cafeteria. 39% purchased pepperoni pizza, 26% purchased Hawaiian pizza, and the rest purchased cheese pizza. How many students bought cheese pizza? 

98 students

500

The bill at a restaurant came to $136.40. The guests decided to leave a 15% tip. What was the total bill including tip?

$156.86

Finding The Whole

100

Part = 12

Whole= ?

Percent=45

26.67

200

You have 7 red marbles in a pouch. Red marbles take up 25 percent of the marbles in the pouch. How many marbles are in the pouch?

28

300

Francis heard that a car stereo system was on sale for 30% off. If the sale price was $57.75, what was the original price of the stereo?

$82.50

400

Jack is learning to save, spend, and give his money away. He has determined to give away 10% of his summer earnings. If he gives away $256, how much did he earn this summer?

$2,560

500

Mrs. Anderson pays her employee a five percent commission rate on their sales. At the end of the day, Peter earned $14.98 in commission. How much did he sell that day?

$299.60

Finding the Percent

100

Part = 23

Whole= 54

Percent= ?

42.59%

200

Joey has 8 pairs of socks in his drawer. Five of the pairs are white. What percent of Joey's socks are a different color?

37.5%

300

Mr.Robbins earns a commission on each airfare he books. At the end of the day, he had booked $208.60 worth of airfare and earned $31.29 in commission. What was his commission rate? 

15%

400

The student council hosted a bake sale. Of the 40 items bought to sell, 18 were brownies. What percent of the bake sale items were brownies?

45%

500

The last customer of the day is a loyal customer who brings in a $15.00 off coupon. She purchases many different items for $45. What percent did she save using her coupon?

33.3%

Conversions

100

Convert 0.6 to a percent

60%

200

Convert 67% to a decimal

0.67

300

What is 6/7 as a percent?

86%

400

What is 0.0045 as a percent 

0.45%

500

What is 115% as a decimal?

1.15

Miscellaneous

100

You’re in a race and you pass the person in second place. What place are you in now?

2nd place

200

There’s a one-story house where everything is yellow. The walls are yellow. The doors are yellow. All the furniture is yellow. The house has yellow beds and yellow couches. What color are the stairs?

There are no stairs its a one story house.

300

Grandpa went out for a walk, and it started to rain. He didn’t bring an umbrella or a hat. His clothes got soaked, but not a hair on his head was wet. How is this possible?

Grandpa is bald

400

What is at the end of the rainbow?

The letter W

500

I have 13 hearts, but no lungs or stomach. What am I?

A deck of cards