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Percentage Word Problems
100

If I have 24 pieces of candy and 3 bags to put them in, how many pieces of candy is that per bag?

8 pieces of candy

100

You watch 3 comedies for every 2 scary movies. You've watched 25 movies so far. How many were scary?

10 movies

100

Are 3:7 and 18:56 equivalent ratios?

No

100

Convert 26% to a fraction

26/100, or 13/50

100

There are 30 crayons in a box, and 6 of them are green. What percentage of the crayons are green?

20%

200

If it takes me 120 seconds to swim 5 laps, how many seconds does it take me to swim one lap?

24 seconds

200

A fruit punch recipe calls for 3 cups of apple juice for every cup of grape juice. If you used 33 cups of apple juice, how much total fruit punch did you make?

44 cups

200

Mixture A has 2 tsp of drink mix for every 3 cups of water. Mixture B has 5 tsp of drink mix for every 6 cups of water. Which mixture tastes stronger?

Mixture B

200

Convert 72/100 to a percentage

72%

200

2% of students at Cooper have red hair. There are 400 students at Cooper. How many students have red hair?

8 students

300

If 6 pounds of strawberries costs $20, how many pounds of strawberries can I buy for $1?

0.3 pounds (or 3/10 pounds)

300

Your friend likes to save $3 for every $8 they spend. If they just received $88, how much of it will they spend?

$64

300

If red hats cost 4 for $10, and blue hats cost 6 for $18, which hats are cheaper?

Red hats

300

Convert 0.9 to a percentage

90%

300

A student got 27 problems correct on a test, and received a 90%. How many questions were on the test?

30 questions

400

If it takes me 3 hours to read 150 pages, how long will it take me to read 60 pages?

1.2 hours (or 1 hour 12 minutes, or 72 minutes)

400

For every 5 students who like P.E. better, there are 7 students who prefer Art. If there are 91 students who prefer art, how many total students are there?

156 students

400

If Mr. Eriksen can run 15 meters in 5 seconds, and Mr. Jeremenko can run 25 meters in 7 seconds, who can run faster?

Mr. Jeremenko

400

Convert 5% to a decimal

0.05

400

You've read 25% of a 356-page book. How many pages have you read so far?

89 pages

500

If an air pump can blow up 16 balloons in 10 minutes, how long will it take to blow up 400 balloons?

250 minutes (or 4 hours and 10 minutes)

500

In 12 cups of a certain spice mix, there are 3 cups of cinnamon, 1 cup of cloves, and the rest is ginger. If a smaller batch of the same spice mix has 40 teaspoons of ginger, how much cinnamon will it have?

15 teaspoons

500

Store A sells 3 cupcakes for $4, Store B sells 5 cupcakes for $6.25, and Store C sells 1 cupcake for $1.30. Which has the best deal?

Store B

500

Convert 42/60 into a percentage

70%

500

Everything in a store is on sale for 15% off. If you saved $24 on a coat, what was the original price before the sale?

$160