Solving Percentage Problems

Ms. Perry spent $2000 to buy some new computer equipment. Of this money, $120 was used to buy some new keyboards. What percent of the money was spent on keyboards?

• 40%
• 60%
• 6%
• 4%

Yesterday there were 40 problems assigned for math homework. Corey did 10% of the problems incorrectly. How many did he get wrong?

• 1
• 4
• 5
• 8

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Alana spent $21 of her $300 paycheck on a gift. What percent of her paycheck was spent on the gift?

• 21%
• 63%
• 7%

A sports store received a shipment of 400 baseball gloves. 30% were left-handed. How many left-handed gloves were in the shipment?

• 12 gloves
• 120 gloves
• 280 gloves
• 28 gloves

40 children from an after-school club went to the movies. This is 25% of the children in the club. How many children are in the club?

• 10 children
• 160 children
• 200 children
• 900 children

45 people buy a ticket to the football game. Of these 60% ate nachos. How many people DO NOT eat nachos.

• 27 people

• 18 people

• 45 people

• 60 people

At Pizza Pi 30% of the pizza's made last week had extra cheese. If 27 pizza's had extra cheese, how many pizza's in all were made last week?

• 900

• 63

• 90

• 9

The students in Robbie's grade voted for a class field trip to the zoo or to the museum. 80% of the students voted for the zoo. If there are 240 students in Robbie's grade, how many students voted for the museum?

• 48

• 192

• 480

• 1920

Last night, Grandma let the children could choose cookies or ice cream for dessert. She had 68 desserts in all, 17 of which were ice cream sandwiches. What percentage of the desserts were ice cream sandwiches?

• 25 %

• .25

• 4 sandwiches

• 4 %

Carson bought Halloween decorations from Amazon.com for $90.  Shipping and handling are an additional 20% of the price.  How much shipping and handling will Carson pay?

• $19
• $17
• $20
• $18