Quiz about High School Percent

Question 1

An oil company drilled several wells. Fifty wells, or 25%, produced oil. What was the total number of wells that were drilled?

Accepted Answer

200

Answer

50

Answer

100

Answer

125

Question 2

Four different stores are selling the same item at different prices and with a variety of discounts as shown below. Which store will give you the cheapest price. You have to figure out how much you would pay for the item at each store.

Accepted Answer

Store 2

Answer

Store 1

Answer

Store 3

Answer

Store 4

Question 3

Mei-Li uses 3 drawers in her dresser to store shirts. She uses 1 drawer to store socks. Which value represents the percentage of the drawers in the dresser that Mei-Li uses for shirts?

Accepted Answer

75%

Answer

100%

Answer

50%

Answer

25%

Question 4

Jessica has driven exactly 90% of the distance to her friend's home. Which statement about this trip could be true?

Accepted Answer

Jessica has driven exactly 360 miles out of a total of 400 miles.

Answer

Jessica has driven exactly 40 miles out of a total of 360 miles.

Answer

Jessica has driven exactly 270 miles out of a total of 360 miles.

Answer

Jessica has driven exactly 396 miles out of a total of 400 miles.

Question 5

What is 80% of 80?

Accepted Answer

64

Answer

16

Answer

60

Answer

100

Question 6

Ezra made 96 cupcakes for a bake sale at his school. Of the 96 cupcakes, 58 are chocolate and the rest are vanilla. What percent of the cupcakes are vanilla? Round answer to the nearest percent.

Accepted Answer

40%

Answer

38%

Answer

60%

Answer

62%

Question 7

Out of 600 seniors at a local high school, 60% went on the senior trip.  At the hotel, one room was reserved for every 4 students. How many rooms were reserved for the students?

Accepted Answer

90 rooms

Answer

150 rooms

Answer

250 rooms

Answer

360 rooms

Question 8

Margo has a goal of saving $2.00 a week from the money she earns doing various chores around the house. The diagram shows how much money Margo saved after the first week. What percentage of her goal does this amount of money represent?

Accepted Answer

250%

Answer

50%

Answer

150%

Answer

200%

Question 9

Kaitlin is painting 5 identical flowerpots. If she has painted 4 of the flowerpots, what percent of her task is complete?

Accepted Answer

80%

Answer

40%

Answer

50%

Answer

125%

Question 10

Joey wants to collect 20 coins from foreign countries. If he has 3 coins so far, what percent of his collection is complete?

Accepted Answer

15%

Answer

7%

Answer

20%

Answer

85%

Question 11

At the local bank, 60% of the employees have 2 or more children. There are 240 employees that have fewer than 2 children. How many employees does the bank have?

Accepted Answer

600

Answer

96

Answer

144

Answer

400

Question 12

Kyle has 2 bags of marbles. In the first bag, 3/7 of marbles are striped. In the second bag, 6/8 of the marbles are striped. In the two bags together, what percent of the marbles are striped? hint: striped marbles / total marbles

Accepted Answer

60%

Answer

40%

Answer

43%

Answer

75%

Question 13

Mick bought some compact discs. If sales tax was 6% and the tax on his purchase was $1.68, what was the cost of the compact discs before tax?

Accepted Answer

$28.00

Answer

$10.08

Answer

$26.32

Answer

$29.68

Question 14

A-Z Party Store has 325 tablecloths for rent and 55 of those tablecloths are black. What percent of the tablecloths, rounded to the nearest percent, are black?

Accepted Answer

17%

Answer

14%

Answer

83%

Answer

86%

Question 15

On the last day of vacation, the Ramirez family drove 252 miles from a state park to its home. That drive covered 35% of the total distance the family traveled during its vacation. What is the total distance the Ramirez family traveled during its vacation?

Accepted Answer

720 miles

Answer

88 miles

Answer

388 miles

Answer

882 miles

Question 16

Sam has read 56 pages of a 224-page book. What percentage of the book has he read?

Accepted Answer

25%

Answer

2.5%

Answer

20%

Answer

250%

Question 17

Melinda was at the gym for 65 minutes on Monday. Of that time, she spent 23 minutes on the stationary bike. What percentage of her time, rounded to the nearest percent, was spent on the stationary bike?

Accepted Answer

35%

Answer

55%

Answer

65%

Answer

74%

Question 18

Chelsea and her friends ate 12 of the 16 apples she purchased. What percent of the apples did they eat?

Accepted Answer

75%

Answer

7.5%

Answer

8%

Answer

80%

Question 19

When Margie visited the beach at Key West, she collected 50 seashells. She had 15 smooth shells and 35 shells with ridges. What percent of her shells had ridges?

Accepted Answer

70%

Answer

30%

Answer

35%

Answer

65%

Question 20

Alton High School sold adult and student tickets for a school play. Of the 128 tickets sold, 84 were student tickets. What percent of the total tickets sold, rounded to the nearest percent, were adult tickets?

Accepted Answer

34%

Answer

40%

Answer

60%

Answer

66%

Question 21

Which number is closest to 55% of 300?

Accepted Answer

150

Answer

245

Answer

110

Answer

55

Question 22

Tyler said he has finished reading 27% of his book. If the book has 200 pages, which number is the closest to the number of pages Tyler has finished reading?

Accepted Answer

50

Answer

100

Answer

75

Answer

25

Question 23

Sam is tallying the response cards for an upcoming dinner he is catering. The 27 cards requesting a vegetarian plate represent 4% of the total number of guests. About how many guests will be attending this event?

Accepted Answer

675

Answer

68

Answer

96

Answer

108

Question 24

The gas gauge in a car shows it has 40% of a tank of gas. If the car has about 5 gallons, approximately how many gallons can the tank hold when it is full?

Accepted Answer

between 9 and 13

Answer

less than

Answer

between 4 and 8

Answer

more than 13

Question 25

In a school election, Jared received 76 votes, which was 40% of the total number of votes cast. What was the total number of votes cast?

Accepted Answer

190

Answer

116

Answer

127

Answer

304

Question 26

There were 442 students at Deerlake Middle School who voted on a theme for the spring carnival. Those who voted represent 76% of the entire student population. About how many students attend Deerlake Middle School?

Accepted Answer

582

Answer

106

Answer

336

Answer

1842

Question 27

Rubio is grilling ground beef patties for his party. The nutritional label from the ground beef is shown. Based on the information in the label, about how many milligrams of cholesterol are recommended per day?

Accepted Answer

260

Answer

190

Answer

210

Answer

280

Question 28

Adrienne operates the milkshake machine at Burgers and Shakes. On Monday she added whipped cream to 112 milkshakes. This was 68% of the total milkshakes sold. About how many milkshakes were sold at Burgers and Shakes on Monday?

Accepted Answer

165

Answer

36

Answer

76

Answer

350

Question 29

An aircraft has 77 females on board. This is about 48% of all of the passengers on board. How many passengers are on board the aircraft?

Accepted Answer

160

Answer

37

Answer

83

Answer

148

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