Percent of a Whole Number Word Problems

David bought a car for 65% of the original price of $8500. What did he pay for the car?

Pamela bought a new jacket on sale for 30% off the original price. The original price was $45.71. What was the discount? What was the new sale price?

Shawna earns $550 per week. She gets 15% deducted for taxes. How much money does she pay in taxes each week?

Brian paid $425 for a new bike plus 6% sales tax. What was the total cost of the bike including tax? (2 steps)

At a bake sale students sold 145 chocolate chip cookies, 95 oatmeal cookies, and 87 sugar cookies. What is the percent of the cookies sold was oatmeal? (2 steps)

There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are women. What percent are men? (2 steps)

The number of people signed up for a bus trip increased from 32 to 45. What is the percent increase? (round to the nearest whole percent)

• 52%

• 41%

• 42%

• 45%

Game Stop is having a sale on the newest game. It is normally priced at $66.64, but is on sale for $29.99. What is the percent decrease?

• 55%

• 549%

• 45%

• 222.2%

A tank of water starts the day with 12 gallons. By the end of the day, the tank of water has 8.4 gallons. What was the percent of change of the water in the tank?

• 30% increase

• 30% decrease

• 70% increase

• 70% decrease

Terry earned $10 per hour during the first month of his new job. By the 6th month, he was earning $15 per hour. What was the percent increase for his earnings?

• 1.5%

• 5%

• 33%

• 50%