Percent of a Number Real Life Problems

If a water tank holds 500 liters and is currently 60% full, how many liters of water are in the tank?

• 300 liters

• 200 liters

• 400 liters

• 100 liters

• $0.44

• $9.19

• $13.13

• $4.38

• A

• B

• C

• D

What is 40% of 250?

• 200

• 100

• 60

• 150

Anthony is a car salesman earning $450 a week base salary and an additional 30% commission of dealer's sales profit for each car he sells. Anthony sold 5 cars this week. This table shows the dealer's sales profit for the 5 cars Anthony sold this week.

• $626.70

• $1767

• $1902

• $2217

What is 25% of 80?

• 20

• 30

• 15

• 40

Using percent proportions to solve real-life problems: If you scored 85% on a test with 50 questions, how many questions did you answer correctly?

• 40

• 30

• 45

• 43

Finding the percent of a number: What is 15% of 200?

• 25

• 30

• 40

• 20

Finding the percent of a number: If 40 is 20% of a number, what is the number?

• 150

• 100

• 250

• 200

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

• 16

• 18

• 10