Percent Part Whole Word Problems

There is a jar of jellybeans on Mr. Schidrich's desk. 40% of the jellybeans are red. If there are 55 jelly beans in the jar, how many are red??

• 20

• 22

• 24

• 25

In a neighborhood, there are 9 families that own a poodle. If these owners make up 50% of all dog owners in the neighborhood, how many dog owners are there? What part of the percent proportion are you missing?

• Part

• Whole

• Percent

The city council voted on a new tax. The council has 20 members and 20% of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

• 16 council members 

• 4 council members 

• 20% of the members 

• 100

At the craft store, Stanley bought a bag of yellow and purple marbles. He received 60 marbles in all. 42 of the marbles were yellow. What percentage of the marbles were yellow?

• 7%

• 18

• 70%

• .7

Everyone at Ethan's school wore either brown or yellow for school spirit day. 74 out of the 100 students at the school wore brown. What percentage of the students wore brown?

• 26%

• 26

• 74

• 74%

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs 

• 32 packs

• 40 packs 

• 40%

Ian's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 310 were in favor of the new speed limit and 190 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit? 
*HINT* You have to find the total number of votes first!! 

• 62%

• 38%

• 61%

• 310 people

A test has 20 questions. If Peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did Peter get correct?

• 4 correct

• 16 correct

• 4%

• 25 correct

In a school, 25 % of the teachers teach basic math. If there are 50 basic math teachers, how many teachers are there in the school?

• 150 teachers 

• 5 teachers 

• 50 teachers 

• 200 teachers 

Jennifer made a fruit juice using red and green grapes. Thirty percent of the grapes are red. If she used a total of 60 grapes, how many red grapes should she use?

• 18 green grapes 

• 50% of the grapes 

• 18 red grapes

• 50 red grapes