Percent Word Problems and Expressions

In the expression, 15% of 100, what operation does of stand for?

• Multiply

• Divide

• Add

• Subtract

A percentage is proportion where a number is being compared to __________.

• 100

• itself

• nothing

• 21

Which options are the correct way to find 8% increase OR decrease of 56? select all that apply

• 56-(0.8 x 100)

• 56+(0.08x56)

• 56+0.08

• 56-(0.08x56)

A sports store near Big Bear Lake is having a 20% off sale on all water skis. What will the sale price be for water skis which regularly sell for $248?

• $198.40

• $228.00

• 247.80

• $248

• 500
• 625
• 100
• 150

Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

• $26.00

• $6

• $0.60

• $0.66

Forty children in an after school club went to the carnival. This is 25% of the children in the club. How many children are in the club?

• 10

• 160

• 200

• 900

The ratio used to find percent is...

• part/whole = %/100

• part/whole = 100 / %

• whole/part= %/ 100

Jax has a toy car collection of 400 toy cars. He keeps 48% of the cars on his wall. How many cars does he keep on his wall?

• 833 cars

• 12 cars

• 195 cars

• 192 cars

Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

• $1.40

• $6

• $0.60

• $14