Find Percent of a Number Word Problems

In the Daytona 500, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race? To word it another way, What percent is 12 cars that finished the race out of 30 cars total that started the race?

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There were 36 students signed up to go on a fieldtrip. On the day of the trip, only 29 students were present. What percent of the students showed up for the field trip?

A student earned a grade of 70% on a math test that had 10 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly?

A student answered 46 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 88%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points?

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?

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 school softball team played 75 games and won 50 of them. What percent of the games did they lose? (2 steps)