Percent of a Number Real Life

Which percent names the amount of the grid that is shaded?

• 3.4%

• 14%

• 34%

• 43%

You answered 100 out of 100 questions correctly on a test. What percent is that?

• 21%

• 80%

• 100%

• 85%

Which of these real life situations could be represented by a percent?

• Cell phone/computer power

• Test/quiz scores

• Sales tax

• Discounts

What is 23 out of 100 as a percent?

• 100%

• 14%

• 23%

• 32%

What is 12/100 as a percentage?

• 24 %

• 12 %

• 50 %

• 99 %

• 0.50

• 50%

• 100%

Using percent proportions to solve real-life problems: If a car originally cost $20,000 and is now selling for 15% off, what is the sale price of the car?

• $18,500

• $17,000

• $16,000

• $19,500

Solving percent proportion word problems: If 20% of the students in a class are girls, and there are 30 students in total, how many girls are there?

• 10

• 40

• 6

• 25

Solving percent proportion word problems: A shirt that originally cost $40 is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price of the shirt?

• $35

• $25

• $30

• $45

Solving percent proportion word problems: The price of a computer is $800, which is 20% off the original price. What is the original price of the computer?

• $700

• $500

• $1000

• $600