Percent of Whole Number Word Problems

What percent of 50 is 20?

• 40%

• 25%

• 2.5%

• 4%

What is 20% of 80?

• 16

• 8

• 0.8

• 160

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

What is 40% of 20?

• 2

• 4

• 6

• 8

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Find 5% of 80

• 4

• 8

• 12

• 40

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

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?

60% of the employees at a high school school work as teachers. There are a total of 420 employees. How many teachers work at the school?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C