Finding Percent Part Whole Word Problems

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

David bought a car for 65% of the original price of $8500. What did he pay for the car?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Shawna earns $550 per week. She gets 15% deducted for taxes. How much money does she pay in taxes each week?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Brian paid $425 for a new bike plus 6% sales tax. What was the total cost of the bike including tax? (2 steps)

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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)

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

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)

Lorena put $450 into a savings account for one year. The rate of interest on the account was 6.5%. How much was the interest did he earn for the year?

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CCSS.7.RP.A.3

60% of the animals at a pet shop are dogs. If there are 42 dogs at the shop, then how many animals are there altogether?

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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C