Finding Percent Part Whole Word Problems

Greg took a test.  Out of 12 questions, he answered only nine correctly.  What percent of the questions did he score correctly?

• 75%

• 50%

• 80%

• 85%

Caroline took a math test and got 19 out of 25 questions correct.  What percent of the questions did she answer correctly?

• 76%

• 66%

• 24%

• 54%

A pizza shop has 25 employees. Of these, 14 are students. What percent are students?

• 14%

• 56%

• 33%

Of the 20 people in class, 12 are male. What percent are male?

• 12%

• 60%

• 30%

A baseball team played 30 games throughout their entire season. They won 24 of them. What percentage did they win?

What part of the percent proportion are you missing?

• Part

• Whole

• Percent

There are 32 students in a class.  Fifteen of those students are girls. What percent are girls? Round to the nearest tenth)

• 46.9%

• 53.1%

• 47%

• 53%

I can use the percent equation.

Write an equation for the problem: What number is 8% of 50?

​ ​ (a)   = ​ (b)   x ​ (c)  

• X

• 0.08

• 50

There are 453 students eating lunch in the cafeteria. Of those, 308 students brought lunch from home. Which equation can be used to determine the percent of students who brought their lunch from home?

• 453 = x*308

• 308 = x*453

• x = 4.53*308

• x = 3.08*453

If 40% of a number is 80, what is 20% of the same number?

• 20

• 40

• 60

• 80

What is the percent equation?

​ (a)   = ​ (b)   x ​ (c)  

• part

• percent (%)

• whole