The Percent Proportion Word Problems

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

• 70 animals

• 18 animals

• 60 animals

• 42 animals

A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 10 ballgames, how many games did he win?

• 10 games

• 8 games

• 800 games

• 2 games

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race?

• 40%

• 20%

• 60%

• 80%

Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test. What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• 70%

• 20%

• 12%

• 80%

A survey of 1,000 people was done by the New York Times. 80% of the people did not know the name of their representative in Congress. How many of the 1,000 people knew the name of the Congressman?

• 200

• 400

• 600

• 800

A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade of 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (round to the nearest whole number)

• about 98 problems

• about 86 problems

• about 88 problems

• about 84 problems

Marcus makes $8 per hour. That is only 32% of what Jack makes. How much does Jack make per hour?

• $25

• $31

• $19

• $21

A sports shop has 90 employees. 30% of the employees work part-time. How many part-time employees does the sports shop have?

• 27 employees

• 30 employees

• 60 employees

• 10 employes

Lacey's class just held a class election. 60% of the 25 students in the class voted. How many students voted?

• 19 students

• 35 students

• 15 students

• 6 students

Yesterday, there were 60 problems assigned for math homework. Albert did 30% of them correctly. How many problems did Albert get right?

• 20 correct

• 7 correct

• 30 correct

• 18 correct