Percent Word Problems Proportions

During lunch today, a number of 7^th grade students were asked to name their favorite city. The results are shown in the table to the right. What percent chose New York City as their favorite?

• 8%

• 17.5%

• 21.5%

• 33%

• 14.5%

There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are girls. What percent are boys? (READ CAREFULLY FOR WHAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO FIND, and round to the nearest tenth)

• 71.9%

• 73.5%

• 32%

• 32.9%

What is 40% of 230?

• 92

• 9200

• 9.20

• 575

On an 88 question test, Phil missed 11 questions. What is his exact grade for that test?

• 12.5%

• 13%

• 87.5%

• 88%

Q1. What is the result of 25 * 25?

• 1) 500

• 2) 625

• 3) 100

• 4) 150

A movie theater randomly samples the types of admission tickets sold on Friday in the afternoon and the evening. If 400 tickets are sold on a Friday afternoon, use your inference and proportional reasoning skills to determine how many of those 400 tickets would be adult tickets. Type your numerical answer only.

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CCSS.Math.Content.7.RP.A.3

A person ate 2400 calories in a day. Of these, 36% came from fat. How many calories came from fat?

• 984

• 830

• 1142

• 864

Valerie answered 28 problems on her test correctly. If Valerie correctly answered 80% of the problems on the test, then how many problems were on the test?

• 22 problems

• 25 problems

• 35 problems

• 36 problems

On average, an adult male's body weight is about 60% water. If an adult male weighs 180 pounds, then what is his "water weight?"

• 102 pounds

• 108 pounds

• 112 pounds

• 116 pounds

Mrs. Peabody's classroom was collecting canned goods for a food drive. Her class set a goal of collecting 300 cans during the drive. At the end of the drive, her class only collected 270 cans. What percent of the goal did they meet?

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

• 95%