Percent Word Problems Proportions

The movie theater has 250 seats. 225 seats were sold for the current showing. What percent of seats are empty?

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 90%

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answers correctly?

• 25 problems

• 16 problems

• 18 problems

• 9 problems

What percent of 5 is 12?

• 60%

• 240%

• 42%

• 120%

Find 10.3% of 30.

• 19.7

• 309

• 30.9

• 3.09

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

Review. (Proportions Word Problems)
Perry bought 5 nectarines for $4. How many nectarines can Amanda buy if she has $16? 

• 6 nectarines

• 12 nectarines

• 20 nectarines

• 15 nectarines