Calculating Percentages: Real-Life Word Problems for 5th Graders

A class of 30 students has 12 girls. What percentage of the class are girls?

• 25%

• 40%

• 50%

• 30%

In a fruit basket, there are 15 apples and 5 oranges. What percentage of the fruits are apples?

• 80%

• 50%

• 75%

• 25%

A pizza is cut into 8 slices. If 3 slices are eaten, what percentage of the pizza is left?

• 25%

• 62.5%

• 75%

• 50%

A library has 200 books, and 50 of them are fiction. What percentage of the books are fiction?

• 25%

• 40%

• 10%

• 30%

In a school, 40% of the students are in the band. If there are 250 students, how many are in the band?

• 150

• 120

• 80

• 100

A jar contains 60 marbles, 24 of which are blue. What percentage of the marbles are blue?

• 30%

• 50%

• 40%

• 20%

In a survey, 70 out of 200 people prefer chocolate ice cream. What percentage of people prefer chocolate ice cream?

• 50%

• 40%

• 35%

• 25%

A garden has 80 flowers, and 20 of them are roses. What percentage of the flowers are roses?

• 15%

• 30%

• 25%

• 40%

In a class of 25 students, 10 are wearing glasses. What percentage of the students are wearing glasses?

• 40%

• 30%

• 50%

• 20%

A store sold 150 shirts, and 30 of them were red. What percentage of the shirts sold were red?

• 25%

• 20%

• 10%

• 15%