Percent Proportion word problems

12% of the cars that went through the car wash were blue. If 75 cars went through the car wash, how many of the cars were blue?

• 900

• 90

• 0.09

• 9

Pridgeon Stadium has a capacity of 11,000. At the time of kickoff, 60% of the stadium was full. How many fans were in the stadium?

• 5,500

• 6,600

• 660

• 1,100

The middletown Zoo has 130 different exhibits.  Of those 130 exhibits, 30% of them contain birds.  How many exhibits contain birds?

• 49
• 39
• 60
• 25

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

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

Eric earned 60 points on his last test. If there were 75 possible points, what was his percent grade?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

GameStop is having a 20% off sale.  How much money will they save if the game is originally $28.99? _{(Money rounds to the nearest hundredth)}

• $25.00
• $5.80
• $23.19

• $5.79

Porportions are two ratios that are equal?

• True
• False

What if BestBuy is having a pre Black Friday sale. If the Big Screen TVs are on sale for 25% off.  How much will I save on a TV regularly priced at $2450? Show ALL work on a seperate paper.

• $600.50
• $800
• $1837.50
• $612

While shopping at a store, Billy found a $900 television that was on sale at a discount rate of 30%.  What is the amount of discount?

• $270
• $630
• $870
• $1170

Bob took a test with 30 questions.  He answered 6 questions wrong.  What percent of the test did he get CORRECT?

• 80%
• 20%
• 98%
• 75%