Percent Word Problems - Examples & Practice
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- (Videos) Percent Applications by mathman1024 This video by mathaman1024 works through a percent word problem. Summary There are three steps you can take with any percentage-base…
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- Solving Word Problems with Percents We can break word problems with percents into smaller steps! The following graphic breaks down how to solve word problems with percents into …
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- Word Problems with Percents You need to translate problems with percentages into math and then solve them. You can break down this process into three steps. Identify the knowns …
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- What percent did you get on the test? Round to the nearest tenth.
- A store sells a used computer for a price of PPP. No one came to purchase it, so two weeks later, the store set a 10%10\%10% discount on the computer. Now the store thought the …
- Ben has 707070 video games. He decides he is wasting too much time playing games and plans to sell 30%30\%30% of his games. How many games will Ben have after the sale?
- Your phone battery lasts 242424 hours. The phone buzzes and says it is on low battery. It has 15%15\%15% charge left. Assuming the battery runs out at a consistent rate, how man…
- Joe has 5,0005,0005,000 feet of Christmas lights. Every year he decorates his house for a beautiful light show. If Joe uses 3,5003,5003,500 feet of his lights to cover the sides…
- In 201220122012, 212121 out of 606060 American drivers knew how to drive a standard shift car. What percent is that?
- Samantha has a 15%15\%15% off coupon for a dress shop. If the dress originally costs 160.00\160.00160.00, what does Samantha pay?
- Po is a wheat farmer. His most recent harvest was 60,00060,00060,000 bushels. After harvest, he decides to keep 8%8\%8% of his crops for himself and sell the rest. If Po can sel…
- On Black Friday, the newest video game console can be bought for 350\350350! If the original price is 500.00\500.00500.00, what was the advertised percent off?
- Only 1.6%1.6\%1.6% of NCAA College Football players go to the NFL. If 5,0005,0005,000 football players graduate, how many of those will play in the NFL?
- According to Bob, 111 in 666 Americans face hunger on a daily basis. What is that as a percent? If there are almost 320320320 million people in the United States, how many of th…
- Suppose 10%10\%10% of people in a math class will get A's. In a class of 170170170 people, how many will get A's?
- A city raises its 7.5%7.5\%7.5% sales tax to 8%8\%8%. What is the difference in tax on a 40\4040 pre-tax item?
- A large tea kettle contains 272727 cups of tea and is 36%36\%36% full. What is the total capacity of the tea kettle?
- A cup of tea costs 3\33 and and a cup of coffee costs 4\44. If I buy the tea at a 90%90\%90% discount and I buy the coffee at a 20%20\%20% discount, what percent of the total or…
- You have three bags of jelly beans, each containing 120120120 jelly beans. If 10%10\%10% of the first bag is popcorn-flavored, 20%20\%20% of the second bag is popcorn-flavored, …
- Oranges at the local grocery store usually cost 5\55 for 444 oranges. During a sale, they are instead priced at 4\44 for 555 oranges. What is the percent decrease in price durin…
- I have a bag of jelly beans. Every day, I eat 20%20\%20% of the jelly beans that are in the bag at the start of the day. If there are 484848 jelly beans at the end of the second…
- Juliet went to her favorite store and found three shirts and a pair of pants for 181\181181. This whole purchase was on sale for 15%15\%15% off, and in addition, Juliet had a co…
- If you buy all of these paintings, how many years will it take to make your money back? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth
- The soil in Argentina is said to have a water absorption rate of 65%65\%65%. Meanwhile, the soil in Ethiopia is said to have a water absorption rate of 45%45\%45%. If you were t…
- If everyone in the Southern hemisphere shouts Hoodie Hoo, what percent of the world is shouting it? Round to the nearest percent.
- If Pluto has a radius of about 118711871187 kilometers and Earth has a radius of about 637163716371 kilometers, then approximately what percent is Pluto's volume compared to Ear…
- When John asked his classmates what kind of ice cream they wanted to celebrate their high test scores, 444 wanted vanilla ice cream, 888 wanted mint chip ice cream, 666 wanted c…
- In Pittsburgh the average temperature is 27∘27^{\circ}27∘ in January. The average temperature increases by 130130130% from January to May. The average temperature in October is …
- At Jane's family reunion, 45% of people had black hair, 28% had brown hair, 15% had grey hair, 9% had blonde hair, and 3% had purple hair. If 150 people were at the reunion, how…