Scale Up And Down With Percents (Word Problems) Problems

<p>An organization is collecting winter coats for people in need. Last weekend, there were `84` coats that were collected. </p><p>If `25%` of the coats collected were black, how many black coats were collected?</p>

<p>On a cart of books waiting to be shelved at the city library, `45%` of the books are fiction. There are `54` fiction books on the cart. `15%` of the books on the cart are children's books. </p><p>How many children's books are on the cart?</p>

<p>In a sample of `250` headphones, a quality inspector found that `2%` of the headphones did not work correctly. </p><p>How many of the headphones that the inspector looked at did not work?</p>

<p>A quality control technician inspected a sample of ear-buds and found that `2%` of them were defective. </p><p>If the technician found `102` ear-buds that were defective, how many ear-buds did they inspect for their sample?</p>

<p>Several volunteers gathered last Sunday to help wrap holiday presents that were collected by a charitable organization. So far, the volunteers have wrapped `15%` of the gifts in red paper, which is `30` presents. `45%` of the gifts are wrapped in gold paper. </p><p>How many presents have been wrapped in gold paper?</p>

<p>Moira is shopping for a new refrigerator. If she uses her store credit card to pay for her purchase, she will save an extra `5%` off the price of her refrigerator. </p><p>If Moira saved `$45.50` by using her credit card for the purchase, what was the total cost of her new refrigerator?</p>

<p>Last weekend, Renata babysat for her neighbors and earned `$47`. She decided to put `20%` of the money that she earned into her savings account. </p><p>How much money did Renata put into her savings account?</p>

<p>Over the weekend, Luella made `$65` selling baked goods at the bake sale. Only `5%` of the money she made came from selling cake pops. </p><p>How much money did Luella make from selling cake pops?</p>