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Percents of numbers: word problems

63 ext{ extpercent}

37 ext{ extpercent}

23 ext{ extpercent}

of the girls wears contacts and

42 ext{ extpercent}

of the boys wears contacts, what percent of all students wears contacts?

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30

21

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32

15

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33

45

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34

78

A gum ball matchine has

23

52

34

blue gum balls,

61

yellow gum balls, and

30

pink gum balls what’s the percent of red

A gum ball matchine has

23

52

34

blue gum balls,

61

yellow gum balls, and

30

pink gum balls what’s the percent of red

At Estelle's Hats,

70\%

70

hats are baseball caps. How many baseball caps are there?

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Judith ordered a set of purple and brown pins. She received

98

50\%

of them were purple. How many purple pins did Judith receive?

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At the craft store, Haley bought a bag of purple and orange marbles. The bag contained

72

75\%

of them were purple. How many purple marbles did Haley receive?

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At Ariana's Beading Boutique,

50\%

12

beads on clearance are plastic. How many plastic beads are there on clearance?

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For a company picnic, Jeffrey ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. The box included a total of

70

60\%

of them were gingerbread. How many gingerbread cookies did Jeffrey get?

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gingerbread cookies

A school assembly had

100

students in attendance, and

70\%

of them were first-graders. How many first-graders were at the assembly?

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The city council voted on a new tax. The council has

55

40\%

of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

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city council members

Ariel brought chocolate and vanilla cupcakes to school for her birthday.

60

students decided to take a cupcake, and

90\%

of them picked vanilla. How many people picked a vanilla cupcake?

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For a company picnic, Dan ordered a box of fresh-baked gingerbread cookies and sugar cookies. The box included a total of

10

70\%

of them were gingerbread. How many gingerbread cookies did Dan get?

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gingerbread cookies

In hopes of encouraging healthier snacks at school, Hector brought in a tray of carrot sticks and apple slices to share. The tray had a total of

60

snacks, of which

90\%

were carrot sticks. How many carrot sticks did Hector bring?

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80

\%

of the tickets sold at an amusement park were discount tickets. If the park sold

40

tickets in all, how many discount tickets did it sell?

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The students in Liz's class got to choose between pizza and burgers for the celebration on the last day of school.

90\%

of the students picked the pizza. If there are

10

students in all at Liz's class, how many students preferred the pizza?

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Michael ordered a set of brown and green pins. He received

70

70\%

of them were brown. How many brown pins did Michael receive?

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The lunch choices last Friday were mushroom or pepperoni pizza. The cafeteria made

30

30\%

of which were mushroom pizzas. How many mushroom pizzas did the cafeteria make?

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mushroom pizzas

Mary ordered a set of green and blue pins. She received

55

60\%

of them were green. How many green pins did Mary receive?

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The students in Connor's grade voted to select a guest speaker.

90\%

of the students voted for a famous athlete. If there are

90

students in Connor's grade, how many students voted for the athlete?

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The city council voted on a new tax. The council has

84

75\%

of the council members voted in favor of the new tax. How many members voted in favor of the tax?

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_____ city council members

Owen answered a set of math and history Quiz Bowl questions. Owen correctly answered

72\%

200

questions. However, Owen answered

53.3\%

of the math questions correctly. If

45\%

of the questions were in math, what percent of history questions did Owen answer correctly? (Round to the nearest percent. Ignore the

\%

symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is

11.2\%

11

Miko has a vast collection of books in her library. English books make up

\frac{3}{8}

of her collection.

\frac{5}{7}

of the remaining books are Chinese books and the rest are German books. How many books are there in her book collection if there are

75

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Of all the species in the world,

4

5

species are insects. What percentage of species are insects?

Sophie Ruth is eating a

50

-gram chocolate bar which contains

30\%

cocoa. How many grams of cocoa are in the chocolate?

650

students in the graduating class at East Community College. Of these students,

48\%

plan to attend graduation and

44\%

don't plan to attend. The rest have not decided. How many students are not sure they will attend

In a college philosophy class during the fall semester, there were

323

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42\%

of the students were philosophy majors, and the rest were not philosophy majors. In the spring semester, the same number of students who were not philosophy majors were in the class as in the fall, but there were only

298

total students in the class. In the spring, what percent of students were not philosophy majors?

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46\%

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58\%

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63\%

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92\%

Gianna runs a small business and is attempting to create a Cash Collections Budget, so she can determine her income for the first quarter of next year. She has an accounts receivable balance of

\$25,000

at the end of this year and expects her ist quarter sales for next year to be

\$75,000

. If her standard is to collect

50\%

of sales in the quarter in which it was earned, how much will her Total Cash Collections be for Quarter

1

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\$25,000

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\$75,000

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\$62,500

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\$67,250

Owen answered a set of math and history Quiz Bowl questions. Owen correctly answered

72\%

200

questions. However, Owen answered

53.3\%

of the math questions correctly. If

45\%

of the questions were in math, what percent of history questions did Owen answer correctly? (Round to the nearest percent. Ignore the

\%

symbol when entering your answer. For example, if the answer is

11.2\%

11

50

4

have names that start with the letter W.

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What percentage of U.S. states have names that start with the letter W?

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\%

Esteban has a big jar of change in his room. He has

600

coins total, and

240

of them are pennies.

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What percentage of the coins are pennies?

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\%

Emily's family loves to work together in the garden. They have a slight preference for flowers, as

60 \%

of their plants are flowers and

40 \%

are vegetables. They have

50

plants growing in the garden.

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How many vegetable plants do they have?

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vegetable plants

15

Emperor penguins. The Emperor penguins make up

30 \%

of all the penguins at the zoo.

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How many penguins live at the zoo?

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2 \%

of the students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair. There are

700

students at Hamilton Middle School.

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How many students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair?

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Challenger Elementary School has

800

students. Every Wednesday,

12 \%

of the students stay after school for Chess Club.

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How many students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays?

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Elmer has a collection of

300

fossils. Of these,

21 \%

are fossilized snail shells.

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How many fossilized snail shells does Elmer have?

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fossilized snail shells

Mrs. Conley asks her class what kind of party they want to have to celebrate their excellent behavior. Out of all the students in the class,

5

want an ice cream party,

7

want a movie party,

10

want a costume party, and the rest are undecided.

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20 \%

want an ice cream party, how many students are in the class?

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Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the

27

red ones, which make up

60 \%

of his collection.

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How many toy cars does Samuel have?

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Ivan, Bella, and lan agreed to share a pizza which was cut into

10

slices. Ivan ate

40 \%

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How many slices did he eat?

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While waiting for a video game to download, you notice that

30 \%

32

000

kilobytes have been downloaded so far.

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How many kilobytes have been downloaded so far?

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Jonathan has a collection of

400

marbles. Blue marbles make up

17 \%

of his collection. How many blue marbles does Jonathan have?

Challenger Elementary School has

800

students. Every Wednesday,

12 \%

of the students stay after school for Chess Club. How many students attend Chess Club on Wednesdays?

Mrs. Conley asks her class what kind of party they want to have to celebrate their excellent behavior. Out of all the students in the class,

5

want an ice cream party,

7

want a movie party,

10

want a costume party, and the rest are undecided. If

20 \%

want an ice cream party, how many students are in the class?

Of all the students enrolled at Anderson High School,

9 \%

are in the band. The band has

180

members. How many students are enrolled at Anderson?

Elmer has a collection of

300

fossils. Of these,

21 \%

are fossilized snail shells. How many fossilized snail shells does Elmer have?

8

men on a construction crew make up

40 \%

of the entire crew, how many people are in the crew?

Esmerelda bought a bag of jelly beans. There were

24

green jelly beans, which made up

8 \%

of all the jelly beans in the bag. How many jelly beans were in the bag?

15

Emperor penguins. The Emperor penguins make up

30 \%

of all the penguins at the zoo. How many penguins live at the zoo?

During randomized human trials for the chemical compound G

-23

Paxilon Hydrochlorate,

0.1 \%

of trial participants exhibited unpleasant side effects. At this rate, if a population of

5,200,000

is exposed to the compound, how many people would be expected to exhibit similar side effects?

A survey of Hazelton residents showed that

\frac{1}{6}

of respondents love the town's annual bunny pageant. If the residents surveyed are representative of the

4

200

residents of Hazelton, how many Hazelton residents love the town's annual bunny pageant?

At the newest animated movie, for every

9

children, there are

4

adults. There are a total of

39

children and adults at the movie.

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How many children are at the movie?

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