Percents: Finding Percents in Word Problems

  1. If Daniel took a test with 30 problems and got 27 problems correct, what percent did he get correct?
  2. If Gabriel took a test with 60 problems and got 50 problems correct, what percent did he get incorrect?
  3. Bella had 24 cookies. She gave 10 of them away.  What percent of the cookies did she give away?
  4. Alaina earned $40 babysitting.  She is supposed to donate 15% of what she earns to a charity.  How much money will she donate?
  5. Rio always does 25% of his homework right when he comes home from school.  If he has 80 math problems to do, how many should he do right after school?
  6. Mia read 6 books. If she has read 75% of her summer reading list, how many books on on her summer reading list?
  7. Michael ran 4 miles. If he intends to run 9 miles, what percent of his running has he accomplished so far?
  8. Quinn sold $50 worth of magazines to her friends nad family.  If 15% of what she earns gets donated to her school, how much did Quinn earn for her school?
  9. 90% of the seniors at Hamilton High School have signed up for graduation.  If 12 students have not yet signed up, how many seniors are there are Hamilton High School?
  10. Tyrone checked 70% of the code in his program.  If he has checked 350 lines of code, how many lines of code does he have?

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