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Pre Algebra: Finding Percents in Word Problems

1. If you get 84 questions right on a 120 question test, what percent of the questions did you get correct?

(A) 84%

(B) 80%

(C) 75%

(D) 70%

(E) 64%

 

2. What percent of 54 is 43.2?

(A) 43.2%

(B) 54.6%

(C) 72%

(D) 80%

(E) 84%

 

3. If $y$ is a positive number, then $30$ percent of $20y$ equals:

(A) $600y$

(B) $60y$

(C) $10y$

(D) $6y$

(E) $4y$

 

4. In a football game, one team completes 22 out of the 40 plays when on offense. What percent of plays did they not complete?