Word Problem Exercises: Using Percents

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If the answer is a decimal round to the nearest tenth.

General Questions

What is 28% of 85?

1.

Thirty-two percent of 275 is what number?

2.

Fourteen is what percent of 112?

3.

23 years is what percent of 40 years?

4.

42 is 12% of what number?

5.

35 is 21.5% of what number?

6.

27 hours is what percent of 2 days

7.

38 inches is what percent of 5 feet

8.

You spend $36.10 on dinner and plan to leave a 23% tip.

a) How much do you leave for a tip?

b) All together how much is dinner including tax?

9.

You spend $47.52 on dinner and leave a $9 tip.

a) What is the percent of the tip?

b) What is the total cost of dinner including the tip?

10.

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