5.6 Solving Percent Word Problems

1. Yesterday, 5% of the 120 sixth graders at a school were late. How many sixth graders were late?

2. The sale price of a pair of pants is 65% of the regular price of $25. How much do you save by buying the pants on sale? 

3. Your family drives 126 miles from Key West to the Florida mainland. About 15% of this distance is spent on bridges. How many miles of bridges do you travel over? 

4. Before a century plant dies, a tall flower stem grows from its center. The flower stem grows for only two months to reach 40% of a height of 25 feet. How tall is the flower stem after two months?

5. A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he pitched 35 ballgames, how many games did he win?

6. Jerry, an electrician, worked 7 months out of the year. What percent of the year did he work? (round answer to the nearest hundredth)

7. There are 28 students in a class. Sixteen of those students are men. What percent of the class are women? (Round to the nearest tenth)

8. A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (Round to the nearest whole number)

9. Donovan took a math test and got 35 correct and 10 incorrect answers. What was the percentage of correct answers? (Round to the nearest hundredth)

10. At a sale, shirts were sold for $15 each. This price was 80% of their original price. What was the original price?