Percent Word Problems

Shawna earns $550 per week. She gets 15% deducted for taxes. How much money does she pay in taxes each week?

Brian paid $425 for a new bike plus 6% sales tax.

How much money does he pay in taxes?

Brian paid $425 for a new bike plus 6% sales tax. What was the total cost of the bike including tax?

At a bake sale students sold 145 chocolate chip cookies, 95 oatmeal cookies, and 87 sugar cookies. What percent of the sold cookies was oatmeal?

There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are girls. What percent are boys?

The school softball team played 75 games and won 50 of them. What percent of the games did they lose?

60% of the employees at a high school school work as teachers. There are a total of 420 employees. How many teachers work at the school?

Do you understand percentages?