SBI-Percent-Concept

Question 1

Percent: A special type of part-to-whole ratio comparing any number (part) to 100 (whole).

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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)

Question 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)

Question 10

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly? (round to the nearest whole number)

Question 11

There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth)

Question 12

A metal bar weighs 8.15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver. How many ounces of silver are in the bar? (round to the nearest thousandth)

Question 13

A woman put $580 into a savings account for one year. The rate of interest on the account was 61⁄2%. How much was the interest for the year in dollars and cents? (Round to the nearest cent)

Question 14

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)

Question 15

Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car? (Round to nearest dollar)

Question 16

Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% of the regular price. She paid $32.89 for the drill. What was the regular price? (Round to the nearest cent)

Question 17

A crew is made up of 8 men; the rest are women. 6623 % of the crew are men. How many people are in the crew?

Question 18

Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?

Question 19

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

Question 20

There are 32 students in a class. Nine of those students are women. What percent are men? (round to the nearest tenth)

Question 21

The Royals softball team played 75 games and won 55 of them. What percent of the games did they lose? (round to the nearest tenth)

Question 22

What is 58% of 300?