Percent practice

Percentage is a way of expressing a number, especially a ratio, as a fraction of 100. See also our verbal problems in percent or
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53%	of	89	=
23%	of	5	=
52%	of	20	=
47%	of	43	=
88%	of	35	=
55%	of	23	=
39%	of	66	=
75%	of	57	=
88%	of	26	=
54%	of	40	=

Percentage in word math problems

• Iron
  Iron ore contains 54% iron. How much iron ore is needed to produce 23 tons of iron?
• Percent increase
  What is the base figure if 2000 is the end figure and the base figure was increased by 18%
• Base, percents, value
  The base is 344084, which is 100 %. How many percent is 384177?
• Percentage 80710
  Calculate what percentage is 12€ of 60€.
• Persons
  Persons surveyed:100 with the result: Volleyball=15% Baseball=9% Sepak Takraw=8% Pingpong=8% Basketball=60% Find the average of how many like Basketball and Volleyball. Would you please show your solution?
• New refrigerator
  The new refrigerator sells for 1024 USD. Monday will be 25% discount. How much will USD save, and what will be the price?
• Loss
  A bookstore purchased the biography of a well-known politician from a publisher for R15 per copy, but sales have been very poor. The manager has decided to mark the copies down to R12 each to make a quick sale. Calculate the loss on each book as a percent
• Human buying irrationality
  I longer watch processors for Socket A on the secondhand market, Athlon XP 1.86GHz with a PR rating of 2500+ costs $7, and Athlon XP 2.16Ghz with a PR rating of 3000+ currently costs $16. Calculate: About what percentage of the Athlon XP 2.16Ghz is more p
• Percent decrease
  77 to 59. Find the percent decrease.
• There 28
  There are 100 cents in a dollar. What percent of a dollar is $0.15?
• Tristan
  Tristan normally wrestles at 80 pounds. He wants to add enough weight to move into the 84-pound division. What percent of his current body weight must he add?
• Cone and cube
  About what percentage has cone with base radius r larger volume than a same high cube with square base with edge length r?
• Savings and retirement
  The older sibling has saved 44% more euros than the youngest, which represents 22 euros. How many euros older brother has saved?

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