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 orexamples1, examples2, examples3, examples4, examples5.
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Percentage in word math problems
- In 2011
In 2011, assuming about 61.3% of the households in Colorado owned pets. Find the decimal notation for 61.3%. - Express 6027
Express a drop of 8 percent per mille. - A student 3
A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test with 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly? Round to the nearest whole number. - Percents - easy
How many percent is 432 out of 434? - Percentage 80710
Calculate what percentage is 12€ of 60€. - Reward
Janko and Peter divided the reward from the brigade so that Peter got 5/8 of the reward. What percentage of Janko's reward got? - Percentage 10
Fifty-two shorts and missed 13. Calculate percentage - Lorelai
Lorelai scored 15 points on her pretest. On her second try, she got 75 points. What is her percent increase? - Sharonsville fires
In the city of Sharonville, there were 678 structure fires in 1997. In 1999, the number of structure fires in Sharonville decreased by 26. By what percentage did structure fires decrease in Sharonville? - Percentages 83188
There are 10 bags displayed in the store, 2 of which have a hidden error. Buyers randomly choose one bag. Express in percentages the probability that they will buy the bag without a mistake. - Nelson
Nelson has a weekly salary of $445.86 and is self-employed. Use 7.51% for not self-employed and 12.3% for self-employed for the Social Security Tax. How much Social Security should be withheld? - A toy 2
A toy car costing 500.00 is reduced by 10% in the sale. How much does it cost now? - What is 23
What is 460 increased by 15%? - A number
A number 5% greater than 75? - Flawless
Of the 3820 products, 3792 were flawless. What percentage was due to failures?
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