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
examples1, examples2, examples3, examples4, examples5.

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50	+	70%	-	90%	+	10%	=
65	-	60%	+	10%	+	45%	=
10	+	30%	-	60%	+	10%	=
20	-	10%	-	40%	-	80%	=
50	+	30%	-	90%	+	85%	=
80	+	50%	-	50%	+	80%	=
90	-	90%	-	20%	+	55%	=
98	-	50%	-	60%	-	55%	=
44	+	50%	+	70%	+	40%	=
90	-	30%	-	80%	-	95%	=

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.
• 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?
• 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?
• Percents - easy
  How many percent is 432 out of 434?
• Lorelai
  Lorelai scored 15 points on her pretest. On her second try, she got 75 points. What is her percent increase?
• Percentage 10
  Fifty-two shorts and missed 13. Calculate percentage
• Flawless
  Of the 3820 products, 3792 were flawless. What percentage was due to failures?
• 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?

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