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Bell Ringer: Math Minute 19
Classwork: Book p.335
Percent Word Problems Directions:
Set up a basic percent problem.
Sometimes you will have to do extra
steps to solve the problem.
Follow rounding directions.
1) 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)
2) There are 36 carpenters in a crew.
On a certainday, 29 were present.
What percent showed up
for work? (round to the nearest tenth)
3) 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)
4) A woman put $580 into a savings account for
one year. The rate of interest on the account
was 6½%. How much was the interest for the
year in dollars and cents? (Round to the nearest cent)
Percent Word Problems Handout Revised
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5) 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)
6) 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)
7) 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)
8) A crew is made up of 8 men; the
rest are women. 66 and 2/3 % of the crew
are men. How many people are in the crew?
9) Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is
taken out for taxes. How much is taken
out for taxes? Percent Word Problems
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10) At a sale, shirts were sold for $15 each.
This price was 80% of their original price.
What was the original price?
11) There are 32 students in a class.
Nine of those students are women.
What percent are men? (round to the nearest tenth)
12) 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)
Socrative quiz ; Room number: Rutherford811
Homework: Require 40 minutes of MobyMax or alternate assignment
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