Percent Formula Word Problems

1. Percent Formula Word Problems Mrs. Hilton’s Class 6th grade

2. Problem 1 Ashtyn became a professional dancer. She won 85% of her dance competitions. If she had 250 competitions in 2015, how many did she win?

3. Problem 2 Tannor worked at the zoo. If 3 of his 17 baboons were sick, What % were sick?

4. Problem 3 Stetson worked as a produce manager for Walmart. If 35 people bought green peppers and this was 28% of the total customers, how many customers did he have?

5. Problem 4 Jake and Westin were NBA all-stars ball players. They made $700,000 a year. If they owed22% for taxes, how much did they pay in taxes?

6. Problem 5 Bradley got 65 awesome tickets during the term. If 14% of these were for cleaning the classroom, how many times did he clean the classroom?

7. Problem 6 Ben became a famous D.J. He played a total of 185 C.D’s in January. If he played 35 classical C.D.’s, what is the percent of classical C.D.’s he played.

8. Problem 7 Bill became a doctor. He fixed elephant trunks. He fixed 78.5% of all the elephants he treated. He fixed 45 elephant trunks. How many elephants did he treat in all.

9. Problem 8 Ashlyn became a famous golfer. She did occasionally hit one into the pond. If she hit 7 out of 85 hits into the pond, what percentage did she hit into the pond.

10. Problem 9 Trevor got the nice guy award. If 42 people voted and trevor got 85% of the votes, how many people voted for Trevor?

11. Problem 10 Gage (the Bull) and Dakota(Killer) joined the WWE. They won 16 of their 23 bouts. What percentage did they win.