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4.2ACC Practice HW: Find Percent Applications
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1)In one math class of 30 students,27 students passed the math test.
a)What percent of the class passed the test?
b)What percent did not pass the test? / 2)Last night, the two dinner specials at Kirsten's favorite restaurant were salmon filet and steak. The restaurant served
21 salmon filets and 49 steaks. What percentage of the specials served were salmon filets?
3)Mary earned $150 babysitting over the vacation. She decided to save $60 and spend the rest. What percent did Mary spend? / 4)A jacket, originally priced at $42.99, was on sale. Mark saved $12.90. What was the percent discount?
5)Out of the $300 earned shoveling snow, Anthony decided to save $180 and spend the rest. What percent did he decide to spend? / 6)Sarah decided to buy a shirt which cost $25 and a pair of pants which cost $35. The cost of the pants represented what percent of the total cost?
7)The art club had an election to select a president. 36 out of the 48 members of the art club voted in the election. What percent of the members did not vote? / 8)A shirt was originally priced for $25.00. It was on sale and Jennifer only paid $15.00.
a)What was the percent discount?
b)what percent did Jennifer pay?
9)48 of the 320 youth club members in our area did not take part in the trip to the circus. What percent of the youth club members did go to the circus? / 10)Students took a math test yesterday. The test was worth a total of 45 points. One student had at the top of his paper. What is this student’s score, as a percent?
11)On his math test, Jamal got 18 questions right and 3 questions wrong. What percent of the questions did he answer correctly? / 12)Christina went shopping for a coat. When she got home she very excitedly told her sister, “ Oh my goodness! I got a $340 coat on sale for $136!” What was the percent discount?
13)One survey on favorite foods showed that 84 people prefer Italian, 58 prefer Chinese, and 98 prefer American. What percent of those surveyed prefer Italian food? / 14)If Jason ate of the candy and Susie ate 15% of the candy, what percent of the candy is left over?
15)A sweater originally sells for $60. It was marked down to $42.
a)What percent was saved?
b)What percent did the person pay? / 16)A regular human hand contains 27 different bones. There are 206 bones altogether in the human body. Approximately what percent of the bones in a whole human body are in one hand?
17)There are 12,550 registered voters in Overton. 9,789 of them voted in last week’s election. What percent of the registered voters voted? / 18)92 of the 298 youth club members in White Plains did not take part in the trip to the circus. What percent of the youth club attended the trip to the circus?
19)The Unit 4 math test was worth a total of 38 points. Josh lost 5 points. What his score (as a percentage) on the test? / 20)At the craft store, Fai bought a bag of brown and green marbles. He received 16 brown marbles and 4 green marbles. What percentage of the marbles were brown?
21)Rachel put $375 of her $1875 paycheck into savings. What percent of her money went into savings? / 22)Dana had $7.50. She spent $6.45 at a record shop. What percent of her money did she spend?
23)Nina’s Pizza Parlor mailed out 150 coupons for free pizzas. By the end of the month, 90 free pizzas had been given away. What percent of the coupons were used? / 24)One of Mr. Baker’s classes contains
11 girls and 14 boys. The boys represent what percent of the class?
25)Out of the $300 earned shoveling snow, Anthony decided to save $180 and spend the rest. What percent did he decide to spend? / 26)To celebrate the first day of school, Julio brought in a tray of desserts. He brought 9 caramel brownies, 12 éclairs,
6 black and white cookies and 15 walnut brownies. The black and white cookies represented what percentage of the tray?
27)Naomi asked 200 students, “Should the school lunch menu be changed?”
The results are shown in the chart below:
a) What percent of the school said “yes”
(the menu should change)?
b) The 6th grade boys who said “no” (the menu
should not change), represent what percent
of the school?
c)What percent of the 7th grade said yes?