Find the Percent - Word Problems

Question 1

There are 20 students in the class. I counted 8 girls. What percent are boys?

Accepted Answer

60%

Question 2

We are in school 10 months out of the year. What percent of the year are we in school?

Accepted Answer

83%

Question 3

What three parts are important in a percent word problem?

Accepted Answer

percent, whole, part

Question 4

I teach 80 students. Yesterday, 8 were absent. What percent of my students were present?

Accepted Answer

90%

Question 5

You are passing 4 of your 6 classes. What percent are you failing?

Accepted Answer

33%

Question 6

A baseball pitcher won 28 of his games. What is the percentage if he pitched for 35 games?

Accepted Answer

80%

Question 7

What key word could help you find the "whole"?

Accepted Answer

of

Question 8

Landon got 34 problems correct out of 40 on his Math Test, what is his grade on the test?

Accepted Answer

85%

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