Instructions
Solve each problem and write your answers. Show your work where space is provided.
Finding the Percent of Different Numbers Word Problems
1. A shirt originally priced at $80 is on sale for 15% off. How much will you save on the shirt?2. A bakery sells 450 loaves of bread per day. If they sell 75 loaves of whole wheat bread, what percent of their daily sales is whole wheat?
3. A student scored 65 out of 100 on a math test. What percent did the student score?
4. A library has 500 books. If 120 of them are mystery novels, what percent of the library's collection is mystery novels?
5. A phone company charges $200 for a phone and offers a 20% discount for first-time customers. How much will the phone cost after the discount?
6. A farmer harvested 400 apples from her orchard. If 80 apples were too small to sell, what percent of her harvest was too small to sell?
7. A company pays its employees $30 per hour. If an employee works 8 hours a day, how much will they earn in a day? Show your work.
8. A car's original price is $25,000. If the price is reduced by 12% during a sale, what is the new price of the car?
9. A school has 1,200 students. If 210 of them are freshmen, what percent of the student body are freshmen?
10. A coffee shop sells 300 cups of coffee per day. If 45 cups are decaffeinated, what percent of their sales are decaffeinated coffee?