AlgebraLab

Word Problem Exercises: Using Percents

By G Redden

If the answer is a decimal round to the nearest tenth.

What is 28% of 85?

Thirty-two percent of 275 is what number?

Fourteen is what percent of 112?

23 years is what percent of 40 years?

42 is 12% of what number?

35 is 21.5% of what number?

27 hours is what percent of 2 days

38 inches is what percent of 5 feet

You spend $36.10 on dinner and plan to leave a 23% tip.
a) How much do you leave for a tip?
b) All together how much is dinner including tax?
You spend 47.52ondinnerandleavea47.52 on dinner and leave a 9 tip.
a) What is the percent of the tip?
b) What is the total cost of dinner including the tip?