Percent Formula Word Problems

Mrs. Hilton’s Class6th grade

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?

Problem 2

Tannor workedat the zoo. If 3 of his17 baboons were sick, What % were sick?

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 manycustomers did he have?

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?

Problem 5

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

Problem 6

Ben became a famous D.J.He played a total of 185 C.D’s inJanuary. If he played 35 classicalC.D.’s, what is the percent of classicalC.D.’s he played.

Problem 7

Bill became a doctor.He fixed elephant trunks. He fixed 78.5% of all the elephants hetreated. He fixed 45 elephanttrunks. How many elephants didhe treat in all.

Problem 8

Ashlyn became a famousgolfer. She did occasionally hitone into the pond. If she hit 7 outof 85 hits into the pond, what percentage did she hit into the pond.

Problem 9

Trevor got the nice guy award. If 42 people voted and trevorgot 85% of the votes, howmany people voted for Trevor?

Problem 10

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