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Percent of a number: word problems

Year 7 maths · Fieldbook Learning

Name ______________________ Date __________

Find the percent of the whole group.

  1. A team played 100 games and won 10% of them. How many games did the team win?
  2. A school has 80 students. 10% of them ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
  3. A class collected 70 cans. 20% of the cans were soup. How many cans of soup were there?
  4. A garden has 40 plants. 10% of them are flowers. How many flowers are there?
  5. A team played 22 games and won 50% of them. How many games did the team win?
  6. A school has 312 students. 50% of them ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
  7. A school has 182 students. 50% of them ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
  8. A library has 150 books. 10% of them are picture books. How many are picture books?
  9. A class collected 190 cans. 10% of the cans were soup. How many cans of soup were there?
  10. A garden has 120 plants. 30% of them are flowers. How many flowers are there?
  11. A class collected 360 cans. 45% of the cans were soup. How many cans of soup were there?
  12. A school has 60 students. 35% of them ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
  13. A team played 460 games and won 85% of them. How many games did the team win?
  14. A garden has 555 plants. 15% of them are flowers. How many flowers are there?
  15. A school has 531 students. 80% of them ride the bus. How many students ride the bus?
  16. A class collected 442 cans. 85% of the cans were soup. How many cans of soup were there?
  17. A garden has 762 plants. 34% of them are flowers. How many flowers are there?
  18. A team played 186 games and won 22% of them. How many games did the team win?
  19. A class collected 336 cans. 28% of the cans were soup. How many cans of soup were there?
  20. A class collected 340 cans. 12% of the cans were soup. How many cans of soup were there?
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Answer key: Percent of a number: word problems

  1. 10
  2. 8
  3. 14
  4. 4
  5. 11
  6. 156
  7. 91
  8. 15
  9. 19
  10. 36
  11. 162
  12. 21
  13. 391
  14. 83.25
  15. 424.8
  16. 375.7
  17. 259.08
  18. 40.92
  19. 94.08
  20. 40.8