Percent Formula Word Problems Mrs. Hilton’s Class 6 th 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 worked at the zoo. If 3 of his 17 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 many customers 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 tickets during 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 in January. If he played 35 classical C.D.’s, what is the percent of classical C.D.’s he played.

Problem 7 Bill became a doctor. He fixed elephant trunks. He fixed 78.5% of all the elephants he treated. He fixed 45 elephant trunks. How many elephants did he treat in all.

Problem 8 Ashlyn became a famous golfer. She did occasionally hit one into the pond. If she hit 7 out of 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 trevor got 85% of the votes, how many 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.