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Worksheet on Word Problems on Percentage

In worksheet on word problems on percentage we will practice some real life problems on percent (%).

1. Out of a salary of $4500, I kept 1/3 as savings. Out of the remaining money, I spend 50 % on food and 20 % on house rent. How much do I spend on food and house rent?

2. A certain school has 120 teachers. If this constitutes 30% of its workforce, find the number of employees in the school.

3. Rachael gets 94 marks in her exams. These are 47% of the total marks. Find the maximum number of marks.

4. A tank can hold 50 liters of water. At present, it is only 30 % full. How many liters of water shall I pit in the tank, so that it is 50 % full?

5. Pat's income is 20% more than Adam. How much percent is Adam's income less than Pat's?

6. Morgan bought a pair of shoes at a sale of 25%. If the amount she paid was $1002, find the marked price.

7. In an election, there are a total of 80000 voters and there are two candidates, X and Y. 80 % of the voters go for polls out of which 60 % vote for X. How any votes does Y get?

8. A cricket team won 60% of the total matches it played during the year. If it lost 24 matches in all and no matches were drawn, find the number of matches played during the year.

9. Jack bought 4 dozen eggs at $10 per dozen. 6 eggs were broken. What percent of his money goes waste?

10. An agent of an insurance company gets a commission of 5 % on the basic premium he collects. What will be the commission earned by him if he collects $4800?

11. There are 80 coins of $5 in the purse. These coins constitute 20 % of its total coins. How many coins are there in the purse?

12. Mack requires 40 % to pass. If he gets 190 marks and falls short by 10 marks, what are the maximum marks he could have got?

13. There are 442 boy students in class VIII. If 15% of the students are girls, find the total number of students in class VIII.

14. Ron scored 20 out of 25 marks in English, 30 out of 40 marks in Science and 68 out of 80 marks in mathematics. In which subject his percentage of marks is best?

15. Max requires 50 % to pass. If he gets 280 marks and falls short by 20 marks, what were the maximum marks he could have got?

16. The population of New York city is 8,478,080. If 40% are females, what is the population of males?

17. Mr. Steven earns $ 138000 annually. He saves 35% of his income. What amount does he spend?

18. Mr. Paul had $ 75600. He gave 18% of the same to his wife. What amount did he give to his wife?

19. Jonathan bought 24000 oranges. 15% of the oranges were rotten. How many oranges were in good condition?

20. In a convent school, there were 6800 students. 17% of them failed in the annual examination. Find the number of students passed.

21. The population of a town was 756900. The population increased by 7%. What is the population now?

22. In a library, out of 28600 books, 16% are physics books. How many physics books are there in the library?

23. Ashley got 504 marks out of 560. Nancy got 637 marks out of 650. Who got better marks? Also find the marks obtained by them as a per cent.

24. The price of a sound bar is $ 4623. If its price increases by 5%, find the new price of the sound bar.

25. Nitheeya secured 55 marks out of 60 in Mathematics and 25 marks out of 30 in science. In which subject she performed better and by what per cent?

26. Out of 22 working days in a month, Nairitee was absent for 2 days from her school. Calculate her attendance per cent in the month.


Answers for the worksheet on word problems on percentage are given below to check the exact answers of the above questions.


Answers:


1. Food: $1500; house rent: $600 and on both: $2100

2. 400   

3. 200   

4. 10 liters

5. 1623%

6. $1336

7. 25600

8. 60      

9. 12.5%

10. $240

11. 400 coins      

12. 500 marks    

13. 520    

14. Mathematics (85%)

15. 600

16. 5086848

17. $48300

18. $48300

19. 20400

20. 5644

21. 809883

22. 4576

23. Nancy; Nancy - 98%; Ashley - 90%

24. $4854.15

25. Better performed in Mathematics, Mathematics - 91.67%, Science - 83.33%

26. 90.91%

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