Practice with Solving Word Problems

Complete these exercises and check your answers.

Solve Percent Applications
In the following exercises, solve.

Geneva treated her parents to dinner at their favorite restaurant. The bill was $74.25. Geneva wants to leave 16% of the total bill as a tip. How much should the tip be?
Trong has 12% of each paycheck automatically deposited to his savings account. His last paycheck was $2165. How much money was deposited to Trong's savings account?
One serving of oatmeal has eight grams of fiber, which is 33% of the recommended daily amount. What is the total recommended daily amount of fiber?
A bacon cheeseburger at a popular fast food restaurant contains 2070 milligrams (mg) of sodium, which is 86% of the recommended daily amount. What is the total recommended daily amount of sodium?
After 3 months on a diet, Lisa had lost 12% of her original weight. She lost 21 pounds. What was Lisa's original weight?
Yuki bought a dress on sale for $72. The sale price was 60% of the original price. What was the original price of the dress?
Tim left a $9 tip for a $50 restaurant bill. What percent tip did he leave?
The nutrition fact sheet at a fast food restaurant says the fish sandwich has 380 calories, and 171 calories are from fat. What percent of the total calories is from fat?
Emma gets paid $3,000 per month. She pays $750 a month for rent. What percent of her monthly pay goes to rent?

Find Percent Increase and Percent Decrease
In the following exercises, solve.

Tamanika got a raise in her hourly pay, from $15.50 to $17.36. Find the percent increase.
Annual student fees at the University of California rose from about $4,000 in 2000 to about $12,000 in 2010. Find the percent increase.
According to Time magazine annual global seafood consumption rose from 22 pounds per person in the 1960s to 38 pounds per person in 2011. Find the percent increase. (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent).
A grocery store reduced the price of a loaf of bread from $2.80 to $2.73. Find the percent decrease.
Hernando's salary was $49,500 last year. This year his salary was cut to $44,055. Find the percent decrease.
In 1 month, the median home price in the West fell from $203,400 to $192,300. Find the percent decrease. (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent).