Practice Solving Percent Word Problems

1. Mrs. Conley asks her class what kind of party they want to have to celebrate their excellent behavior. Out of all the students in the class, 5 want an ice cream party, 7 want a movie party, 10 want a costume party, and the rest are undecided.

   If 20% want an ice cream party, how many students are in the class?

2. Emily's family loves to work together in the garden. They have a slight preference for flowers, as ‍60% of their plants are flowers and ‍40% are vegetables. They have ‍50 plants growing in the garden.
   

   How many vegetable plants do they have?

3. 2%‍ of the students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair. There are ‍700 students at Hamilton Middle School.
   

   How many students at Hamilton Middle School have red hair?

4. A coin contains 9 grams of nickel and 16 grams of copper, for a total weight of 25 grams.
   

   What percentage of the metal in the coin is copper?

5. When a grizzly bear hibernates, its heart rate drops to 10 beats per minute, which is 20% of its normal value.

   What is a grizzly bear's normal heart rate when not hibernating?

6. Elmer has a collection of ‍300 fossils. Of these, 21% are fossilized snail shells.

   How many fossilized snail shells does Elmer have?

7. An estimated ‍3 out of every ‍25 men are left-handed.
   

   What percent of men are left-handed?
   

Source: Khan Academy, https://www.khanacademy.org/math/cc-sixth-grade-math/x0267d782:cc-6th-rates-and-percentages/cc-6th-percent-word-problems/e/percentage_word_problems_1
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