Percent Formula Word Problems

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Percent Formula Word Problems
8th Grade
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Problem 1
Brittany Berrier became a famous skater. She won
85 of her meets. If she had 250 meets in 2000,
how many did she win?
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Problem 2
Krystyl Ferguson worked at the zoo. If 3 of
her 17 baboons were sick, What were sick?
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Problem 3
Matt Debord 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?
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Problem 4
Emily Lower and Jasmine Parks were great
WNBA ball players. They made 700,000 a year.
If they owed 22 for taxes, how much did they pay
in taxes?
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Problem 5
Tiffany Lowery got 65 referrals during the year.
If 14 of these were for tardies, how many times
did she get caught for being tardy? She did not
get caught every time!!
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Problem 6
Brett Mull became a famous D.J. He played a total
of 185 C.Ds in January. If he played 35
classical C.D.s, what is the percent of
classical C.D.s he played.
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Problem 7
Brett Smith 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.
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Problem 8
Ashley Scalf 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.
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Problem 9
Jeremy Devereaux got the nice guy award. If
42 people voted and Jeremy got 85 of the votes,
how many people voted for Jeremy?
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Problem 10
Brad (the Bull) Denton and Daniel (Killer)
McFalls joined the WWE. They won 16 of their 23
bouts. What percentage did they win.
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Problem 11
Sarah Roderick and Erin Lanning became Las
Vegas show girls. If they paid 45,000 in taxes
and they made 3,000, 000 per year, what
percentage did they pay in taxes?