Mixed Percentage Problems

$390

Jana pays 12% of her income for social security taxes. If her monthly gross income is $3250, how much does she pay each month in Social Security?

3.75

Jean Junction is selling jeans at 15% off the regular price. The regular price is $25.00 per pair. What is the discount?

4680

Manuel found a wrecked Trans-Am that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car? (Round to nearest dollar)

$272

Mike pays 8% of his income for state taxes. If Mike's monthly gross income is $3400, how much does he pay each month in state taxes?

5%

Of the 1200 active patients at Rosa Villa Medical Center, 60 have accounts past due. What percent of the patients are past due?

25%

Of the 36 past due patients on Dr. Miller's books, 9 are over 90 days. What percent of the past due accounts are over 90 days?

15%

Of the 40 RN's on staff at Jacksonville Hospital, only 6 are male. What percent of the nursing staff is male?

38.69

Pamela bought an electric drill at 85% of the regular price. She paid $32.89 for the drill. What was the regular price? (Round to the nearest cent)

75%

30 is what percent of 40?

150

32% of what is 48?

25%

5 is what percent of 20?

28

7 is 25% of what?

96

72 is 75% of what?

42%

84 is what percent of 200?

30

9 is 30% of what?

7.580

A metal bar weighs 8.15 ounces. 93% of the bar is silver. How many ounces of silver are in the bar? (round to the nearest thousandth)

88

A student answered 86 problems on a test correctly and received a grade 98%. How many problems were on the test, if all the problems were worth the same number of points? (Round to the nearest whole number)

16

A student earned a grade of 80% on a math test that had 20 problems. How many problems on this test did the student answer correctly? (round to the nearest whole number)

37.70

A woman put $580 into a savings account for one year. The rate of interest on the account was 6½%. How much was the interest for the year in dollars and cents? (Round to the nearest cent)

80%

100 is what percent of 125?

300

12% of what is 36?

60%

15 is what percent of 25?

33

Seventy five percent of the 44 employees at Hillsong Medical Center work full time. How many employees work full time?

1920

Ben earns $12,800 a year. About 15% is taken out for taxes. How much is taken out for taxes?

750

The bookkeeper confides in you that 12% of the active patients in the office have accounts that are past due. Dr. Besley has been having you call all the past due clients, and your list is 90 patients long. How many active patients can you assume Dr. Besley has?

75

There are 15 CNAs available to work nights in the Sunnyvale Long Term Care Center. This represents only 20% of the CNAs on staff. How many CNAs are on staff?

6

There are 30 Students in Mrs. Jones class. Twenty percent of the students received an A on the last math test. How many students received an A?

80.6

There are 36 carpenters in a crew. On a certain day, 29 were present. What percent showed up for work? (round to the nearest tenth)

125

What is 10% of 1250?

11

What is 25% of 44?

63

What is 50% of 126?

56

What is 80% of 70?