Mathematics Grade 6 45 min

Find what percent one number is of another: word problems

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Of 20 students, 5 have brown hair. What percent have brown hair?

2

A puppy weighed 10 lbs. Now it weighs 12 lbs. What percent of its old weight is its new weight?

3

Of 8 slices of pizza, you ate 3. What percent of the pizza did you eat?

Sample Practice Questions

Easy
In a bag of 10 marbles, 4 are red. What percent of the marbles are red?
0.4%
1.10%
2.40%
3.44%
Easy
A plant was 20 cm tall. Now it is 25 cm tall. What percent of the old height is the new height?
0.80%
1.100%
2.120%
3.125%
Easy
You finished 1 of the 8 books on your reading list. What percent of the books have you finished?
0.8%
1.12.5%
2.18%
3.25%

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