Percent Knowledge-Based Practice
18 Math practice questions on Percent. Questions that assess core concepts and understanding.
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Questions
- 1.
What number increased by 25% of itself is equal to 45% of 400?
- 2.
The sum of two positive numbers is 280. If 40% of the first number is equal to 30% of the second number, what is the value of the first number?
- 3.
If is 20% greater than , and is 25% less than , what percent of is ?
- 4.
The difference between 72% of a number and 48% of the same number is 84. What is the number?
- 5.
What percent of 140 is 175?
- 6.
If the length and width of a rectangle are each increased by 20%, by what percent does the area of the rectangle increase?
- 7.
When a number is decreased by 35%, the result is 260. What is the original number?
- 8.
In a group of students, 60% are female and the rest are male. If 30% of the females and 45% of the males wear glasses, what percent of the entire group wears glasses?
- 9.
A metal alloy weighing 480 grams contains 65% copper, 20% zinc, and the remainder is nickel. How many grams of nickel are in the alloy?
- 10.
A chemist prepares a solution by mixing 15 mL of pure alcohol with 60 mL of water. What percent of the total solution is alcohol?
- 11.
A jar contains only red and blue marbles. If 35% of the marbles are red and there are 24 more blue marbles than red marbles, how many total marbles are in the jar?
- 12.
If 60% of a positive number is equal to 75% of a positive number , what percent of is ?
- 13.
An item is discounted by 20%, and the discounted price is then reduced by an additional 15%. What single percentage discount on the original price is equivalent to these two successive discounts?
- 14.
What is 35% of 80% of 250?
- 15.
A company produced 120 bicycles in May and increased its production by 45% in June. How many bicycles did the company produce in June?
- 16.
On a 40-question exam, a student answered 34 questions correctly and the remaining questions incorrectly. What percent of the questions did the student answer incorrectly?
- 17.
A value decreases from 250 to 210. What is the percent decrease?
- 18.
If 85 is 68% of a certain number, what is the value of that number?
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