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Lesson 3: Represent and Use the Percent Equation — Practice Questions

  1. 1. A farmer owns 250 acres of land. If 42% of the land is used for growing soybeans, how many acres are used for soybeans? ___ acres

  2. 2. A student needs to read a 320-page book. So far, the student has read 112 pages. What percent of the book has the student read?

    • A. 30%
    • B. 35%
    • C. 45%
    • D. 112%
  3. 3. A phone's battery has a total capacity of 4,500 mAh. If the battery is at 28% charge, how many mAh of capacity are remaining? ___ mAh

  4. 4. A basketball team scored 80 points. The team's star player scored 24 of those points. What percent of the team's total points did the star player score?

    • A. 24%
    • B. 30%
    • C. 40%
    • D. 56%
  5. 5. A city has an annual budget of 8,000,000 dollars. If 0.5% of the budget is for public parks, how much money is allocated to the parks? ___ dollars

  6. 6. In 2013, 258,915 guns were sold, and the sales decreased by 66,330 in 2014. What percent decrease did gun sales experience from 2013, rounded to the nearest whole percent? ___ %

  7. 7. A student answered 24 questions correctly on a quiz and received a score of 80%. How many total questions were on the quiz? ___

  8. 8. A country's population increased by 22,704,000 from its 2010 population of 308,745,000. By what percent did the population increase? Round your answer to one decimal place. ___ %

  9. 9. In 2010, the population of a country was 308,745,000. In 2020, the population was 331,449,000. What was the increase in population over that decade? ___

  10. 10. The price of bananas increased from 0.50 dollars per pound to 0.61 dollars per pound. What is the percent increase? ___ %