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Lesson 5: 6-5 Find the Percent of a Number — Practice Questions

  1. 1. 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? ___ %

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

  3. 3. 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. ___ %

  4. 4. 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? ___

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

  6. 6. In 2012, the U.S. population was 314 million and the Asian population was 18.9 million. What percent of the U.S. population was Asian? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. The answer is ___%.

  7. 7. A yard is 36 inches. Write 63 inches as a mixed number of yards. ___ yards

  8. 8. A yard is 36 inches. Write 54 inches as a mixed number of yards. ___ yards

  9. 9. In the first half of 2013, there were 258,915 guns sold in a state. In the first half of 2014, there were 192,585 guns sold. What was the decrease in the number of guns sold? ___

  10. 10. A chocolate bar's weight was reduced from 250 grams to 200 grams. What was the percent reduction of the original weight? ___ %