Grade 6 Percentage Story Problems
Practice solving real-world percentage story problems with this worksheet designed for 6th graders.
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Grade 6 Percentage Story Problems
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Read each story problem carefully and solve for the unknown percentage, part, or whole. Show your work.
1. A store is having a 20% off sale on all items. If a shirt originally costs $25, how much is the discount in dollars?
2. In a class of 30 students, 60% are girls. How many girls are in the class?
3. Sarah scored 18 out of 20 on her math test. What percentage did she score? Sarah scored %.
4. A basket contains 40 apples. If 10 apples are red, what percentage of the apples are red? % of the apples are red.
5. John saved $15, which is 30% of the money he needs to buy a new video game. How much does the video game cost?
6. During a sale, a bicycle was sold for $120, which was 75% of its original price. What was the original price of the bicycle?
7. A survey showed that 80% of students prefer pizza. If there are 200 students, how many prefer pizza?
40 students
80 students
160 students
280 students
8. If a shirt is discounted by 50%, you pay half of the original price.
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