Grade 8 Percentage Story Problems

A worksheet for 8th graders to practice solving real-world percentage story problems.

Grade 8 Math Percents, Ratios, and RatesPercentage Story Problems

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3 Short AnswerFill in the BlanksMultiple ChoiceTrue / False

Standards

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.RP.A.3

Topics

mathpercentagesstory problemsgrade 8

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Read each story problem carefully and solve for the unknown percentage or value. Show your work.

1. A store is having a 25% off sale on all items. If a shirt originally costs $40, what is the sale price?

2. Sarah earned $300 last week. She spent 15% of her earnings on a new book. The amount she spent on the book was .

3. A recipe calls for 2 cups of flour. If you want to increase the recipe by 50%, how much flour will you need?

2.5 cups

3 cups

1.5 cups

4 cups

4. A population of bacteria increased from 200 to 250. What was the percentage increase?

5. If a price decreases by 10% and then increases by 10%, the final price is the same as the original price.

True

False

6. A car's value depreciated by 12% in its first year. If its original value was $25,000, what is its value after one year?