Decimal, Fractions and Percentage word problems
1. A boy wanted to buy the following items:
a. A book for Rs. 490.95
b. A water bottle for Rs.190.95
c. A tiffin box for Rs. 210.95
Does he have enough money to buy all 3 items if he has Rs.900? How much
money was left?
2. The first team member in a 3-person relay race must run 2 ¼ laps, the
second team member must run 1 ½ laps, and the third team member
must run 3 5/8 laps. How many laps in all must each team run?
3. How many questions need to be correct to achieve a percent score of 80%
on a test with with 60 questions?
4. How many laps in all must each team run? If a 10-foot piece of electrical
tape has five pieces that are each 1.25 feet cut from it, what is the new
length of the tape?
5. Junior's brother is 1 ½ meters tall. Junior is 1 1/5 of his brother's height.
How tall is Junior? Express your answer as a mixed fraction in it’s lowest
form.
6. After eating out at a restaurant, the bill comes to ₹2600. If someone
wanted to leave a 7.5% tip, how much would they pay in total?
7. Mom paid Rs.157.5 for three apples that all cost the same amount. What
was the cost per apple?
8. Amira had ¾ of a bag of cat food. The food lasted 7 ½ weeks. How much
cat food did Amira's cats eat per week?
9. Superman can fly for 4.89 km in a minute. How many km can he fly in 3.5
minutes?
10.Nick mowed about 3/5 of the school lawn yesterday. He mowed another
1/4 of the lawn this morning. How much is left to mow?
11.A piano teacher gives lessons that each last 1 ½ hours. Last week, she
spent 22 ½ hours giving lessons. How many lessons did she give?
12.A carpenter was given ₹ 42.30 to work for 2.5hrs. Find the amount he
would get to work for an hour.
13.Find the area of a square with side 4.92 cm.
14.65% of a number is 520. What is the original number?
15.Neptune completes 1 ½ turns about its axis each day. How many turns
does it complete in 1 week?
16.Six Flags Amusement Park has found that 3/5 of its customers ride the
Colossus roller coaster. Of these, 1/4 ride it again. What fraction of the
customers ride the roller coaster twice?
17.Jeremy worked 4 shifts at Little Andy's Ice Cream Shop last week. He had
two shifts that were each 6 hours long. He had another shift that was 4.8
hours long. His last shift he worked for 5 1/2 hours. How many hours did
he work altogether?
18.A special bottle of handwash contains 715 ml of a liquid. The bottle is
marked “30% extra free”. How much liquid is there in a normal bottle?
19.A car travel at 50 km per hour. How far does the car travel in ¾ hours ?
Express your answer in decimals.
20.In a biscuit tin, 15% of the biscuits are chocolate,1/4 are plain and the rest
are oat biscuits. Given that 36 biscuits are oat biscuits, work out the total
number of biscuits in the tin.
