Scale Up And Down With Percents (Word Problems) Quiz

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#1 of 8: Mild

Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

At a wilderness park there is a herd, or dazzle, of zebras. In the herd there are `26` young zebras, which is `20%` of the herd. How many total zebras are there in the herd at the wilderness park?

#2 of 8: Mild

Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

Sage is shopping in a clothing store for a new outfit. If she uses her store credit card today for her purchase, she will save `5%` off the price of her outfit. If the original price of Sage’s outfit was `$160`, how much money did she save by using her store credit card?

#3 of 8: Medium

Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

Several volunteers gathered last Sunday to help wrap holiday presents that were collected by a charitable organization. So far, the volunteers have wrapped `15%` of the gifts in red paper, which is `30` presents. `45%` of the gifts are wrapped in gold paper. How many presents have been wrapped in gold paper?

#4 of 8: Medium

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In Ellen's home library, `30%` of the books are science fiction. She has `125` science fiction books. Only `6%` of the books in her library are picture books. How many picture books does Ellen have in her home library?

#5 of 8: Medium

Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

This year at Blurock High School there are `275` graduating seniors. A special STEM diploma will be awarded to `4%` of those who are graduating. How many students will be receiving the STEM diploma this year?

#6 of 8: Medium

Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

Gloria bought a bridal fashion magazine at the grocery store. She noticed that `4%` of the advertisements in the magazine were about jewelry.If `6` of the advertisements in the magazine were about jewelry, how many total advertisements were there in the magazine?

#7 of 8: Spicy

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Jamal took a train that travelled `186` miles to his destination. During his train ride, he spoke with his friend on the phone for `5%` of the total miles that he travelled. How many miles did the train travel while Jamal was on the phone?

#8 of 8: Mild

Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

A department store received a shipment of `46` sunglasses. When they unpacked the sunglasses they found that `50%` of the glasses had green lenses. How many of the sunglasses had green lenses?

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Teaching Scale up and down with percents (word problems)

Scale up and down with percents word problems quiz will help your students to understand the concept better. We use scale factor to draw reduced or enlarged shapes of any given figure and to find out the missing area, volume, or length of the reduced or the enlarged figure. Scale factor is a conversion factor by which the size of a geometrical shape can be changed with respect to its true size. We can calculate the scale factor if the dimensions of the original figure and the changed figure are known to us. Share this amazing scale up and down with percents word problems quiz with your students to check their knowledge on same.

Grade 6

Percents

6.RP.A.3.C