SAT/ACT Math-Percent Word Problems

  1. Suppose a certain item used to sell for seventy-five cents a pound, you see that it's been marked up to eighty- one cents a pound. What is the percent increase?
  2. What is 35% of 80?
  3. 45% of what is 9?
  4. What percent of 20 is 30?
  5. Find 45% of 125.
  6. The number 5.23 is what percent of 35?
  7. 32 is 40% of what number?
  8. A math class has 30 students. Approximately 70% passed their last math test. How many students passed the last math test?
  9. 54 is 60% of what number?
  10. 50.4 is what percent of 120?