6th Grade Percent as a Rate per 100 Worksheet (PDF)

6th Grade math worksheet: Percent as a Rate per 100 – Maths PDF

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This percent practice worksheet for 6th Grade covers percent as a rate per 100 (Common Core 6.RP.A.3c), with a free PDF to print.

These 20 problems practice percent as a rate per 100 (Common Core 6.RP.A.3c). You will use hundred grids, tape diagrams, and double number lines to find a percent of a quantity, find the whole, and solve problems about sales, tips, and tax.

Grade 6 · Common Core State Standards: 6.RP.A.3c

Percent practice worksheet: exercises 1 to 10

Exercise 1 – Percent from a grid

35 of the 100 squares are shaded.

Write the shaded part of the grid as a fraction out of 100, as a decimal, and as a percent.

Exercise 2 – Percent to fraction

Write $40\%$ as a fraction in simplest form.

Exercise 3 – Ten percent

Find $10\%$ of 80.

Exercise 4 – Quarter of a quantity

The whole is 60.

Find $25\%$ of 60.

Exercise 5 – Half of a number

Find $50\%$ of 36.

Exercise 6 – Percent of 200

Find $15\%$ of 200.

Exercise 7 – Percent of 45

Find $30\%$ of 45.

Exercise 8 – Free throws

Jamal made 18 of his 24 free throws. Find the percent of free throws he made.

Exercise 9 – Find the whole: 20%

One part is 20% of the whole.

$20\%$ of a number is 14. Find the number.

Exercise 10 – Find the whole: 60%

$60\%$ of a number is 45. Find the number.

Exercises 11 and up

Exercise 11 – Restaurant tip

The Garcia family bill is $40. They leave a 15% tip. Find the tip.

Exercise 12 – Sale price

The shaded part is the discount.

A jacket costs $35. It is on sale for 20% off. Find the discount and the sale price.

Exercise 13 – More than 100%

Find $150\%$ of 40.

Exercise 14 – Band students

In a class of 25 students, 40% play in the band. Find the number of students in the band.

Exercise 15 – Sales tax

Sales tax of 8% on $50.

A school sweatshirt costs $50. The sales tax is 8%. Find the tax and the total cost.

Exercise 16 – Quiz score

Sofia answered 21 of 25 questions correctly. Find her score as a percent.

Exercise 17 – Fiction books

35% of the books on a shelf are fiction. There are 28 fiction books. Find the total number of books on the shelf.

Exercise 18 – Which is greater?

Priya made 18 of 30 baskets in game 1 and 28 of 50 baskets in game 2. Find each percent and decide in which game she did better.

Exercise 19 – Shoes with a coupon

Diego buys shoes that cost $60. The store takes 25% off, and then he uses a $5 coupon. Find the final price.

Exercise 20 – Bake sale money

A bake sale raised $240. Cupcakes made 35% of the money. Find how much money came from cupcakes and how much came from other items.

Key facts behind this percent practice worksheet

Key facts

Percent means per 100: 35% = 35/100 = 0.35.
To find a percent of a number, multiply by the decimal or fraction form.
10%, 25%, and 50% are quick benchmarks: one tenth, one quarter, and one half.
To find the whole, use a tape diagram or divide the part by the percent.
Discounts are subtracted; tips and tax are added.

How to use this percent practice worksheet

Work through the exercises in order: they go from simple to challenging. Write every step on paper, then compare with the solutions page and redo any exercise you missed the next day.

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