On Saturday, a souvenir shop had 125 customers. Sixty-four percent of the customers paid with a credit card. The other customers paid with cash. How many customers paid with cash?T
A carpenter has a wooden stick that is 84 centimeters long. She cuts off 25% from the end of the stick. Then she cuts the remaining stick into 6 equal pieces. What is the length of each piece?
A car dealership has 240 cars in the parking lot and 17.5% of them are red. Of the other 6 colors in the lot, each color has the same number of cars. If one of the colors is black, how many black cars are in the lot?
The utilities bill for the Millers’ home in April was $132. Forty-two percent of the bill was for gas, and the rest was for electricity. How much did the Millers pay for gas, and how much did they pay for electricity?
Andy’s total bill for lunch is $20. The cost of the drink is 15% of the total bill and the rest is the cost of the food. What percent of the total bill did Andy’s food cost? What was the cost of his food?
Write a word problem that involves finding the additional amount of money needed to purchase an item, given the cost and the percent of the cost already saved.