pdf Decimal, Fraction and Percentage Story Problems

This multi-step problem-solving worksheet strengthens students’ understanding of decimals, fractions, and percents through real-world applications. Students solve eight contextual word problems that require converting between fractional, decimal, and percent forms while interpreting quantities in meaningful situations.

Students determine amounts such as one-half and one-fourth of 24.12, calculate 75% of 24 cm, find 80% of $400,000, determine 10% of a starting weight, and compute 60% of 80 jellybeans. Additional problems include interpreting one-third of 24 trials, finding three times and one-third of rainfall totals, and calculating savings after spending 20% of earnings. These problems require students to convert percents to decimals (for example, 80% as 0.8), multiply to find percent of a number, and add results to determine totals.

Because each scenario requires multiple steps—conversion, computation, and interpretation—this resource builds strong connections between rational number operations and real-world reasoning. It works well as guided practice, independent work, homework, small-group intervention, enrichment, or assessment preparation in a unit on fractions, decimals, and percents.

Skills Assessed

• Converting between fractions, decimals, and percents

• Finding a percent of a number

• Interpreting fractional and percent relationships

• Solving multi-step word problems

• Applying rational number operations in context

Classroom Use

• Guided problem-solving practice

• Independent work

• Homework assignment

• Small-group remediation

• Assessment preparation

Details

2 pages
Answer key included

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