Budgets: what percent of the total each part is

Answer Key - Grade 7 Math Worksheet - Building Confidence

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1. Read this first

   Budget table

   Part	Amount
   housing	$800
   food	$400
   gas	$150
   savings	$250

2. 1.

   Ari reads Mr. Cole's pretend monthly budget in the table. What is the total budget?

   $1,600
3. 2.

   Esme reads Ms. Frost's pretend monthly budget in the table. What is the total budget?

   $1,620
4. 3.

   Jun reads the class pretend plant-sale budget in the table. What is the total budget?

   $90
5. 4.

   Total budget | 100% | $1,500; 1% | $15; savings | ?% | $300. Luz reads Ms. Hale's pretend monthly budget. The total budget is the 100% line. Using the table, what percent of the total goes to savings?

   20
6. 5.

   Total budget | 100% | $120; 1% | $1.20; snacks | ?% | $12. Milo reads the art club's pretend budget. The total budget is the 100% line. Using the table, what percent of the total goes to snacks?

   10
7. 6.

   Total budget | 100% | $1,000; 1% | $10; gas | ?% | $50. Noah reads Ms. Shaw's pretend monthly budget. The total budget is the 100% line. Using the table, what percent of the total goes to gas?

   5
8. 7.

   Pia reads Mr. Grove's pretend monthly budget, which has a total of $2,000. 15% of it is planned for savings. How much money is that?

   $300
9. 8.

   Tala reads Mr. Cole's pretend monthly budget, which has a total of $900. 20% of it is planned for food. How much money is that?

   $180
10. 9.

    Bo reads Mr. Dunn's pretend monthly budget. The car insurance costs the same $85 every month. Which kind of part is it?

    • Planned savings.
    • A variable expense.
    • A fixed expense.
11. 10.

    Esme reads Ms. Frost's pretend monthly budget. The groceries cost a different amount every month. Which kind of part is it?

    • A fixed expense.
    • A variable expense.
    • Planned savings.