Percent Story Problems Worksheet | Would You Rather 8th Grade Math with Key

Percent story problems worksheet in a would you rather format

This percent story problems worksheet turns 8th grade math into real-world choices. The packet is a 13 page worksheet with 80 would you rather questions, where students must work out both options before they decide which one is better.

Percents, rates, proportions, exponents, volume and unit conversions all appear in short decisions about money, speed and amounts, so students see why the math matters.

Teachers who need a percent story problems worksheet for 8th grade will find four sections of 20 questions here, and the packet comes with an answer key, an answer sheet and a lesson plan.

What’s on the pages

The worksheet has four sections of 20 questions each, and each one has its own heading and directions.

• Financial decisions, best deals and returns: students pick the better deal, such as earning $100 in 4 hours or $125 in 5 hours, or paying $12 for 3 meters of fabric or a different price for a different length.
• Rates, proportions and exponents: students pick the greater speed or amount, such as a 7 out of 10 chance or another chance of winning a game.
• True or false mathematical comparisons: statements such as 2 liters being more than 2,500 milliliters, or 2^5 dollars being the larger total.
• Calculate the better option: students work out both options, such as 5% of $200 compared with 8% of $100.

The questions ask for a decision and not just a number, so students have to prove their choice with math.

What’s in the download

• Student worksheet: 13 pages
• Answer key: 17 pages, with a short explanation after each answer
• Answer sheet: 4 pages
• Lesson plan: 2 pages

The four parts add up to 36 pages, and everything comes as PDF.

How to use this percent story problems worksheet

The lesson plan is set for 90 minutes. Its objectives are to compare rates and calculate percents to find the best financial outcome, to compare volumes and areas to find the largest value, to convert measurement units to compare amounts, and to think critically about would you rather situations with 8th grade math.

The plan begins with a talk about how math helps with real decisions, such as finding the best deal or the fastest route. The teacher introduces the would you rather idea, explaining that students must calculate both sides before they choose. Students then work through the four sections, with a reminder to review percents and unit rates when needed, to watch the units in the rate questions, and to prove each true or false statement with math.

The materials list printed copies of the worksheet, pencils and erasers, scratch paper for the longer calculations, and optional calculators.

Ask students to defend a choice aloud. A short class debate shows that two people can reach the same answer with different steps.

The answer sheet keeps the worksheet clean for reuse, and the answer key gives a short explanation after every answer.

Teachers who look for would you rather math or 8th grade real-world math will find both here, and the percent story problems worksheet with answer key pages lets a helper check the work in minutes.

Where it fits

Use it for a review day, a financial math unit, early finishers, homework or a sub plan. Homeschool families can work through one section a day.

Take a look at the preview pages before you buy, so you can see the worksheet, the answer key and the answer sheet.

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Many teachers use this percent story problems worksheet as a baseline and repeat the set after a few weeks to see growth.

Because each question has a built-in choice, students who usually rush are encouraged to slow down and check both sides.

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