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100

What is our equivalent ratios or proportion equation?

part/whole = %/100

100

What is the percent equation

Part = Percent X Whole

100

In the TV show The Office, the manager at Dunder Mifflin Paper Company through the first 7 seasons of the show is named _____

Michael Scott

100

Jacob C wants to sell his Nike SB's on StockX for $195. If he bought them for $102 what is the percent markup? (Round to the nearest whole percent)

92%

100

True or false

The Dutch East India Company created the first stock market

True

200

Mrs. Ham hikes 215 meters up a mountain. She is 65% of the way there! How tall is the whole mountain?

(Round to the nearest whole number)

331 meters

200

Earl (Mr. Moen's cat) took out a 4 year loan to buy a car at an 8% interest rate. If Earl paid $108 dollars in interest, how much principal did he borrow?

$337.50

200
There was no school on Monday, January 18th in honor of this holiday

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

200

Alijah wants to buy a video games for 49.99. If it is 20% off, what is the new price?

$40

200

Mr. Moen spent the first 25 years of his life living in this state

Wisconsin

300

While playing softball this past Spring, Fernanda got a base hit 35 times out of 115 at-bats. Use a proportion to find her percent of hits per at-bats

(Hint: Part/Whole = P/100)

30.43%

300

Soren estimates that a tree branch is 60 inches when it's actually is 50 inches. What is Soren's percent error?

20%

10 = p x 50

Divide both sides by 50

turn .20 into a percent

20%

300
This person is preforming at Super Bowl Halftime Show this Weeknd


(There is a hint in the clue!)

The Weeknd

300

Cavin buys a pair of Air Force One's for $250. He decides he wants to sell them with a 25% mark up. What is the new price of the shoes?

312.50

300

This new show on Disney + features Marvel characters Wanda Maximoff and Vision

WandaVision 

400

Mrs. Anderson measures and finds that she can do a vertical jump that is 30% of her height. If she is 56 inches tall, how high can she jump? 

16.8 inches 

400

Riley thought that the Bears were going to score 49 points on Sunday. In reality, they only scored 28 points. What is the percent error or Riley's estimate?

75%

400

The current Vice President of the United States is ______

Kamala Harris

400

Addy took out a $1000 loan from the bank. At the end of 10 years, she pays back the principal amount plus $200 dollars. What was her interest rate?

2% Interest Rate

400

This animated TV family features Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie.

The Simpsons

500

Adidas charges a shipping free that is 6.2% What is the fee to send an item that is $150

$9.30

500

In 2018, 950,000 people attended a Denver Nuggets basketball game. In 2019, 1,150,000 attended a Denver Nuggets game. What is the percent increase from 2018 to 2019? (Round to the nearest whole percent) 

21%

500

The Winter X Games are currently going on in this Colorado City

Aspen, CO

500
A pair of airpods that cost $250 are on sale for 15% off. If there is a 2.0% sales tax on that item, what is the total cost of that item? 

$216.75

500

What type of animal is a crocodile?

A Reptile 

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