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100
What is 110% of 180?
198
100
Old: 26 New: 40 Round to the nearest hundredth.
53.85%
100
A basketball player makes 7 out of 10 shots that she takes from the three point line. What is her three point shot percentage?
70%
100
5/8 = n/16
n = 10
100
3/5 = n/15
3
200
What is 205% of 303?
621.15
200
Old:189 New: 107 Round to the nearest hundredth.
76.64%
200
When playing Trivial Pursuit with my sister, I answered 13 out of 20 questions correctly. What percentage of questions did I answer correctly?
65%
200
14/15 = 3/x Round to the nearest hundredth.
3.21
200
20/27 = x/39 Round to the nearest hundredth.
28.89
300
A new book bag is $45, but the store is selling all their merchandise for 15% off. What is the final price of the book bag?
$38.25
300
Yesterday, 400 parents dropped their students off at school. Today, 493 parents dropped their students off. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest hundredth.
23.25%
300
Laura completes 15 out of 17 items on her to-do list. What is the percentage of tasks not completed? Round to the nearest hundredth.
11.76%
300
A baker is making a recipe of cookies that serves 24 people. The recipe calls for 4.5 cups of flour. How much flour should the baker use if he wants to increase the recipe to serve 50 people? Write your answer as a fraction.
9 3/8
300
A seamstress can make a three dresses with 5 yards of fabric. How many whole dresses could she make with 18 yards of fabric?
She can make 10 whole dresses.
400
Mrs. Carter wants a new sweater at GAP that costs 49.95. If the sweater goes on sale for 25%, and sales tax in Wilmington is 7.5%, what is the final price of the sweater?
$40.27
400
Last year, a goalie blocked 68 attempts on goal. This year, he blocked 81 attempts on the goal. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest hundredth.
19.12%
400
A particular shade of green is made by mixing 4 ounces of blue paint with 9 ounces of yellow paint. What percent of the paint is blue? Round to the nearest hundredth.
30.77%
400
There are two pitchers of lemonade. One has 3 cups of water and two cups of concentrate. The second pitcher has 4 cups of water and three cups of concentrate. Which pitcher has the stronger lemonade flavor?
The second pitcher has the stronger lemonade flavor.
400
Two camps of Scouts are having pizza parties. The Bear Camp ordered enough so that every 3 campers will have 2 pizzas. The leader of the Raccoons ordered enough so that there would be 3 pizzas for every 5 campers. Did the Bear campers or the Raccoon campers have more pizza to eat?
The Bear campers had more pizza.
500
Jason finds a pair of jeans on the clearance rack at Old Navy. The jeans were originally $29.99 and are marked 15% off. Old Navy is having a sale where all items in the store are marked an additional 30% off. What is the final price of the jeans?
$17.84
500
Before the lesson, 5 students could answer a certain type of problem correctly. After the lesson, 24 students could answer the problem correctly. What is the percent increase? Round to the nearest hundredth.
380%
500
Caitlyn collects three kinds of stuffed animals: bears, dogs, and bunnies. She has 13 bears and 4 dog stuffed animals. Altogether, she has 27 stuffed animals. What percentage of her collection is made up of bunnies? Round to the nearest hundredth.
37.04%
500
Which photo is more square? A 3x5 photo or an 8x10 photo?
8x10 photo
500
Todd and Daniel are both on a diet. Todd is 180 pounds, and Daniel is 250 pounds. Both Todd and Daniel lost 50 pounds. Proportionally, who lost more weight?
Todd
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