Understanding Percents
Percents, Fractions, Decimals
Percent Equations
Sales tax and tip
Discounts and Commission
100
What is the percent of the following?
16%
100
What is 0.57 as a percent?
57%
100
What is 18% of 90?
16.2
100
Find the tax on a $350 purchase, if the sales tax is 8%.
$28
100
Find the commission on a $500 sale with commission rate 12.5%.
$62.50
200
What is the ratio 3 to 4 as a percent?
75%
200
What is 32% as a decimal?
32%
200
96% of what number is 24?
25
200
Find the total cost if you spent $61.00 and there is a 7% sales tax.
$65.27
200
The price of a game is $31.00. It is on sale for 31% off. What is the sales price?
$24.95
300
What is the ratio 9:50 as a percent?
18%
300
What is the fraction 1/12 as a percent?
8.3%
300
50.4 is 36% of what number?
140
300
Estimate what would the tip be if you spent $56.14 and you want to leave a 20% tip.
about $12
300
Find the commission on a diamond that is sold for $6,700 when the commission paid is 4%.
$268
400
What is eleven twentieths as a percent?
55%
400
What is 6% as a fraction?
3/50
400
A sports team has won 21 out of the 40 games it has played. About what percent of the games has the team won?
About 52.5%
400
Estimate the tip if you spent $45.60 on pizza and you want to leave a 15% tip.
about $7.50
400
A bicycle is discount 25%. The original price was $200. What is the new sale price?
$150
500
What percent of a dollar is 2 quarters and 2 dimes?
70%
500
Out of 49 fish, 31 are goldfish. About what percent are goldfish?
about 63%
500
You answered 22 questions correctly and scored 88% on a test. How many questions were on the test in all?
25 questions
500
You bill for lunch is $17.50. A 5% sales tax will be added and you want to give a tip of about 20% of the bill before tax. Estimate the final cost of lunch.
about $22
500
You buy a sweater that originally costs $25.00. It is on sale for 15% off. There is also a sales tax of 4.5%. What is the final cost of the sweater?
$22.21