Percent, Whole & Part
What is 55% of 40?
0.55(40) = 22
A Taylor Swift T-Shirt usually costs $52 but is on sale for 20% off. How much would the shirt cost after the discount?
Discount = $10.40
Sale Price = 52.00 - 10.40 =
$41.60
The game Monopoly costs $20 at Target. The tax is 8.5%. How much will the tax be on the game?
0.085(20) = $1.70 in Tax.
Mel's Starbucks drink started off at 22 ounces. She drank it for awhile and now it only has 15 ounces. What percent of Mel's Starbucks did she drink? Round to the nearest percent and write a sentence to answer the question.
22 - 15 = 7oz. (how much Mel drank)
7/22 = 0.31818... = 31.818% = 32%
Mel drank about 32% of her Starbucks.
What year did ACMS open?
1994
During the basketball game, Harold attempted 35 shots and only made 20 of them. What percent of the shots did he make? Round to the nearest percent.
20/35 = 0.5714... = 57.14% = 57%
Walmart buys basketballs for $6.00 and marks up the price by 135%. How much will they sell the basketballs for? (the retail price)
Mark up = $8.10
Retail Price: 6.00 + 8.10 = $14.10
For dinner, Greg ate at Oliver Garden. The cost of his food was $48.20. His server did a great job so he'd like to leave a 30% tip. What would be the final price with tip that he'd pay?
Tip: $14.46
Total with Tip: $62.66
The temperature at 8 AM was 60 degrees. Later in the day the temperature was 84 degrees. What was the percent change in temperature?
*Answer in a complete sentence.
84 - 60 = 24 (change in temperature)
24/60 = 0.4 = 40%
The temperature increased by 40%.
What year were the first pair of Air Jordan's available for the public to buy?
1985
49.2 is 82% of what number?
Percent = 0.82 Whole = x Part = 49.2
0.82x = 49.2
0.82x/0.82 = 49.2/0.82
x = 60
A Nintendo Switch usually costs $340 but is on sale for 15% off. Dan has a coupon that will get him another 30% off. What will the final sale price be?
1st Discount: $51.00
1st Sale Price: 340 - 51 = $289
2nd Discount: $86.70
Final Sale Price = 289.00 - 86.70 =
$202.30
Jon has a job working at Best Buy. He earns 8% commission on all of his Sales. Last week he sold $3450 worth of merchandise.
A) How much commission would he earn?
B) How much money did the store earn?
Jon earned $276 in commission.
The store earned $3,174.
Today, Ariel's bank account only has $24 left in it. Yesterday, her bank account had $120. By what percent did Ariel's bank balance change? Write a sentence to answer the question.
120 - 24 = 96 (decreased by)
96/120 = 0.8 = 80%
Ariel's bank balance decreased by 80%.
Name the place that Ms. Cunningham traveled to over the February break.
Costa Rica