Fraction,Decimal,Percent
Finding Percents
Commission and Sales Tax
Simple Interest
Percent of change
100
Change 5/20 to a percent
25%
100
What is 30% of 86
30
100
Define the word commission.
The amount of money a person makes off the sale of an item.
100
What is the formula to solve interest?
I = P.r.t
100
What is the formula for the percent of change
percent of change= amount of change / original amount
200
Change 0.6 to a percent
60%
200
What is 5% of 82
4
200
What is commission rate always measured in or put in a problem like?
Percent
200
What is interest?
The amount of money charged for borrowing or using money.
200
25 is decreased to 18
28%
300
Change 5% to a decimal
0.05
300
What is 53% of 142
70
300
What is sales tax? What is the sales tax in Mississippi?
Sales tax is a tax that is put on a sale of an item or service. 7% or $0.07 to a dollar
300
What is the principal?
How much you initially borrow.
300
36 is increased to 84
133.3 %
400
Change 2.35 to a percent and fraction
Percent- 235% Fraction- 2 35/100 or 2 7/20
400
Anna bought a car for $29,000. She is entitled to an 11% rebate. About how much will the car cost AFTER the rebate?
Rebate = 3,000 Cost = 26,000
400
Aaron earns a weekly salary of $350 plus a 7% commission on sales. Last week, his sales totaled to $3200. What was his total pay?
$574
400
What does time do to the interest rate?
the longer the time the more the interest rate increases.
400
Last year, the average number of absences in the school was 8 students per day. This year the absentee rate is down to 6 students per day. What is the percent decrease in student absences this year?
25%
500
What is a percent out of? Can it be more than that amount?
100, yes it can be more than 100% that is more than a whole.
500
What percent of 20 is 8?
40%
500
In a state with a sales tax rate of 7%. Hearnando buys a radio for $59.99 and a CD for $13.99. How much is sales tax?
$5.18
500
Tom borrowed $35,000 to remodel his house. At the end of the 5-year loan, he had repaid a total of $46,375. At what simple interest rate did he borrow the money?
46,375 = 35,000 x 5 x R R= 6.5%
500
Jim's Gym had income of 20.350 last mont. The total increase by 2,000 this month. What was the percent of increase to the nearest percent?
10%
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