TAX, TIP, & DISCOUNT
PERCENT OF CHANGE
MARK-UP & COMMISSION
PROFIT &
SELLING PRICE
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% CHALLENGE
100
1. Find the 15% tip for a $466.60 restaurant bill.
What is $69.99?
100
10. Find the percent of decrease, to the nearest tenth, from 217 to 133.
What is 38.7%
100
7. Find the percent of markup from $5.10 to $8.50. Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 66.7%?
100
28. Video games are on sale for 35% off. If a particular game regularly sells for $99.50, what is the sale price?
What is $64.67?
100
19. When invested at an annual interest rate of 4.7%, an account earned $1,290.33 of simple interest in 3 years. How much money, to the nearest cent, was originally invested?
What is $27,453.83?
200
3. The sales tax rate is 5.5%. Find the tax paid for a coat that costs $60.
What is $3.30?
200
6. Find the percent of increase from 32 to 76. Round to the nearest tenth.
What is 137.5%?
200
21. Tamika makes a 5.5% commission selling electronics. How much commission does she make if she sells a flat-screen TV for $10,000?
What is $550?
200
26. A sporting goods store pays $180 for a rubber raft. The percent of markup is 40%. Find the raft's selling price.
What is $252?
200
20. Find the final balance earned in an account with $730 invested at 3% annual simple interest for 4 years.
What is $87.60 (Interest for 1 year = $21.90, times by 4 years = $87.60)
300
16. Find the sale price to the nearest cent: Regular price $57.63 and the percent of discount is 10%.
What is $51.87?
300
24. The circulation of a newsletter decreased from 3,200 to 2,464. What was the percent of decrease in circulation?
What is 23%?
300
25. A toy store's percent of markup is 35%. A model train costs the store $100. Find the mark up.
What is $35?
300
13. Find the selling price to the nearest cent: store's cost $13.10. The percent of markup is 10%.
What is $14.41?
300
18. Laura is a salesperson in a retail store and earns $78 per week, plus 6% of her weekly sales. If she makes $540 in one week, what are her sales that week?
What is $7,700? ($540 - 78 = $462, so use 462 in the proportion to solve.)
400
27. All swimming equipment is on sale with a 35% discount. A snorkeling set regularly sells for $60. Find the discount.
What is $21?
400
8. The sales of KIDZ sneakers rise from $1.5 billion to $2.8 billion. Find the percent of increase to the nearest then of a percent.
What is 86.7%?
400
12. Find the percent of markup to the nearest whole percent: the store's cost is $136.50 and the selling price is $184.70.
What is 35%
400
15. A store marks up a jacket by 121%. The store's cost of the jacket is $87.62. Find the selling price of the jacket.
What is $106.02?
400
5. Doug is a salesperson in a retail store and earns $75 per week, plus 15% of his weekly sales. If Doug makes $555 one week, what are his sales that week?
What is $3200? ($555-75 =$480, so use 480 in the proportion to solve.)
500
2. Carrie and nine of her friends go out to dinner. The total bill comes to $191.10. They decide to leave a 15% tip. Each person will contribute an equal amount to the total tip. What should each person contribute?
What is $2.87 each? The total tip= $$28.57. That divided by 10 people is $2.87.
500
11. Last year a poll of 1,000 voters conducted by the staff of Senator Chun found that 522 people approved of the jobs the senator was doing. This year, a new poll of 1,000 voters shows that 423 people approve of the senator's performance. Find the percent of change in the number of voters who approve of the senator's performance, and identify it as an increase or decrease.
What is a decrease of 18.97%?
500
The owner of an audio store received a shipment of portable stereos at the coast of $102.30 each. If he sells the stereos for $181.99 each, what is the percent of markup to the nearest whole percent?
What is 78%?
500
4. The sales tax rate is 6.9%. Find the tax paid for a pair of boots with a list price of $128. What is the total cost of the pair of boots?
What is $136.83?
500
17. Find the regular price, to the nearest cent, if a jacket is on sale for $56.78 and the percent of discount is 40%.
What is $94.63?
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