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Simple Interest
100
Write the fraction as a percent (round to the nearest tenth): 7/8
87.5%
100
85% of what number is 170?
200
100
Find the percent change (to nearest 10th): 13 to 9
30.8% decrease
100
A store is having a 20% off sale. Find the sale price of a video game system that regularly costs $249.99.
$199.99
100
A student deposits $200 in a bank at the rate of 6-1/2% interest per year. Find the interest the account earns in 4 years.
The interest earned in 4 years is $52.00
200
Write this fraction as a percent (round to the nearest 10th): 13/12
108.3%
200
What percent of 2 is 0.08?
40%
200
Find the percent change (to nearest tenth): 2 to 88
4300%
200
Find the selling price: store cost: $12.50 markup rate 50%
$18.75
200
Fin the interest earned on $3,600 invested at 3-1/2% simple interest for 5 years.
$630
300
Write this percent as a fraction in simplest form: 36%
9/25
300
Find 150% of 12.
18
300
Find the percent change (to nearest 10th): 154 to 155
0.6% increase
300
Find the sale price: regular price: $18.95 discount rate: 20%
$15.16
300
You deposit $120 in an account that earns 5% simple interest. Find the balance in the account after 3 years.
$138
400
Write this percent as a fraction in simplest form: 124%
1 and 6/25
400
26% of what number is 39?
150
400
In 2000, the first hole of the golf course was 156 ft away from the tee. They extended the course since then, so now the first hole is 187 ft away from the tee. What is the percent change?
19.9%
400
Find the regular price: silling price: $55 percent of discount: 20%
$45.83
400
Find the balance in an accout where $198 was invested at 4% simple interest for 13 years.
$300.96
500
Write this percent in fraction and decimal form: 24.12%
0.2412 24 and 3/25
500
About 7.5% of the 8th grade students in a middle school, or 12 students, are on the tennis team. How many students are in the 8th grade?
160 students
500
18 years ago, Anya's grandmother's diamond watch was worth $1,200. Now it is worth $1,825. Find the percent change in value.
52% increase
500
Find the regular price: selling price: $79.99 markup rate: 30%
$61.53
500
A woman invests $500 in a 36-month certificate of deposit (CD) with a simple interest rate of 5.36%. At the end of the 36 months, the woman redeposits her final balance into another 36-month CD with the same simple interest rate. Find the final balance.
$673.73
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