Percents & Shopping
The total cost of an item is $40.00. The sales tax rate is 4%. How much sales tax will be paid?
$1.60
To make a profit, a clothing store will mark up the cost of the jeans by 115%. How much will the store markup a pair of jeans that originally cost $28?
$32.20
Last year, a website had 40,000 visitors. This year it had 37,000 visitors. What is the percent decrease in the number of visitors from last year to this year?
7.5%
Olivia is a stockbroker. She makes 4% of her sales in commission. Last week she sold $7,200 worth of stocks. How much commission did she make last week?
$288
What is the percent proportion?
part/whole = percent/100
Many states have a meal tax. In one state, the meal tax is 8.44%. How much will you have to pay if the total of the meal is $54?
$58.56
Find the sale price of an item that originally costs $4,200 and has been marked down 35%.
$2,730
Shaun estimated that the attendance at a college lacrosse game was 3,000. The actual attendance was 3,296. What is the percent error of Shaun's estimate? Round to the nearest whole percent.
9%
A restaurant automatically charges 20% gratuity if a party has 6 or more people. How much gratuity is added to a part of 6 on a bill of $141?
$28.20
What is the percent equation?
Part = Percent x Whole
Bill paid $35.99 in tax on a laptop that cost $449.99. About what percent sales tax did Bill pay?
8%
A shoe store uses a 50% markup for all of the shoes it sells. What would be the selling price of a pair of shoes that has a wholesale cost of $57?
Last year, an alligator was measured to be 32 inches long. This year, the alligator measured 38 inches long. What is the percent change of the alligator's length?
18.75%
An auto insurance company pays 12% commission to its agents for each new insurance policy they sell. How much commission does an agent make on a $1,000 policy?
$120
What is the Simple interest Formula?
I = Prt
A shirt that normally costs $30 is on sale for 27.5% off. What is the sale price of the shirt?
$21.75
Hank buys a used car for $7,200 and plans to sell it on his used car lot. What is the price of the car after a markup of 15%?
$8,280
Rhianna has a container with a volume of 1.5 liters. She estimated the volume to be 2.1 liters. What is her percent error?
40%
You dinner bill at a restaurant is $23.33, and you leave a $3.50 tip. To the nearest whole percent, what percentage did you tip?
15%
Steph took out a simple interest loan that charges 8.5% interest annually. If her original loan amount was for $30,000 and she is paying off the loan over 20 years, how much will she pay altogether?
$81,000
A company charges a shipping fee that is 4.5% of the purchase price for all items it ships. What is the fee to ship an item that costs $56?
$2.52
Nya wants to buy a sweater that had an original price of $55. The sweater is now discounted 20%, and the sales tax rate is 5.5%. How much will Nya pay for the sweater after the discount and sales tax are applied?
$46.42
The label on a package of bolts says each bolt has a diameter of 0.35 inch. To be in the package, the percent error must be less than 5%. One bolt has a diameter of 0.33 inch. What is the percent error of the bolt, and should it go in the package?
5.7%
NO
Mark earns 15% commission on all of his sales. Last week, he earned $675 in commission. How much was his sales?
$4,500
Hector took out a small loan of $900 for 18 months. The simple interest rate on the loan was 10.5%. How much will he pay in interest on the loan?
$141.75