Convert fractions or percents to decimals
Find percentages of whole numbers
Find tip and sales tax of a purchase
Other Percent Problems
Mrs Wedd Trivia
100
Convert 1/2 to a decimal.
What is 0.50
100
This is what you get when you find 1% of 100.
What is 1
100
What is the total including tip of a meal that costs $13. You pay a 20% tip.
$15.60
100

40% of students at Orara want to move out of Coffs when they grow up. If there are 500 students at Orara, how many want to leave Coffs?

200

100

What is Mrs Wedds favourite colour?

Pink!

200
How do you convert a percent to a decimal?
What is move the decimal to the left two places.
200
300% of 12
What is 36?
200

Find the cost including tax for a snack that costs $2.45. The tax rate is 10%. Round to the nearest cent.

$0.25c

200

Mrs Wedd is in debt. Last month her debt was $1,000. This month her debt is 167% of that. What is her debt this month in dollars?

$1,670

200

Where was Mrs Wedd born?

England

300
Convert 23% to a decimal.
What is 0.23
300
the number of students that graduate from high school out of every 20 students if 60% of students in Louisiana graduate.
What are 12 students?
300
Mr. McMorris bought a new iPad for $950.13. Tax on the iPad is 11%. What is the cost with tax?
$1,054.50
300

0.5% of all true/false questions on a test are true. If you have a list of 1,400 statistics. How many are true?

7 statistics are true

300

What country did Mrs Wedd used to live in?

America

400
Convert 8.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.085
400
Mr. Gleghorn's cell phone bill was $50 last month. This month Verizon raised his bill. The new bill is 132% of last month's. This is the cost of the new bill.
What is $66
400

D'Jonique goes out to eat at New Orleans Burger Company and gets a burger, fries, and milk shake for $16.50 including 10% GST - what was the price before GST?

$1.50

400

A store paid $75.29 for a couch. To make a profit, the store charged 270% of the cost. What is the price tag the store puts on the couch?

$203.28

400

Which high school around this area did Mrs Wedd used to attend?

Woolgoolga High

500
Convert 0.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.005
500
The candy lady paid $0.75 for each pack of Now and Later. She made a profit by charging 125% of what she paid. This is how much she charged for each pack of Now and Later.
What is $0.94
500

Benjamin Bannaker, the famous mathemetician, went out to a fancy dinner. The dinner cost $89.67. He tipped the waiter 20% and tax was 5%. What was the total including tip and tax?

$115.41

500

Sam flips a coin 20 times. It falls on tails 30% of the time. How many times does it fall on heads?

14 heads

500

What sport is Mrs Wedd really good at?

Skiing

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