Convert fractions or percents to decimals
Find percentages of whole numbers
Find tip and sales tax of a purchase
Other Percent Problems
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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

A meal costs $13. You pay a 20% tip. How much do you pay in total?

$15.60

100

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

200

100

What is the name of the Na'vi who Jake Sully falls in love with in AVATAR?

Who is Neytiri?

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

A pack of Hickory Sticks costs $2.45. The tax rate is 8.5%. Round to the nearest cent.

$2.66

200

Ms. Klassen bought a new car for $8700 in 2019. Today, the car is worth 32% LESS than what she paid for it. What is her car worth now?

What is $5916?

200
Convert 8.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.085
300
Convert 23% to a decimal.
What is 0.23
300

60% of every 20 students graduate High School in this province. 

What are 12 students?

300

Mr. Bakker bought a new iPad for $950.13. Tax on the iPad is 11%. What is the cost with tax?

$1,054.50

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY

What is the name of at least ONE of Ms. Punter's pets?

What is George, Mia or Mr. Mumford?

300

0.5% of all stories a student tells are true. If this student tells 1400 stories, how many are true?

7 stories are true

400

This is known to be one of the most famous short stories of all time 

(hint: we might have studied it...)

What is The Most Dangerous Game?

400

What is the most abundant element in the universe?

What is hydrogen?

400

Sam goes out to eat at White Spot and gets a burger, fries, and milk shake for 13.27. She tips 15% and tax is 8.5%. Name the amount of the tax AND the amount of the tip. Do not list the total amount.

Tip is $1.99, tax is $1.13.

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

What is the tattoo that Ms. Punter has on her wrist?

What is a balloon?

500
Convert 0.5% to a decimal.
What is 0.005
500

The owner of Supreme paid $0.90 for each pack of Gobstoppers. She made a profit by charging 125% of what she paid. This is how much she charged for each pack of Gobstoppers.

What is $1.13

500

Benjamin Bannaker, the famous mathematician, 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

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

14 heads

500

Ms. Punter's cell phone bill was $50 last month. This month Telus raised her bill. The new bill is 132% of last month's. This is the cost of the new bill.

What is $66

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