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Percents
Percents
What is 18% of 120?
21.6
Out of 225 7th grade students, 36% of them have Mr. Crissup. How many students have this teacher?
81 students have Mr. Crissup
Brady makes 4% commission on his sales as a real estate agent. If he sells a house for $249,000, how much commission does he make?
He will make $9,960 in commission
Addie bought a shirt on sale for 45% off the regular price of $22.60. What was the sale price of the shirt?
The sales price after the discount was $12.43
AJ purchased a new tv for $1200. The regular price of the tv was $1500. What was the percent of discount?
He received a 20% discount
Cameron earns 5% interest on an investment of $500 each year. How much will she earn after 6 years?
She will earn $150 in interest
What is 22% of $60.50?
The fifth grade teacher discovered that of the 40 students in fifth grade, 32 were in bed by 9:00pm. What percent of the fifth grade students were in bed by 9:00 pm?
80% of the students were in bed by 9:00pm
Waterland Adventure is having a 2-day sale on their waterslides. The original price of the Ultimate Spiral Slide was $549. If it is on sale for 65% off, what will be the sale price of the slide?
The sales price of the slide will be $192.15
A waitress gave a bill to her customer that was $25.33. If the customer left her a 20% tip, how much tip did the waitress make? Round to the nearest hundredth.
She will earn $5.07
On Saturday, 75 people entered Scarlett’s shop. On Tuesday, 23 people entered her shop. What was the percent decrease in customers from Saturday to Tuesday?
The number of customers decreased by 69.3%
A bank offers a savings account that pays a simple interest of 8%. Brad opens a savings account at this bank and deposits $350 into the account. How much money will Brad have in his account after 7 years?
He will have a total of $546
15 is what percent of 250?
6%
Aby is making a cold cut platter using turkey and ham for an event she is catering. She uses 90 slices of meat. If 63 of the slices are turkey, what percent of the meat on the platter is ham?
30% of the platter is ham
Mrs. Marrero bought a water tube to pull behind her boat. The tube cost $48 and 8% sales tax was added at the register. Mrs. Marrero gave the cashier $100. How much change did she receive?
She will receive $48.16 in change
A family went to Applebee’s and their total came to $63.25. If they wanted to give the waitress an 18% tip, what would be their final bill?
Their final bill will be $74.64 after leaving a tip
The planners of the school carnival estimate they will sell 500 hotdogs. They only sell 300 hotdogs. What is the percent error in their estimate?
Their estimate was off by 66.7%
Knox deposited $1000 in an account that paid an annual simple interest rate of 5% for 36 months. What was the amount of interest he earned?
He earns $150 in interest
12 is 8% of what number?
150
At school, 36 students prefer Math and 28 students prefer ELA. What percent of students prefer ELA? Round to the nearest tenth.
43.8% of the students prefer ELA
Mr. Bryant wants to buy a suit marked $70. He receives a 20% discount, and then there is a 9% sales tax. How much does Mr. Bryant actually spend on the suit?
He will end up spending $61.04 after the discount and taxes
Mrs. Carber purchased an iPad mini on sale 40% off for $270.40. What was the original price of the iPad mini?
The original price of the iPad before the discount was $450.67
Jaden bought a CD that cost $18.99 and paid $20.51. What was the percent of tax he paid?
He paid 8% in taxes
If I buy a car for $20,999 and the bank charges me a simple interest of 6.2% for 10 years. How much would I pay back to the bank including interest?
Including interest, I would pay back a total of $34,018.38