General
Find 17% of 60
10.2
if 10% of a number is 63 what is the number?
630
Increase $45 by 30%
58.5
James bought some shares for $2540 and sold them for $3200. what was his profit on the sale?
$660
express 45 as a percentage out of 78 (2 d.p)
57.69%
when an amount is increased by 20% it becomes $65. what is the original amount?
$54.2
decrease $380 by 15%
323
Estelle purchased a piece of sporting memorabilia for $120. Twenty years later she sold it for $900. Calculate the percentage profit Estelle made
650%
Jamaira earned $4200 in commission last month. Her total sales were $120000. What was the commission rate?
3.5%
Ruby receives a 15% increase in her weekly wage. if the increase is $75 find her new weekly wage
$575
Nathan earns $1500 a week. Calculate his new weekly wage if he recieves a pay rise of 20%
1800
Which store has a better percentage profit
Store A: a T-shirt that costs $30 and is sold for 38
Store B: a T shirt that costs $60 and is sold for $74
Imogen is a salesperson and earns $350 a week plus her 5.5% commission on sales. Her weekly sales total is $75,000. what is her total earnings of the week?
$4475
A book is sold for $56.8 including GST. what is the original price of the book (excluding GST)
$51.63
increase $340 by 13% then decrease the result by 13%
$334.25
a TV has a cost price of $300 and the business needs to make a profit of 11%. How much should they sell the TV for?
$333
Alex, Hans and Stan saved up some money to buy a tent for a camping trip. Stan saved 60% of the price. Alex saved 40% of what was left of the price and Hans’ share of the price was $30. What was the price of the tent?
$125
p% of $q is (create an algebraic expression)
q*(p/100)
This year there were more than 800 entrants in the Kangaroo Hop race. Exactly 35% of the entrants were female and there were 252 more males than females. How many entrants were there in total?
840
A shop advertised “Everything half price in our sale”, but also now advertises that there is “An additional 15% off sale prices”. Overall, this is equivalent to what reduction on the original prices?
57.5%
A laptop costing $500 was reduced by 10% in a sale. 2 weeks later the sale price was reduced by 10%. Find the overall percentage loss in price.
19%
A painting was marked up by 8% and then again by 23%. if the current sales price is $1560, what was the price before the mark ups?
$1174.35