Basic Percents
Basic Applications
Tax and Commission
Percent of Change
Simple Interest
100
What percent is 11/20 ?
What is 55%
100
If the tax rate in Alaska is 5%, how much tax would an Alaskan pay on a $40.00 item?
What is $2
100
How much commission would you earn on a $475 sale if your commission rate is 6% ?
What is $28.50
100
What is the percent of change if 62 is decreased to 52?
What is 16.1% decrease
100
Principal=$125 Rate= 4% Time= 2 years Interest = ??
What is $10
200
Which is greater? 45% or 2/5
What is 45%
200
Jessica bought a $20 purse that was 15% off. How much did she save?
What is $3
200
Aaron earns a weekly salary of $350 plus a 7% commission on sales. Last week, his sales totaled $3200. What was his total pay?
What is $574
200
What is the percent of change if 28 is increased to 96?
What is 242.9% increase
200
What will be earned in interest if $617 is invested for 3 months at 6%?
What is $9.26
300
Rain forests are home to 90,000 of the 250,000 identified plant species in the world. What percent of the world's identified plant species are found in rain forests?
What is 36%
300
How much will you pay for a $11 shirt that is 10% off?
What is $9.90
300
If the tax rate is 7%, how much tax would you pay on 3 shirts that cost $10 and 2 sweaters that cost $15?
What is $4.20
300
A water thank holds 45 gallons of water. A new water tank can hold 25% more water. What is the capacity of the new water tank?
What is 56.25 gallons
300
Eliza deposits $8500 in a college fund. If the fund earns an annual simple interest rate of 6.5%, how long must the money be in the fund to earn $9392.50 in interest?
What is 17 years.
400
50 students were asked if they preferred cheese or pepperoni pizza. 20 students said that they prefer cheese. What percent of students prefer pepperoni?
What is 60%
400
How much will you pay for a $29.95 pair of headphones if the sales tax is 8%
What is $32.35
400
Josh bought a DVD player that costs $145.80 and 2 DVDs that each cost $15.99. If the tax rate is 7.75%, how much will Josh's total bill be?
What is $191.56.
400
Marla makes beaded purses and sells then to Bangles 'n' Beads for $7 each. Bangles 'n' Beads makes a 28% profit on each purse. What price to the purses sell for at Bangles 'n' Beads?
What is $8.96
400
The Hemmings borrowed $3000 for home improvements. They repaid the loan and $600 in simple interest in 4 years. What simple interest rate did they pay?
What is 5%
500
About 543 out of every 1000 people in the United States own a cell phone. In Japan, the rate is 68 out of every 100 people. How much greater was the percent of people with cell phones in Japan than in the United States?
What is 13.7%
500
A community is considering increasing the sales tax rate by 0.5% to help fund a new sports arena. If the tax rate is raised, how much more will you pay in sales tax on $500?
What is $2.50
500
If the sales tax rate is 6.75%, how much tax would Adrian pay if he bought 2 CDs at $16.99 each and one DVD for $36.29?
What is $4.74
500
A boutique buys hand painted T-shirts for $12.60 each and sells then after a price increase of 110%. What is the selling price of the T-shirts?
What is $26.46.
500
Mr. Beryy had $120,000 in a retirement account. The account paid 4.25% simple interest. How much money was in the account at the end of 10 years?
What is $171,000
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