155% of 23
35.65
If Susan has 25% of the chocolate in her cake that John has and he uses 8 grams of chocolate, how many grams does Susan use?
2
A store decides to sell a couch with a markup of 40%. The couch was originally $220. What is the new price?
$308
There is a race that was won in 15 minutes. The next year the race was won in 12 minutes. What percent decrease was the race won in?
20% decrease
37.5%
What percent is 27 of 45?
60%
Deryk has 72 books in his room. That is 80% of the books that Mark has in his room. How many books does Mark have?
90 books
A retail store is having a sale for 35% off. The item originally cost $75. What is the new price?
$48.75
Sam made a cake that has 6 grams of sugar. He does not think it is sweet enough and tries again with 8 grams of sugar. What is the percent increase of sugar?
33%
Anna wants to make a 20mL solution that is about 60% salt. She has two solutions she will mix together. One is a 50% salt solution and the other is an 85% salt solution, how much of each does she need? She is going to use whole numbers of the solution (no decimals) so you can round the final percent to make 60%
15 mL of the 50% and 5 mL of the 85%
What percent is 38 of 28?
136%
Mike has 75 dollars and wants to invest 33.33% of it in the bank. How much will he invest?
$25
Dale bought a computer to sell for a wholesale price of $350. He is going to mark it up by 25% and then put it on sale for 15% off so that the customers think they are getting a deal. What is the final price?
$371.88
The temperature dropped from 85 degrees to 80 degrees. What was the percent change?
6% decrease
A store marks up the price by 40% and then gives a 25% discount on the new price. What is the final percent difference?
5% markup
19 is 45% of what number?
42.22
Luke has 25% more homework than Lisa. Lisa has 40% less homework than Susan. If Susan has 10 assignments this week, how many does Luke have?
7.5 assignments
John purchased a rocking chair for $25 dollars and is going to sell it to make a profit of $10. What markup would he have to use to make that profit?
40% markup
Larry though that he had read 42 books this year but he actually only read 40 books. What was his percent error?
5%
One container has 30% of a salt solution and a second container is twice as big and has 50% of salt. If they are mixed, what is the final percent of salt?
43.33%
35 is 35% of what number
100
Lisa broke the record for most books read this year with 250 books. That was 110% of the number of books as the year before which was 125% of the year before that. What was the record two years ago?
182 books
Susan bought a puppy for $75. The puppy was sold with a markup rate of 120%. If the puppy also required shots that are 5% of the original price, how much will she end up paying for her puppy?
$78.13
Mary recorded the final score of the gymnastics meet for one athlete was 375. The scoreboard showed that the real score was actually 385. What is Mary's percent error?
2.6% or 3% error
28%