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A local store offers a 10% discount to children under 12. Express 10% as both a fraction and a decimal.
1/10, 0.10
The Three-Fifths Compromise was part of the U.S. Constitution from 1787 until 1865. Express ⅗ as decimal and also as a percentage.
0.6, 60%
A coupon offers 20% off. Express 20% as both a decimal and a fraction in lowest terms.
0.2, 1/5
U.S. income tax data in 2018 showed that the richest one tenth of the citizens pay seven tenths of the total income tax. Express seven tenths as a decimal, a fraction, and a percentage.
0.7, 7/10, 70%
Your teacher reduces your assignment by one fifth of its original length. What percentage of the original assignment will you now complete?
80%
For electricity used from 7 A.M. to 9 A.M., a local electric company charges 150% of its typical rate. Express the cost of this electricity versus typical electricity as both a decimal and a mixed number.
1.5, 1 ½
Blueberries are on sale for 25% off the original price. What fraction of the original price do they cost now?
3/4
Local sales tax adds exactly one tenth to the advertised price of an item. What percentage of the advertised price will you end up paying? (Hint: It’s greater than 100%.)
110%
Albert ate 2% of all the food in the school cafeteria today. Billy ate 3%. What fraction of the cafeteria’s food did they eat altogether? Put it in lowest terms.
1/20
Steven spent $3 for a huge chocolate bar. His sister wants to buy 30% of the chocolate bar. What is the fair price for that portion?
$0.90 or 90 cents
On a three-girl basketball team, Angie scored ⅖ of her team’s points. Brooke scored 30%, and Callie scored the rest. What percentage of her team’s points did Callie score?
30%
A deli charges $10 per pound of smoked goat cheese. How much would you pay for ⅔ of a pound?
$6.67
Nine people split the cost of a $100 television evenly amongst themselves. What percentage of the total did each person pay?
11.111111%
Express 12.5% as a fraction in simplest terms.
1/8
Jenny and her 5 friends intended to divide the cost of pizza evenly amongst themselves. However, each of Jenny’s friends only paid 15% apiece. If Jenny pays the rest, what fraction of the total will she pay?
1/4
Drew writes a story. He agrees to give a publisher ⅓ of all sales in order to publish it. After a year, the book has sold $5,000 worth. How much of that will Drew get?
$3,333.33
The governor of Texas decides to pay ⅛ of each student’s admission to the state fair. If the regular student price is $10, how much will each student have to pay now?
$8.75
In the final round of the county’s annual frog-catching contest, Amy caught 10% of all the frogs in the pond, and Brenda caught ⅕ of all the frogs in the pond. What percentage of the frogs managed to escape Amy and Brenda?
70%
Julie scored a 19 out of 20 on her math test. Wilma got 70% of the points possible on the same test. How many percentage points higher was Julie’s grade than Wilma’s?
25%
Zach and his two friends buy a $10 basketball together. One friend offers to pay ⅜ of the total. The other only contributes $1.25. What percentage of the total must Zach pay?
50%
Gasoline costs $2.50 per gallon. If you get 0.92 gallons and then sell ½ of that to your friend, how much will your friend owe you for the gas?
$1.15
A crazy relay race is completed by 4 friends. The first friend runs ⅓ of the total distance. The next runs ¼ of the total. The next runs 20% of the total. What fraction of the total must the last friend run?
13/60
Five friends who aren’t very good at math each pay ¼ of the cost of a pizza. They know they miscalculated, but they decide just to give the excess as a tip. What percent of the total money collected does the tip represent?
20%
A coupon at a local store gives you 20% off. After that amount is subtracted, an extra one-tenth, calculated off of new total, is added in sales tax. What percent of your pre-coupon total will you end up paying?
88%