Percent, Part, Whole
The temperature went from 80 degrees to 100 degree over the course of a day. What is the percent increase in temperature change?
25% increase
Kim’s lunch cost $13.56. She included a tip that was about 15% of the cost of her lunch. What is the amount Kim included as a tip?
$2.03
A stereo has a list price of $200, but is on sale for 10% off the list price. What is the sale price of the stereo?
$180
Jack took a survey of the entire 7th grade class and found that 34% of the 200 students liked the color green. How many student in Jack's 7th grade class like the color green?
68 students
A manufacturer says that a king size bag of candy has 25% more candies than their regular bag, which contains 120 candies. How many candies are in a king size bag of candies?
150 candies
Maureen paid $203.75 for a stereo system, plus a sales tax of $18.34. What is the sales tax percent?
9%
Lane is very excited to go shopping at his favorite toy store. The store is having a 25% off sale. If the board game he wants normally costs $36.00, how much will it be after the discount?
$27.00
A bag of mixed nuts usually contains 50% peanuts by weight. In one bag of mixed nuts there was 10 ounces of peanuts, what was the weight of the whole bag of mixed nuts?
20 ounces
Herald scored a 96 on his first math test and an 88 on his second math test. What is the percent change in his math scores.
8.3% Decrease
Kristen bought a game for $29.95. She paid 7.5% sales tax. How much did she pay altogether?
$32.20
Lela loaned Diana $500. Diana paid the money back with simple interest of 5% at the end of 5 years. How much money did Diana pay back to Lela?
$625
Selena got 15 out of 35 problems correct on her test. What is her score rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent?
42.9%
The size of the 8th grade class was estimated to be 232 students It was actually 245 students. What was the percent error? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
What is 5.3% error
A salesperson gets a 5% commission on the sale of a copy machine. What is his commission on a copy machine that costs $3250.00?
$162.50
Mr. Roberts receives a 6% commission for every computer he sells. If Mr. Roberts sold 5 computers last week and each computer sold was $500, what is the amount of Mr. Robert's commission?
$150
During a sale, Joey bought a CD that was on sale for $6.40 dollars. The CD was 20% off the original price. What was the original price?
$8.00
Brittany's bought a sweater for $55. She had a 30% coupon and sales tax is 7%. What was her final bill?
What is $41.20
Jackie and Billy had a baby. Their monthly expenses went from $2100 to $2800. What is the percent change in their monthly expenses?
33.3%
Daniel’s bill for dinner at a restaurant is $19.65. He wants to leave a 15% tip. How much money will Daniel spend at the restaurant?
$22.60
A sales tax of 7% was added to the $55.00 price of a pair of shoes. What was the total cost of the shoes?
$58.85