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100
Of the 338 teams in NCAA Division 1 Women's Basketball, 3% are in the Southern Conference. How many teams are in the Southern Conference?
What is 10 teams
100
Last year, JKU won 28 basketball games in the regular season. This year, they won 35. What is the percent change?
What is 25% increase
100
When you use a coupon for 15% off the original price of a pair of shoes, you pay $27. What is the original price of the shoes? (calc ok, show setup first)
What is $31.76
100
Write as a fraction: 34%
What is 17/50
100
What is the prime factorization of 620?
What is 2 x 2 x 5 x 31
200
The African pygmy hippo is the smallest species of hippopotamus. Suppose a common adult hippo weights 5600 lbs, and an adult pygmy hippo's weight is 10.5% of the common adult hippo's weight. How much does an adult pygmy weigh?
What is 588 lbs
200
Zombies attack Mason Prep. At the beginning of the attack, there are 40 zombies, but by the end, only 9 zombies have survived. Find the percent change.
What is 77.5% decrease
200
You go out to eat with your friends, and the bill is $18. You will leave a 20% tip and the sales tax is 5%. What will be the total that you pay? HINT: tip and sales tax are each calculated based on the original bill and then added up!
What is $22.50
200
A total of 600 tickets were sold for a raffle. The probability that your friend will win the prize is 0.07. How many of the raffle tickets did she buy?
What is 42 tickets
200
What is the greatest common factor of 15x^3y^5 and 6xy^2
What is 3xy^2
300
You earn a weekly salary of $200 pllus a 3% commission on the total value of sales made in the week. This week, your sales total $2000. What are your total earnings for the week?
What is $260
300
A beachhouse sold in 1997 for $425,000. Now it is on the market for 3.8 million. Find the % change.
What is 794.1% increase
300
You've found your dream house, and the 20% downpayment you have saved up is $179,000. What is the total cost of the house?
What is $895,000
300
Order from least to greatest: 150%, 2, 5/3, 100%, 3/4
What is 3/4, 100%, 150%, 5/3, 2
300
A recipe calls for 1/3 cup of milk, 1/2 cup of sugar, and 2 and 1/4 cups of flour. You need to reduce the recipe by half. How much of each ingredient do you need?
What is 1/6 cup of milk, 1/4 cup of sugar, and 1 and 1/8 cups of flour
400
A school newspaper says that 3 students, or 6% of the students surveyed, can wiggle their ears. How many students were surveyed?
What is 50 students
400
A sweater is being sold at an online auction. The minimum bid is $9. At the end of the auction, the sweater is sold for 75% above the minimum bid. What is the selling price of the sweater?
What is $15.75
400
A laptop is on sale for 10% off the original price of $1500. When it doesn't sell, the laptop goes on sale again for 15% off the sale price. What is the new sale price of the laptop?
What is $1147.50
400
Write as a decimal: 104.2%
What is 1.042
400
You rolled a die 20 times. You found the experimental probability of rolling a number less than 4 to be 0.7. You rolled each of the numbers 4, 5, and 6 the same number of times. How many times did you roll a 4?
What is 2 times
500
An art director has 75 photos to display in an art exhibit. Of these, 9 are color photos and 66 are black and white photos. The director wants to add more color photos so that they represent 25% of the photos in the exhibit. How many more color photos does he need to add?
What is 13 color photos
500
The number of people between the ages of 2 and 18 who accessed streaming media on the Internet in November 1999 increased by 65% to about 7 million in November 2000. About how many people in this age group accessed streaming media in November 1999?
What is about 4.2 million people
500
A music store buys a set of outdoor speakers for $90. Before putting them up for sale, they markup the price by adding 110% to it. What is the price that they sell the speakers for (the retail price)?
What is $189
500
Of a radio station's 40 most popular songs for a week, 5/8 were sung by women. What percent of the songs were sung by women?
What is 62.5%
500
For every two boys in Tom's science class, there are three girls. If there are 20 students in the class, how many more girls than boys are in the class?
What is 4 more girls
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