Percent conversions
Cross Proportions
Percent Increase
Percent decrease
Sales Tax
100
60% 0.6 What is the Percent and Decimal of 3/5?
60% 0.6
100
80% of 120 is what number?
96
100
What is the Increase formula?
Amount of increase divided by original amount multiplied by 100.
100
A $212 coat is 40% off. What is the amount of discount?
$84.80
100
In Saskatchewan, the provincial sales tax (PST) rate is 5%. What is the PST on a pair of skates that retail for $79.95? (round to the nearest dollar)
$4.00
200
Find the decimal and fraction of 12.5%
0.125 8
200
51% of what number is 19?
37.3
200
The manufacturers of M&Ms decided to do a promotion where they increased the number of M&Ms in a package from 85 to 120. Rounded to the nearest percent what is the percentage increase did this promotion represent for the consumer?
41%
200
A shirt was $36.00 and is now $25.00. What is the percent decrease?
30.5%
200
In Manitoba, the Provincial sales tax rate is 7%. A new computer retails for $2395.00. What would be the total cost, including PST and GST.
$2682.40
300
Write these numbers in descending order- 97%, 99/100, 0.98
99/100, 0.98, 97%
300
Solve the following questions. a) 40% of 25cm b) 75% of 44 oranges c) 15% of $40
10cm, 33 oranges, $6
300
Jane works at a shoe store and gets paid $30.00 a week. She puts 25% of it into her savings account each week. How much money will be in her savings account after 5 weeks?
37.50
300
What is the percent decrease formula?
Amount of decrease divided by the original amount multiplied by 100.
300
If Joey purchased a Jacket in PEI for (10% PST), the jacket cost $430. How much more money would he have spent?
$496.65
400
How do you change a percent to a fraction?
Make the percent out of 100 and reduce if possible.
400
What is 40% of 480 people?
192
400
Movie Tickets used to be $8.00 and now they are $12.95. How much did the price increase?
$61.88
400
A mountain bike is usually $885.00 but today there is a sale of 30% off, what is the amount of discount?
$265.50
400
In B.C, consumers pay 12% HST. On a recent trip to Victoria, Joey bought a $430 snowboarding jacket. Calculate how much the jacket cost him in Victoria.
$481.60
500
How do you change a decimal to percent?
Multiply the decimal by 100 or move the decimal point two spaces to the right
500
What is 10% of $113?
$11.30
500
A new computer came out and was 30% more than the old one. The old computer was $259.99, what is the price of the new computer?
$337.99
500
Fill in the blanks. ___________ means “out of 100”. For example, 10% means ______ out of 100 or 0._____.
percent, 10, .1
500
Joe lives in Calgary, he gave a gift to Karen that cost him $4.11 without GST. With GST what would the total cost of his gift cost him?
$4.32
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