Fractions, Decimals, Percents, Percent Word Problems, Percent of Increase/Decrease
100
Find the amount of tax Joe will pay for a $150 shirt if the sales tax is 6%.
______% of ______ is _______
What is $9.00?
100
Find the amount of discount on a $228 item that is on sale for 25% off.
What is $57
100
Find the amount of tip for a $55 bill with 20% tip.
What is $11?
100
The percent of markup that a store owner uses if he charges customers 4.5 times his wholesale cost.
What is 450%?
100
What is 0.95% as a decimal?
What is .0095?
200
Find the total amount Adam would pay for a $24 with 6% tax.
_____% of _____ is _____
What is $25.44?
200
The original cost of an item if you saved 30%, which was a $120 discount.
What is $400
200
The total amount you pay if you include a 15% tip on a $42 bill.
What is $48.30?
200
A store buys a skateboard for $70. The percent the store owner marks it up is 60%. What is the amount of markup?
What is $42?
200
Each week, Kaitlyn spends $28 at the local coffee shop. If she gets a total of $50 each week from her parents for allowance, this is the percentage of allowance that she spends at the coffee shop each week.
What is 56%?
300
The original cost of a set of headphones if 6% tax was $2.88
What is $48.
300
The original cost of an item if you saved 25% and paid $720.
What is $960?
300
The base amount of the bill if you left an 18% tip, which was $14.40.
What is $80?
300
A store buys guitars from a manufacturer for $38. The markup percent is 185%. What is the retail price?
What is $70.30?
300
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Yesterday your bus ride to school took 8 minutes. Today because of the snow, the bus ride took 10 minutes. This is the percent of increase.
What is 25%
400
The tax rate in California if the base cost is $52 and the cost including tax is $55.90
What is 7.5%?
400
The amount you saved if you received a 15% discount and paid $510.
What is $90?
400
The percent of tip if the base amount was $114 and you left $17.10.
What is 15%?
400
You own a jewelry store. The store's cost for a 1 carat diamond ring is $800. You sell the ring for $1360. This is the percent of markup.
What is 170%?
400
The percent of decrease on an item that was $68 and is now $40.80.
What is 40%
500
***DAILY DOUBLE***
The base cost of an item for which James paid $273.25 in Arkansas, including 9.3% tax.
What is $250?
500
***DAILY DOUBLE***
The percent of discount if you saved $78 and paid $182.
What is 30%?
500
The base amount if total amount that you paid in a restaurant was $189, which included 20% tip and 6% tax.
What is $150?
500
The original cost if a store owner uses a markup percent of 240% and charges $1440 for a television.
What is $600?
500
The percent of decrease on the price of a CD player that was marked down from $69.95 to $56.00. (nearest whole percent)