Percents
What is 30% of $100?
$30.00
A recipe calls for 10 cups of broth. A cook used 7 cups of broth to make the recipe. By what percent did the cook decrease the number of cups of broth the recipe calls for?
30%
An item cost $3,500. It has a markdown of 35%. What is the amount of the markdown?
$1,225
An item cost $4.00 before sales tax and $4.32 after sales tax. What is the sales tax rate?
8%
You are buying a new game for $60.00. The state sales tax is 9%. How much will be added for the state sales tax?
$5.40
A $100.00 television is on sale for $85.00. What is the percent of the discount?
15%
An item cost $3,500. It has a markdown of 35%. What is the cost of the item after the markdown?
$2,275
There is a 9.5% sales tax on all items. The item costs x dollars before tax. The expression x + 0.095x represents the total cost of the item after tax. Which equivalent expression could also be used to represent the total cost of the item after tax?
A. 0.5x B. 1.095x C. 0.905x D. 1.95x
B
A pair of shoes cost $80. The store is offering a 25% discount. What is the amount of the discount?
$20.00
Hayley has a container with a volume of 2.5 liters of water. She estimates the volume to be 3.2 liters of water. What is the percent error?
28%
Jackpot.......Is this a simple question?????
What is Ms. Martin's first name?
*You must spell it correctly:)
Shannon
John is buying a new beach float that costs x dollars. The float is on sale for 30% off. Find the two expressions that can be used to determine the sale price of the float.
A. 0.3x B. x - 0.3x C. x - 0.7x D. 0.7x E. x + 0.3x
B and D
Mark makes $12 an hour delivering pizzas. If he gets a 5% pay raise, exactly how much money will he make delivering pizzas for 4 hours?
$50.40
Susan's hourly pay rate is increasing from $12 to $14.
Charlie's pay rate is increasing from $13 to $15.
The percent change in pay rates is greater for _____________________.
Susan
Maria buys $20 worth of fruit. She has a coupon for 15% off the total cost of the fruit. What is the total cost of the fruit after she uses the coupon?
$17.00
Sara opened a savings account 6 years ago that earns 1.2% simple interest every year. She started the account with $600. How much money is in the account now?
$643.20
A salesperson makes $300 per week plus commission. Her commission is 10% of her sales. One week, her sales totaled $2000. Taxes of 30% are deducted from both her weekly pay and her commission. How much money did she make that week after the commission was added and the taxes were deducted?
$350.00
Yuana estimates the weight of her dog. The veterinarian says that the dog weighs 84 pounds. The percent error in Yuana's estimate is less than 10%. Which of the following weight estimates could be Yuana's estimate?
A. 75 pounds B. 77 pounds C. 94 pounds
B
The original price of a shirt is $50.
*The sale price is 20% off of the original price.
*Sales tax is 9% of the sale price of the shirt.
*The total cost of the shirt is the sale price plus tax.
What is the total cost of the shirt?
$43.60
Erika opened a savings account 3 years ago that earns 2.5% simple interest every year. She started the account with $300 and has not touched the account since. How much money is in her account now?
$322.50