Percent Palooza
A department store sells a pair of shoes with an 73% markup. If the store bought the pair of shoes for $42.25, what is the selling price to the nearest dollar?
What is $73?
If 12 out of 25 people like blue jolly ranchers. What percent of people like blue jolly ranchers?
What is 48% of people?
A fruit drink that was sold in 16-ounce containers is now sold in 20-ounce containers. What is the percent of change in quantity? State whether this is an increase or a decrease.
What is 25% increase.
How much would a bicycle cost if it were marked down 15% from its original price of $289?
What is $245.65.
Name the simple interest formula and state what each variable stands for.
What is I = prt I = interest p = principal r = rate of % as a decimal t = time in years
Daphne measures and finds that she can do a vertical jump that is 34% of her height. If Daphne is 62 inches tall, how high can she jump rounded to the nearest inch?
What is 21 inches?
The local bakery sells 150 donuts a day. If 70% of these donuts are sold in the morning, how many donuts are sold in the morning?
What is 105 donuts?
On Tuesday, Nash made 231 free throws on Wednesday he made 258 free throws. What is the percent change in his free throws? Round to the nearest percent. State whether this is increase or decrease.
What is 12% increase.
If a sweater costs $37.99, and the sales tax is 6%, what is the total price of the sweater?
What is $40.27.
If you invest $1200 in an account that pays 13.2% simple interest, what is the interest accumulated in the account after 4 years?
What is $633.60
Percy hikes 374.6 meters up a mountain. If he is 40% of the way up, how tall is the mountain?
What is 936.5 meters?
0.5% of all statistics are true. If you have a list of 1,400 statistics. How many are true?
What is 7 statistics?
Al's Quick Mart sells milk for $1.99 per gallon, but they used to sell it for $2.79. What is the percent change in the price? Round to the nearest whole percent. State whether this is increase or decrease.
What is 29% decrease.
A certain container of mouthwash usually costs $2.99 at a store. If it is on sale for 20% off, how much does the mouthwash cost now?
What is $3.59
If you buy a necklace using your credit card, which charges 21.3% simple interest. After 3 years you owe $511.20 in interest on the necklace. What was the original price of the necklace?
What is $800
Mr. Sorrels grew out his hair to be a true VSCO girl. At its longest length, Mr. Sorrels' was 28 inches. After he realized he was not the OG VSCO girl, he cut his hair to be its normal length of 3 inches. Rounded to nearest tenth of a percent, what percent represents Mr. Sorrels' hair reduction?
What is 89.3%?
A store paid $75.29 for a couch. To make a profit, the store charged 270% of the cost. What is the price tag the store puts on the couch?
What is $203.28?
Paco estimates a computer at Best Buy is $1099. Determine the percent of error in price if the actual price is $1349. Round to the nearest whole percent.
What is 19%.
Elvia can get a $10.28 discount on a $68.53 purchase at a certain department store because she works there. What percent discount does she get?
What is 15% discount.
Jed places $76.43 into an account. After 5 years the account has accrued $82.16 in interest. What is the interest rate to the nearest tenth of a percent that the bank offered?
What is 21.5%?
Katniss is in the market for a new bow. District 2 sells the new Mockingjay 2.0 bow for $297.99 with 40% off. District 5 also sells the exact same bow for $279.95 and offers 20% off with an additional 20% off. From which district should Katniss purchase her bow on Amazon? How do you know? By how much is it cheaper?
What is District 2 because the final cost for District 2 is $178.79 whereas District 5's final price is $179.17. $178.79 is the cheaper price by $0.38.
John flips a quarter. It falls on tails 6 times, if this 30% of the time. How many times did he flip a quarter?
What is 20 times?
A student estimates the mass of an object to be 325g. The actual mass is 342g. What is the percent error of the students calculation?
What is 5%.
If a stereo is sold for $59.99, and Karen pays $64.19 for it when she checks out, what is the sales tax in the area?
What is 7% tax.
If you take out a loan for $550 at 7.2% simple interest and make no payments for 6 months, how much do you owe total?
What is $569.80.