Percent Increase/Decrease
Percent error/ percent problems
Percent Equation
Discount and Mark-ups
Ordering Fractions, Decimals and Percents
100

What is the percent increase and decrease equations?

D=(O-N)/O

I = (N-O)/O

100

The manager of a restaurant offers a 20% decrease in the price to tennis teams. A cashier applies a 10% decrease and then another 10% decrease. Is this the same as applying a 20% decrease? Explain your reasoning.

No 

100

What is the percent equation?

a = p (w)

100

Find the sale price.

Original Price: $50

Discount: 15% 


Sale Price: $42.5

100

Tell which number is greater 

1/2, 52%

52%

200

A family asks you to babysit for 2 weeks. The first week you babysat for 12 hours. The second week you babysat for 15 hours. Does the situations represent a percent increase or decrease?

Increase.

200

You estimate that a jar contains 68 marbles. The actual number of marbles is 60. Find the percent error.

Percent error = 13.3%

200
50% of 40

20

200

You go shopping and you see two items that you want to buy. A shirt for $12 and shorts for $23. The store is running a sale for 20% off and then have another coupon for 10% off. What will be the final cost for the 2 items?

$25.2

200

Tell which number is greater.

12/5, 245%

245%

300

In the beginning of the school year Ursuline middle school had 52 students. At the end of the year they ended with 58. Does the situations represent a percent increase or decrease?


Increase

300

You fill bags with about 16 ounces of dog treats. The acceptable percent error when filling the bags is 5%. Tell whether each bag is acceptable. 

Bag A: 15 ounces 

Bag B: 16.5 ounces

Bag A is not acceptable. 

Bag B is acceptable.

300

What number is 24% of 25?

6

300

A store pays $50 for a pair of shoes. The markup is 25%.

what is the selling price for the shoes?

$62.5

300

Order the numbers from least to greatest.

9/4, 220%, 2.15, 218%

2.15, 218%, 220%, 9/4

400

Find the percent change.

6 yards to 36 yards 

500% Increase 

400

A company fills boxes with about 21 ounces of cereal. The acceptable percent error in filling a box is 2.5%. Box A contains 20.4 ounces of cereal and box B contains 21.5 ounces of cereal. Tell whether each box is an acceptable weight. 

Box A is not an acceptable weight. 

Box B is an acceptable weight.


400

15% of the parking spaces at a school are handicap spaces. The school has 18 handicap spaces. How many parking spaces are there in total?

120 Spaces

400

Find the original price.

Discount: 20% 

Sale Price: $75

Original Price: $93.75

400

Order the numbers from least to greatest.

0.88, 7/8, 92%, 9/10, 0.89

7/8, 0.88, 0.89, 9/10, 92%

500

Find the percent change.

120 meals to 52 meals

56.5% decrease 

500

You went to the mall with $80. You spent 25% of your money on a pair of shorts and 65% of the remainder on sandals. How much did you spend on sandals?

You spend $39 on sandals.

500

of the 25 students on a field trip, 16 bring cameras. What percent of the students bring cameras?

64%

500

You are shopping for a video game system. Use the table to help you find the store you should buy the video game system from so that you get the cheapest price. 

Store A

500

Write a percent that is greater then 13/25 and less than 0.54.

Any percent that is greater than 52% and less than 54%