Percent Basics
Percent of a Number
Percent of Change
Simple Interest
Random Trivia
100

5% as a decimal. 

.05

100

What is 45% of 60?

27

100

$18.75 to $18.60 — increase or decrease? Percent change?

Decrease of 0.8%

100

$800 at 6.5% for 2 years. Interest?

$104

100

What is the largest desert in the world? 

Antarctica

200

Write 125% as a decimal.

1.25

200

48 is what percent of 160?

30%

200

2000 → 2660
What is the percent change?

33% increase

200

Principal: $250
Rate: 12%
Time: 3 months

Find the interest earned.

(3 months = 0.25 years)

$7.50

200

What is the largest organ in the human body?

Skin

300

Write 0.375 as a percent.

37.5%

300

8 is 0.5% of what number?

1,600

300

140 → 49
What is the percent change?

65% decrease

300

Principal: $1,200
Rate: 5%
Time: 3 years

Find the interest earned.

$180

300

What does “www” stand for in a website address?
 

World Wide Web

400

Order least to greatest: 15%, 0.4, 25%, 0.05

0.05, 15%, 25%, 0.4

400

What percent of 130 is 182?

140%

400

45 → 54
What is the percent change?

20% increase

400

Principal: $2,500
Rate: 5%
Time: 4 years

Find the interest earned.

$500

400

What year was the first iPhone released?

2007

500

Convert 2.75 to a percent.

275%

500

72 is what percent of 90?

80%

500

2500 → 1875
What is the percent change?

25% decrease

500

Principal: $4,200
Rate: 7.5%
Time: 18 months

Find the interest earned.

(18 months = 1.5 years)

$472.50

500

What is the only letter of the alphabet not to appear in the name of any US state?

Q