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100
Find 56% of 400.
What is 224?
100
At the school picnic, 30 of the 50 teachers came by car. What percent of the teachers came by car?
What is 60%?
100
Find the discount on a $13 book that's 15% off.
What is $1.95?
100
Which is the better buy: drinking glasses 4 for $1.80 or 6 for $2.40?
What is 6 for $2.40?
100
Find the simple interest: $5000 at 5% for 5 years.
What is $1250?
200
Find 37.5% of 56.
What is 21?
200
Tracey has saved $56.25. That is 4.5% of what she wants to save. How much does Tracey want to save?
What is $1250?
200
Find the sales price on a $500 entertainment system that is 20% off.
What is $400?
200
Find the commission and the total earnings. Salary = $100, amount sold = $550, rate of commission = 4%
What is commission = $22 and total earnings = $122?
200
Find the simple interest on $6210 at 4.8% for 3 years.
What is $894.24?
300
What percent of 20 is 25?
What is 125%?
300
There are 360 animals in the New City Zoo. Fifteen percent of the animals are monkeys. How many animals in the New City Zoo are not monkeys?
What is 306 animals?
300
Find the sales tax and total cost on a $23.40 set of speakers with a 5% sales tax.
What is a tax of $1.17 and a total cost of $24.57?
300
An 8-oz can of peaches costs 68 cents. A 14-oz can costs $1.05. Which is the better buy?
What is 14-oz can for $1.05?
300
Abby deposits $750 in a new savings account and earns a simple interest rate of 6%. At the end of 5 years, how much money is in the account if she never makes any more deposits or withdrawals?
What is $975?
400
22% of t is 550. Find t.
What is t = 2500?
400
The Girl Scouts want to collect 500 pounds of old newspapers. They have already collected 150 pounds. What percent of their goal have they not reached?
What is 70%?
400
Jean paid $11.25 for her new shirt on sale. The discount was 10%. What was the original price of the shirt?
What is $12.50?
400
Skirts in Store C marked $32.00 at a 15% discount; the same skirts in Store D marked $44.00 at a 1/4-off sale. Which is the better buy? Show your outcomes for both stores.
What is C: $27.20, D: $33; therefore Store C.
400
Aidan deposits $925 in a new savings account and earns a simple interest rate of 5.5%. At the end of 3 1/2 years, how much money is in the account if he never makes any more deposits or withdrawals?
What is $1103.06?
500
4.2% of c is 15.12. Find c.
What is c = 360?
500
There are 860 students in 6th grade. Two hundred fifteen of them play basketball. What percent of the students in 6th grade do not play basketball?
What is 75%?
500
A $220 bicycle is on sale at 20% off. The rate of sales tax is 5%. What is the total cost of the bicycle?
What is $184.80?
500
James is offered a choice of jobs at Home Depot. a) regular monthly salary of $550 plus 4% commission; or b) straight commission of 7 1/2% on all sales. If James expects monthly sales of $20,000, which is the better offer? Show the outcomes of both offers.
What is a) $1350 earnings, b) $1500, straight commission is the better offer?
500
Grace saves $1275 at a simple interest rate of 5% for 5 years. Sharon saves $1175 at a simple interest rate of 7% for 5 years. At the end of 5 years, who has earned more interest? How much more? Show each persons outcome.
What is Grace: $318.75; Sharon: $411.25; Sharon has earned $92.50 more in interest?