Percentages
Interest
Markups, Discounts & Commissions
Per
100
What is 10% of $200
$20
100
If I borrowed $100 for 1 year at 10% interest per annum how much interest would I pay?
$10.00
100
A phone shop buys a second hand iPhone 13 for $800 and marks it up by 50%. What is the price of the phone at the shop?
$1,200
100
How many weeks are there NOT in a month
4
200
Write 3/4 as a percentage
75%
200
If I borowwed $200 for 2 years at 10% interest Per annum how much interest would I pay?
$40
200
A homewares shop marks up SELLS scented candles for $20. They mark their goods up by 100%. What did the BUY the candles for?
$10
200
Coles is selling oranges for $2 per kg, or a 3kg bag for $5.50. Which is the better deal?
$5.50 for 3kg
300
Write 1/3 as a decimal and a percentage
0.33... 33.33..%
300
A deposit in the bank of $10,000 at 7% interest per annum for 5 years would earn how much interest? (The interest is paid every year, not compounded)
$3,500
300
A retailer buys a Tier hoodie (wholesale) for $US100. She marks it up by 50%, then marks it down by 50%. How much profit or loss will the retailer make on the sale?
$25 loss
300
Coles sells a box of 24 375ml cans of Pepsi for $11.75 and 1.25L bottles of Coke for $2:00 which is better value?
Pepsi $1.31 per litre
Coke $1.60 per litre
400
What is 12.5% as a fraction?
1/8
400
I borrowed $1,000 for
1 1/2
years at 10% interest pa (per annum) (simple interest) How much will I pay back at the end of the loan?
$1,000 + $150 = $1,150
400
Molly sells a car for Amahle. She is paid commission of $1,000 + 7.5% of the sale price. Molly receives $2,500 in total. How much was the car sold for?
$20,000
400
Ballaarat is 125km from Melbourne, it takes you 75 minutes to drive there. What is your average speed?
100 km/hr
500
Joel earns $24.50 per hour for a 38 hour week. How much does he earn:
Per week
Per fortnight
Per month
Per year
$931 per week
$1,862 per fortnight
$4,034.33 per month
$48,412 per year
500
I have a $1,000 credit card debt, the bank charges me 18% interest per annum compounded monthly. If I pay nothing off the credit card, how much will I owe the bank at the end of the year?
$1,195.62
500
A pair of runners wholesales for $110,
The retailer marks them up by 100%
There is a sale 20% off store-wide
Then a 50% discount is applied for remaindered stock
Finally a 5% tax is put on the final price
How much did I pay for the runners
$92.40
500
The speed of light is
3 xx 10^8
metres per second. Light takes 8 minutes to get from the sun to earth, how many metres away is the sun?
1.44 xx 10^11 Metres