Percent of a Number
A bookstore carries 60 magazines. 30% of the magazines are women's magazines. How many women's magazines does the bookstore carry?
18
Joe bought a shirt for $15 with a 6% sales tax. How much was the tax on the shirt?
$0.90
What is the discount on a $30 item with a 25% discount.
$7.50
You earn salary and commissions. You earn $10/hour and you work 30 hours. You earn 5% commissions and your sales are $6000. What is your total earnings?
$600
What is the percent increase from 5 cups to 8 cups?
60%
A baseball pitcher won 80% of the games he pitched. If he won 32 games, then how many games did he play?
40 games
What is the total cost of a baseball bat priced at $110 with 6.5% tax.
$117.15
What is the discount when Kenny bought a $990 computer with a 30% discount.
$297
You earn 0.5% in commission. You had $40,000 in sales. What did you earn?
$200
Yesterday your bus ride to school took 8 minutes. Today because of the snow, the bus ride took 10 minutes. What is the percent increase from yesterday to today?
25%
Zanna completed a grammar worksheet. Of the 50 questions, Zanna got 70% correct. How many questions did Zanna get correct?
35
What would be the tip for a $55 bill if you were giving a 20% tip.
$11
What is the sale price for an item regularly $65 with a 15% discount.
$55.25
You borrowed $10,000, and it took 3 years to repay it. If you paid $1800 in interest, what rate did you pay?
6%
Madison thought she had 45 Twizzlers. She found out she had only 39. What was Madison's percent of error? (round to the nearest tenth)
15.4%
Jane got an 80% on her math test that had 20 problems. How many questions did she get incorrect?
4
What is the total amount paid for a video game that costs $59.99 with 7% tax.
$64.19
What is the sale price for an item costing $85.50 with a 20% discount.
$68.40
Amanda deposited $42,500 into an account that earns 2.8% interest. How much interest will Amanda earn after 18 months?
$1,785
Sue'z thought that the price of her computer would be $674, but when she went shopping, she found that the computer was $712. What was Sue'Z's percent of error? (round to the nearest tenth)
5.3%
A jar is filled with blue and yellow buttons. If the jar has a total of 500 buttons and 54% of the buttons are blue. how many yellow buttons are in the jar?
230
3 people go to a restaurant. Their food and drinks total to be $45.60. There is a 5% tax and they would like to leave a 25% tip. How much are they going to pay in all?
$59.85
The percent of discount on an item that was $68 and is now $40.80.
20% or 25% or 30% or 40%
40%
You take out a loan for $60,000 at 3.5% interest for 48 months. What is the total amount you pay the bank at the end?
$68,400
The price of a video game was marked down from $70.00 to $56.00. What was the percent of discount?
20%