Percent/Fraction/Decimal
Write the fraction as a percent: 5
Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent.
What is 500%?
Find the percent change from 95 trees to 145 trees (round to the nearest whole percent)
53%
What is the cost of the skates after 20% discount and and 6.75% tax are applied?
skates: $99.99
99.99 * (100%-20%) = 99.99 *80% = 99.99 *.8 = 79.99
79.99 * (100% + 6.75%) = 79.99 * 106.75% = 79.99 *1.0675 = 85.39
What is $85.39?
The price of gasoline rose from $3.50 to $3.71 in one week. By what percent did the gas price change? Make sure to indicate whether this is an increase or a decrease.
(3.71-3.50)/3.50 = .21/3.50= .06
What is a 6% increase
What is the total cost with sales tax?
Price $6.15
Tax 7%
$6.58
Change to a percent: 3/8
What is 37.5%?
Sandy answered 24 questions correctly on her quiz last week. She answered 30 questions correctly on her quiz this week. What is the percent change in the amount of questions that Sandy answered correctly (specify increase or decrease)?
25% increase
Mark sells jackets. Last week, he sold $3,500 worth of jackets. If he earns 8.5% commission on his sales, then how much money did he earn?
$297.50
Mason quickly measured the wall and got 12.5 feet. When he measured it more carefully later, he realized that it was actually 13 feet. What was Mason's percent error? (Round to the nearest tenth).
3.8% error
What is the total cost with sales tax?
Price $24.95
Tax 7%
$26.70
Write the fraction of the percent 125%. (simplify!)
What is
1 1/(4)
or 1.25?
Find the cost of the jeans after the discount.
jeans: $39.99 sales
discount: 15%
39.99 * (100%-15%) = 39.99 * 85% = 39.99 *.85 = $34
What is $33.99?
Jacquie earns 4.3% commission on her sales. If she sells a $7,500 couch, how much money will she earn?
$322.50
Yaritza went shopping for a new pair of pants. Sales tax where she lives is 4%. If the price of the pair of pants is p dollars and cents, which expression represents the total price plus tax?
A) 4p B) 1.004p C) 1.04p D) 0.04p
100% + 4% = 104%
104% / 100 = 1.04
What is 1.04p (AKA 1.04 OF the PRICE)
Wendy invested $800 into an account that earns 5% in simple interest. How much money will she have earned in interest after 8 years?
$320
Write the fraction as a percent:
2 2/(17)
Round to the nearest whole percent.
What is 212%?
As soon as a new car is purchased and driven away from the dealership, it begins to lose its value, or depreciate. Alonso bought a 1994 Plymouth Neon for $9559. One year later, the value of the car was $8500. What was the percent of change of the value of the car? Make sure to indicate whether this is an increase or a decrease. Round to the nearest whole percent.
(8500-9559)/9559 = -1059/9559 = -.11
What is 11% decrease?
Jessica's sales totaled $17,595 last month. If she earned $1,935.45 in commission, then what percent commission does she earn?
11%
You go to a restaurant and the bill is $57.23. You want to give a tip of 20% and the tax is 6.8%.
$57.23* 1.2 = $68.676 w/ tip
$68.676 * 1.068 = 73.35
What is $73.35 or 73.34 (acceptable rounding error)
What is the total cost with sales tax?
Price $120.00
Tax 5%
$126.00
Change 0.6% to a fraction
0.6% --> 0.006 --> 6/1000 or 3/500
Martha is buying a painting. After 7% sales tax is added on, she has to pay $74.90. What was the original price of the painting?
$70
Mariah earns 7% commission on her sales. If she earned $68.95 in commission, then how much was the sale?
$985
You buy a pair of running shoes for $120. You receive a 10% discount because you are a member of the local running club. The sales tax is 7.5%. What do you pay?
$120 *0.9 = $108
$108 *0.075 = $8.10
$108 + $8.10 = $116.10.
What is $116.10?
Ricky invested $5,600 into an account that earns 3.5% simple interest. He keeps the money in the account for 12 years. How much money will Ricky have in total in the account?
$7,952