Percent increase
Last year Jimmy was 30 inches tall. This year he is 33 inches tall. What is the percent increase of how much he grew?
10%
30%
Ms. Riemann thought it would take 5 hours to pack up her classroom at the end of the school year. It actually took her 4 hours to pack up her classroom. What is the percent error in her estimate?
25%
A store buys a parka for $65 and sells it with a 10% markup. How much does the store sell the parka for?
$71.50
What is 0.5 as a percent?
50%
Last year a mountain was 3,770 meters tall. This year, the mountain's height increased by 10%. What is the height of the mountain this year?
4147 meters
Last year the school uniform for Tori's school was $75. This year, the price of the uniform decreased by 4%. What was the price of the school uniform this year?
$72
Annie estimated that the size of a penny is 0.46 centimeters. When she measured the penny it was 0.50 centimeters. What is the percent of error of the size of the penny?
8%
A pair of shoes cost $24.50. The shoes were on sale for 8% off. How much do the shoes cost after discount?
$22.54
Convert 120% to a decimal.
1.20
Last year an Jaylanee's school lunch cost $2.60. This year, her school lunch costs $2.86. What was the percent increase in cost of lunch?
10%
The Newton Center Starbucks made a total of $7,190 selling cold brew in the month of September. In October, they made $7082.15 selling cold brew. What is the percent of decrease in the money made from selling cold brew?
1.5%
When Kenny bought his guinea pig the store estimated that the guinea pig would weigh 2.16 pounds fully grown. Now that the guinea pig is fully grown it weighs 1.8 pounds. What is the percent error of the weight of the guinea pig?
John bought a new computer. The computer usually costs $1,580 but was on sale for 15% off. If there is a 6% sales tax on the discounted price, how much did John pay for the computer?
$1423.58
What is 8/5 as a percent?
160%
This year, a vegetarian restaurant used 107,561 ounces of spinach, which was a 45% increase from last year. How many ounces of spinach did the restaurant use last year?
74,180 ounces of spinach
A study was done on the average wait time for food to be ready at panera. This year the average wait time was 15 minutes which was a 25% decrease from last year. What was the wait time last year?
20 minutes
Julia thought the picture frame she bought was 6 inches wide. When she measured the picture frame, it was actually 5.98 inches. What is the percent error of her measurements?
0.33%
Andrew and his friends went out for dinner. Including tip, their bill was $101.48. If they left their waitress an 18% tip, what was the total cost of the dinner before tip?
$86
What is 0.000345 as a percent?
0.0345%
4,875 tickets
Barnes and Noble sold 342 Harry Potter books this year, which was a 40% decrease from last year. Last year, the amount of Harry Potter books sold was a 30% decrease from the year before. How many Harry Potter books were sold two years ago?
1,900 books
Kelsie was on line to checkout at Target. The line looked really long, so Kelsie estimated that she would be waiting 15 minutes to checkout. She actually waited 10 minutes and 45 seconds to checkout. What is the percent error in her guess?
39.5%
A bicycle is on sale for 25% off. After paying a 6% sales tax on the discounted price, the bicycle costs $182.85. What was the original cost of the bicycle, before discount and tax?
$230
What is 3/8 as a percent?
37.5%