Percent of a Number
What is 10% of 75?
7.5
Maya score a 55 on her last test. This test she scored a 72. What was her percent increase.(Round to the nearest percent).
31%
A bike priced at $125 went on sale for 30% off. What is the new sales price?
$87.50
During bowling practice, Marley rolled 14 strikes out of 70 attempts. What Percent of Marley's attempts were strikes?
20%
A bank has a money market account. The account has a simple interest of 1.1%. A customer wants to open a money market account with $3,000 for 20 years. How much interest will they earn?
600
What is 15% of 30?
4.5
Last week the Seahawks won by 3 points. This week they won by 14 points. What was there percent increase? (round to the nearest percent)
367% increase
A toaster has a 45% mark-up from its wholesale cost. If it costs $15 wholesale, what is the sales price after the mark-up?
$21.75
Ms. Yost has 20 boxes of markers. Next year, she plans to buy 420% more boxes. How many boxes will she have in all?
104 boxes
You deposited $100 in a savings account. The savings account has a simple interest of 2.2% for 4 years. How much interest will you earn?
$8.80
What is 125% of 62?
77.5
The hat costs $12 last week. This week it is on sale for $10. What was the percent decrease? (round to the nearest percent)
17% decrease
A highly valued trading card goes on sale. It is originally priced at $750.00. It is on sale at 20% off. How much is the item discounted?
$150.00
Annette is surveying people in the city about their interest in a new shopping mall. She found that 180 people, or 37.5% of those surveyed, do not want a new mall. How many people did Annette survey?
480
Boden's account has a principal of $500 and a simple interest rate of 3.3%. How much money will he have after 4 years?
$66.00
What is 5% of 20?
1
Last year my dog's food cost $25.99. This year it costs $34.55. What was the percent increase? (round to the nearest percent)
33% increase
A new set of tires has a mark-up of 150% from its manufacturing price. If it costs $300 to make the set of tires, what is the mark-up amount?
$450.00
Sam has read 13 chapters of a 22-chapter book. What percent of the chapters has he read?
59%
Samson opened a bank account with 1.25% simple interest. The total amount of interest Samson will earn after 20 years is $812.50. How much did Samson deposit when he opened the account?
$3,250.00
What is 0.5% of 45?
0.225
The strongest wind gust we had last year was 37mph. The strongest wind gust recorded this year was 33mph. What was the percent decrease in the strongest wind gust? (round to nearest percent)
11%
A new stand-mixer sales for $425.00. The store is offering a 15% discount to customers using the store credit card. How much will you pay if you use the store credit card?
$361.25
A school year has 4 quarters. What percent of a school year is 7 quarters?
175%
Mike opened a bank account that earns simple interest with an initial deposit of $2,200. He made no other transactions throughout the year. At the end of the year, Mike had $2,260.50 in his account. What was the simple interest rate?
2.75%