40% of students at Landry want to move out of New Orleans when they grow up. If there are 500 students at Landry, how many want to leave New Orleans?
200
How do you convert a percent to a decimal?
What is drop the %; move the decimal to the left two places [same as divide by 100].
Mrs. Owens is in debt. Last month her debt was $960. This month her debt is $1400. What is the percent of increase? [round to the nearest whole percent]
46%
Mr. McMorris bought a new iPad for $950.13. Tax on the iPad is 11%. What is the cost with tax?
$1,054.64
0.5% of all statistics are true. If you have a list of 1,400 statistics. How many are true?
7 statistics are true
A store paid $175 for a couch. The markup is 270% of the cost. What is the price tag the store puts on the couch?
$647.50
Benjamin Bannaker, the famous mathemetician, went out to a fancy dinner. The dinner cost $89.67. He tipped the waiter 20% and tax was 5%. What was the total including tip and tax?
$112.09