Rates and Ratios
A car drove 180 miles in 3 hours. What was the car's speed in miles per hour?
What is 60 mph
Target was having a 10% off sale on all electronics. A laptop originally cost $500. What was the amount of the discount?
$50
A meal costs $13. You pay a 20% tip. What is the total cost of the meal with tip?
$15.60
A bag of candy is supposed to weigh 200 grams. It actually weighs 212 grams. What is the percent error?
6%
Jace bought 5 t-shirts for $77.50. What is the price per t-shirt?
$15.50
Best Buy was also having a sale on laptop computers. Jake bought a computer for 15% off. The computer was originally priced at $700. What was the sale price of the computer?
$595
Mrs. Becker bought a diet Sunkist at a gas station for $2.45. The tax rate in Marion is 7%. How much did she pay for the soda with tax?
$2.62
A car is supposed to travel 325 miles on a full tank, but it only travels 285 miles. What is the percent error?
12.3%
A customer bought ham and turkey at the grocery store. She bought 3 pounds of ham for $7.80 and 5 pounds of turkey for $12.50. Which deli meat cost more per pound?
Ham, it costs $2.60 while turkey costs $2.50
Sam's Sporting Goods store was having a 25% off sale on sweatshirts. If the regular price of an item is n dollars, write an equation to represent the sale price.
0.75n
It costs a manufacturer $7 to make a t-shirt. A store marks it up 75%. What is the cost of the t-shirt at the store?
$12.25
The pressure on a bicycle tire is 63 psi. This is 5% higher than what the manual says is the correct pressure. What is the correct pressure?
60 psi
A smoothie recipe calls for 3 cups frozen fruit mixed with 3/4 cup sugar. How much sugar is needed if Jess used 15 cups of fruit?
3 and 3/4 cups
Best Buy was having a sale on laptop computers. Aubrey bought a computer for 15% off. She spent $510. What was the original price of the computer?
$600
Dax goes out to eat at a restaurant and gets a burger, fries, and milk shake for $13. He tips 15% and tax is 6%. What was the amount of the tax and tip?
Tip is $1.95, tax is $0.78
Instructions to care for a plant say to water it with 3/4 cup of water every day. The plant has been getting 25% too much water. How much water has the plant been getting?
15/16 cup
A smoothie recipe calls for 3 cups frozen fruit mixed with 3/4 cup sugar. How much fruit is needed if Luke has 2 cups of sugar?
8 cups of fruit
A new softball bat originally cost $300. Ava paid $240 for it on sale. What was the percent discount ?
20%
It costs a manufacturer $25 to produce a pair of jeans. A store sells them for $62.50. What is the percent markup?
250%
It took 48 minutes to drive downtown. An app estimated that it would be less than than. If the error was 20%, what was the app's estimate?
38.4 minutes