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Trent has completed 1/8 of his homework assignment. What is the decimal equivalent of the amount of the assignment he has completed?

0.125

100

Eric has 80 baseball cards in his collection. Of these cards, 20% of the cards are from the Texas Rangers. How many cards in Eric’s collection are from the Texas Rangers?

120

100

A stereo that regularly costs $459.99 is on sale for 15% off. What is the sale price of the stereo?

$390.99

100

What is 18% of 25?

4.5

100

Identify the percent modeled in the 10 x 10 grid. 

0.16

200

About 0.68 of Earth’s freshwater is frozen in glaciers or ice caps. Write 0.68 as a fraction in simplest form and as a percent.

68% 

17/25


200

Sally has a button collection. She gave away 30% of her collection. If she has a total of 240 buttons, how many buttons did she give away?

25%

200

The computer Mary’s parents bought was on sale for $497.25. This price is 85% of the original price. What was the original price?

$585

200

19 is 0.5% of what number?

3800

200

Kathy’s family was driving 455 miles on their vacation. They only traveled 8% of those miles and then had a flat tire! How many miles did they drive before the flat tire? 

36.4 miles

300

Write the following fraction as a decimal and a percent

3 8/25

332%

3.32

300

Hailey said she could make 12 out of 25 blankets for a craft show. She has already made 4 blankets. What percent of the 25 blankets does she still have to make?

32%

300

Tony bought steak sandwiches for $20.75. He had to pay 8% tax as part of his bill. How much was the tax on the steak sandwich? 

$1.66

300

What is 115% of 320

368

300

Teriah made 16 out of 24 free throw attempts in the first half of practice and 21 out of 26 attempts in the second half of practice. What is her free throw average for the whole practice, written as a decimal?

0.74

400

Write the percent as a fraction in simplest form and a decimal.

146%

73/50

1.46

400

Five hundred students were surveyed about their favorite activity. The results are shown in the table. How many more students prefer reading to bike riding?


Activity               Percent of Students

Video Games                  23

Hiking                            15

Reading                          22

Bike Riding                     13

Movies                           27

45 students


400

Jack’s bill for dinner was $22.00. He decided to leave a 20% tip for the waitress. How much was his total cost? 

$26.40

400

84 is 210% of what number?

40

400

Marcus drank 60% of his 25-ounce bottle of juice. How many ounces did Marcus drink? 

15 ounces

500

Julie got 52 out of 50 points on her American Government quiz due to an extra credit question.

Part A 

Write her grade as a mixed number in simplest form.


Part B 

What is her grade written as a percent?

Part A Write her grade as a mixed number in simplest form.

1 1/25            

Part B What is Fatimah’s grade written as a percent?

104%

500

Maggie organizes her Pokémon cards in a collection book. So far, she has organized 180 cards out of 240 cards. What percent of the cards does she have LEFT to organize?

25%

500

Harold bought a fishing net for $37.99. He had to pay 6% sales tax on the price of the net. How much was the sales tax? 

(Round to the nearest cent.)

$2.28

500

what is 1.5% of 8?

0.12

500

What number is 4/5 more than 0.45? 

Write your answer as a fraction in simplest form.

1 1/4