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Alyssa has her eye on a $52 coat. This weekend it is going to be marked 25% off. How much will she save?
What is $13.
A year ago Scott was 60 inches. He grew and now is 63 inches tall. Is this a percent increase or decrease?
What is increase
Morgan received a 78/80 on her last test. What percent of the questions did she get right?
What is 97.5%.
Anazia deposited $150 in the bank at 5.5% for 4 years. How much did she earn in interest?
What is $33.
Brittany won 10 basketball games and lost 6. What percent did she win?
What is 62.5%.
Alex saved 20% by buying a video game when it was on sale. If his savings were $6.40, what was the regular price of the video game?
What is $32.
Mrs. Garbach's sleep total was reduced from 10 hours per night to only 6. What proportion would you set up to find the percent decrease?
What is 4/10 = x/100
Sarah can spend 20% of her savings to buy a new XBox1 game. If she has $230 in savings, how much can she spend on the game?
What is $46.
Sam deposited $350 into a savings account that paid 5% in simple interest. When he withdrew his money 8 months later, how much interest did he receive?
What is $11.67.
Scott earns 3% commission for furniture sales. Last month his total sales were $1440. How much commission did he earn?
What is $43.20.
Menna bought 2 shirts at $14 each for Sarah and Leah. What is the amount of tax owed if the tax rate is 8%?
What is $2.24.
At the beginning of the school year, Aekta's allowance was $8/week. After working really hard all school year, her parent's decided to give her a 30% raise. How much more money does she get each week?
What is $2.40
18% of 7th grade students have been to Canada. If 65 students have been to Canada, about how many students are in the 7th Grade?
What is 364 students.
Stephanie borrowed $4000 from a bank the charges 8% simple interest. After 2 years she wants to pay off the loan. How much will be her ending balance?
What is $4640.
The 7th Grade Blue Team has 105 students. This is 15% of all the students at Martha Brown. How many students go to Martha Brown?
What is 900 students.
Donovan buys new shoes that cost $78.30. If the this was 58% of the money his mom gave him, how much did his mom give him?
What is $135?
Robby's total miles he ran for the week, increase from 5 miles to 14 miles, by the end of the track season. What was his percent increase?
What is 180%.
Grace earned $4200 at 3% commission on the sale of a house. What is the price of the house that she sold?
What is $140,000.
Sophie went to Bank of America and took out a $8000 loan at 2% for 5 years. Lana went to Capital One and took out a $10,000 loan at 1.7% for 4 years. Who will owe the most interest?
What is Sophie for $800 (Lana is only $680).
Jamaira earned $4200 in commission last month. Her total sales were $120000. What percent commission does she make?
What is 3.5%
Jayna is buying a new computer that cost $320. If the computer is reduced 20%, what is the sales price?
What is $256
Jenna and Ami were featured on TLC's show Extreme Couponing! While their total bill came to $246.20, with coupons their bill was only $22.16. To find their percent of decrease they set up the following problem. What is their mistake? 22.16 /246.20 = x/100
Extra $100 if you solve it correctly.
What is the fraction should be 224.04/246.2 .
Janice and her family went out to eat at Chick-fil-A. The subtotal on their meal was $42.62. If Janice used a 20% off coupon from Groupon, what is the new total?
What is $34.10.
Emily borrowed $1200 at 1.2% per MONTH for 6 years and Craig borrowed $1500 at 3% per YEAR. Who will pay the most interest rate?
Who is Emily ($1036.80 compared to Craig at $720).
Fitz went out to eat, his subtotal was T dollars. If he wants to leave an 18% tip, which one of these equations can he use to help him determine his TOTAL cost.
a) C= 18T b) C= (1+.18T) c) C= (1+.18)T d)C=(1+18)T
What is c) C= (1+.18)T