Conversions
You get a 20% discount on a t-shirt that has a marked price of $100. How much did you pay?
$80
A town has gone from a population of 4000 people to 5000 people over 5 years. What is the increase in population as a percentage?
25% raise in the population
30% of 100
30
You decide to donate 10% of your allowance to a charity. If your allowance is $550, how much will you donate?
$55
Stewart purchases a car for $5000, and later sells is for $2000. Calculate the percentage loss?
60% loss
A microwave cost $75, but it is on sale for 40% off. What is the sale price?
$45
Charlotte purchases material for $48 to build a dog kennel. She later sells it for $75. What percentage profit did she make?
56.25%
A bag was 80 marbles in it. There are 20 green marbles, 30 blue marbles, 10 yellow marbles, and 20 purple marbles. What percentage of the bag is purple marbles?
25%
Which of the following stores is offering a better discount on their jeans and what is the discount:
Store A: Original price $90, sale price $76.50
Store B: Original price $70, sale price $58.10
Store B - 17%
In order to borrow enough money to buy the home she chose, Sally need to have 28% of the cost of the home. If the home cost $425,000, how much did she need to have?
$119,000
The number of copies of the school newspaper printed each term is listed below:
Term 1 = 60 copies
Term 2 = 120 copies
Term 3 = 200 copies
Term 4 = 360 copies
Between which 2 terms was the increase in newspapers the least, what percentage increase is this?
Between Term 2 and Term 3 = ~66.6%