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Mixtures and Populations
100

155% of 23

35.65

100

If Susan has 25% of the chocolate in her cake that John has and he uses 8 grams of chocolate, how many grams does Susan use?

2

100

A store decides to sell a couch with a markup of 40%. The couch was originally $220.  What is the new price?

$308

100

There is a race that was won in 15 minutes. The next year the race was won in 12 minutes. What percent decrease was the race won in?

20% decrease

100
A five liter cleaning solution has 30% bleach and a 3 liter solution has 50% bleach. What percent of bleach is the new solution if they are mixed together?

37.5%

200

What percent is 27 of 45?

60%

200

Deryk has 72 books in his room. That is 80% of the books that Mark has in his room. How many books does Mark have?

90 books

200

A retail store is having a sale for 35% off. The item originally cost $75.  What is the new price?

$48.75

200

Sam made a cake that has 6 grams of sugar. He does not think it is sweet enough and tries again with 8 grams of sugar.  What is the percent increase of sugar?

33%

200

Anna wants to make a 20mL solution that is about 60% salt.  She has two solutions she will mix together. One is a 50% salt solution and the other is an 85% salt solution, how much of each does she need?  She is going to use whole numbers of the solution (no decimals) so you can round the final percent to make 60%

15 mL of the 50% and 5 mL of the 85%

300

What percent is 38 of 28?

136%

300

Mike has 75 dollars and wants to invest 33.33% of it in the bank. How much will he invest?

$25

300

Dale bought a computer to sell for a wholesale price of $350.  He is going to mark it up by 25% and then put it on sale for 15% off so that the customers think they are getting a deal. What is the final price?

$371.88

300

The temperature dropped from 85 degrees to 80 degrees.  What was the percent change?

6% decrease

300

A store marks up the price by 40% and then gives a 25% discount on the new price. What is the final percent difference?

5% markup 

400

19 is 45% of what number?

42.22

400

Luke has 25% more homework than Lisa. Lisa has 40% less homework than Susan. If Susan has 10 assignments this week, how many does Luke have?

7.5 assignments

400

John purchased a rocking chair for $25 dollars and is going to sell it to make a profit of $10.  What markup would he have to use to make that profit?

40% markup

400

Larry though that he had read 42 books this year but he actually only read 40 books.  What was his percent error?

5%

400

One container has 30% of a salt solution and a second container is twice as big and has 50% of salt.  If they are mixed, what is the final percent of salt?

43.33%

500

35 is 35% of what number

100

500

Lisa broke the record for most books read this year with 250 books. That was 110% of the number of books as the year before which was 125% of the year before that. What was the record two years ago?

182 books

500

Susan bought a puppy for $75.  The puppy was sold with a markup rate of 120%.  If the puppy also required shots that are 5% of the original price, how much will she end up paying for her puppy?

$78.13

500

Mary recorded the final score of the gymnastics meet for one athlete was 375.  The scoreboard showed that the real score was actually 385.  What is Mary's percent error?

2.6% or 3% error

500
A class of students has 60% boys and 40% girls.  Out of the boys 30% of them wear glasses and out of the girls 25% of them wear glasses. What percent of students wear glasses?

28%