Analyze Percents of Numbers
Steve made $50 raking leaves and $75 mowing lawns. He gave 60% of his earnings to his mother. Steve gave his mother this amount of money.
What is $75?
Renata is purchasing a condo for $125,000. She is putting down a down payment of 20%. The down payment cost this much.
What is $25,000?
A store owner buys sweatshirts for $16 and marks them up 20%. This is the cost of one sweatshirt before tax.
What is $19.20?
A town's population of children increased from 376 to 421 over the last year. This represents the percent increase of the population.
What is 12%?
A store sells a $400 microscope after a markup of 32%. This represents the price of the microscope after the markup.
What is $528?
This fraction has the same value as 44.4%.
What is 4/9?
Marley bowled 14 strikes out of 70 attempts. This percent of Marley's attempts were strikes.
What is 20%?
Tyson does 75 sit-ups during his workout. He wants to increase the amount that he does by 15%. This is the new amount of sit-ups.
What is 86 sit-ups?
The value of an autographed baseball card increased from $39 to $68. This represents the percent increase of the value of the baseball card.
What is 66.67%?
A laptop was originally sold for $975 and is now on sale for $828.75. This represents the percent markdown.
What is 15%?
There are 104 males and 121 females participating in a marathon. This percent of participants are female.
What is 54%?
Ms. Yost has 20 boxes of markers and plans to buy 420% more boxes. This is the number of boxes she will have in all.
What is 104 boxes?
A deli owner sold 90 sandwiches in one day. Of those sold, 36 were pastrami. This percent represents the amount of sandwiches sold that were not pastrami.
What is 60%?
A zookeeper predicted that the weight of a newborn lion would be 2.8 pounds. The actual weight of the newborn was 3.5 pounds. This represents the zookeeper's percent error.
What is 20%?
Samson opened a bank account with 1.25% simple interest. The total amount of interest that Samson will earn over 20 years is $812.50. This is the original amount of money that Samson deposited when he opened the account.
What is $3,250?
Austin correctly answered 92% of the questions on the geography quiz. Liz answered 47 of the 50 questions correctly. This person earned the highest score.
Who is Liz?
Annette is surveying people about their interest in a new shopping mall. She found that 37.5% of the people she surveyed do not want the new mall. This is how many people Annette surveyed.
What is 480?
Sierra left $4.50 as a tip for a waiter. This was 18% of the original bill. This amount represents the cost of the original bill.
What is $29.50?
A body builder consumed 4,400 calories yesterday. Today, he consumed 3,600 calories. This represents the percent decrease in the calories consumed.
What is 18%?
Mika opened a bank account and deposited $2,200. At the end of the year, Mika had $2,260.50 in her account. This represents the simple interest rate on Mika's account.
What is 2.75%?
758 employees drive to work, 530 employees took the bus, 7 employees walked, and 105 employees took other modes of transportation. This percent of employees walked to work.
What is 0.5%?
Hideki buys 2 sweaters for $18 each. He can use one of the following coupons:
Coupon 1: Buy one, get one 40% off
Coupon 2: 25% off entire purchase
This coupon is the better deal.
What is coupon 2?
Jeremy bought a $60 pair of sneakers on sale for 15% off. He also had a coupon for 10% off his purchase. This represents the amount that Jeremy paid for his sneakers.
What is $45.90?
The first year of the debate club, there were 14 members. The second year, there was 19 members. The third year there were 25 members, and the fourth year there were 33 members. This represents the years that had the greatest percent of growth, and the percent that it grew by.
What is between years 1 and 2? What is 36%?
A toy shop purchases 125 identical stuffed animals for $312.50, and sells them for $7 each. This represents the percent markup.
What is 180%?