Converting FDP
What is 70% as a fraction?
7/10
A local flower shop sells a dozen roses for $13.45. What is the cost of 6 dozen roses?
$80.70
36.85 is 67% of what number?
55
Marie purchased a $39.00 gift for a baby shower. She uses a coupon that offers 20% off. How much will Marie spend on the gift after the coupon?
$31.20
Javier worked the following hours in the month of October. What was the percent increase from week 1 to week 3?
Week 1-- 18 Week 2-- 25
Week 3-- 24 Week 4-- 33
33.3%
What is 0.15 as a percent?
15%
True or False--
If a propeller rotates 5 times every 17 seconds, then it rotates 30 times every 100 seconds.
False
The cake walk fundraiser sold 72 tickets during the first day of the fundraiser. This was 24% of the total tickets. How many tickets were sold to the cake walk fundraiser?
300 tickets
Romeo paid $350.75 in car repairs. The sales tax rate is 8%. Which is the total Romeo paid to repair his car?
$378.81
Students are asked to estimate the number of gumballs in a jar. Ian says there are 234 gumballs. In actuality, there are 260 gumballs. What is the percent error?
10%
What is 8% as a decimal?
0.08
Paula pays $19.76 for 2.6 pounds of walnuts. What is the price per pound of walnuts?
$7.60
The Hoskins family spends $350 per month on groceries for their family. If this is 17.5% of their monthly budget, then what is their monthly budget?
$2000
The bill at a restaurant came to $136.40. The patrons decided to leave a 15% tip. What was the total bill including tip?
$156.86
Airfare from Atlanta, GA, to Nashville, TN, was decreased from $250 to $220. By what percentage did the cost of the airfare change?
-12%
What is 175% as a fraction?
1 3/4
First Class Airlines has 40 pilots for every 15 aircrafts. If they employ 250 pilots, how many aircrafts does First Class Airlines own?
94 aircrafts
A recipe for apple cider calls for 5 cups of apple juice and 3 cups of water. What percent of the recipe is juice?
62.5%
Francis heard that a car stereo system was on sale for 30% off. If the sale price was $57.75, what was the original price of the stereo?
$82.50
What is the percent error?
Exact Value: 14 mL
Approx. Value: 19 mL
Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
35.7%
What is 5/8 as a percent?
62.5%
A small university enrolls in-state and out-of-state students. The number of students enrolled in their most recent freshman class was 243. The school reported that it enrolled seven in-state students for every two out-of-state students. How many in-state and out-of-state students were enrolled in the freshman class?
189 in state
54 out of state
The information below shows the various ways students get home from school. What percent of students ride the bus home from school?
Walk--6 Bus-- 54 Car--30
60%
A gym membership is offered in January for $32.00 per month. If you pay upfront for the year, you are given a 15% discount on the monthly cost. How much money do you save after a year by paying upfront rather than monthly?
$57.60
The price of a gallon of gas dropped from the summer high price of $3.50 to the winter low price of $2.87. By what percentage was the price of gas reduced?
-18%