Deck 3: Percents

Question 1

0.000238 = ? (percent)

A)0.238%
B)0.0238%
C)2.38%
D)0.00238%
E) none of the above

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Change to a percent equivalent to the nearest thousandth.

A)0.286%
B)0.003%
C)28.571%
D)3.5%

Answer 2

C

Question 3

38% = ? (fraction)

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Change to a percent equivalent.

A)83.3%
B)75%
C)95.8%
D)91.7%

Question 5

Question 6

If of all plumbers in the city belong to the plumber's union, what percent belong to the union?

A)80%
B)60%
C)40%
D)20%

Question 7

Question 8

= ? (decimal)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E) none of the above

Question 9

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Question 11

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Question 13

72% = ? (fraction)

Question 14

Question 15

Question 16

0.0789 = ? (percent)

A)7.89%
B)0.00789%
C)0.789%
D)78.9%
E) none of the above

Question 17

If of the telephone workers in a city are female, what percent are female?

A)60%
B)50%
C)40%
D)30%

Question 18

0.00435 = ? (percent)

A)4.35%
B)0.435%
C)0.0435%
D)43.5%
E) none of the above

Question 19

Change to a percent equivalent.

A)0.625%
B)1.6%
C)62.5%
D)78%

Question 20

4.721 = ? (percent)

A)47.21%
B)0.04721%
C)0.4721%
D)472.1%
E) none of the above

Question 21

Change 16% to both fractional and decimal equivalents.

Question 22

Identify the portion in the following: 6 is 15% of 40.

A)6
B)15%
C)100
D)40

Question 23

A)0.0116
B)11.6
C)0.116
D)1.16
E) none of the above

Question 24

In the relationship of 49 is 35% of 140, which value is the portion?

A)140
B)49
C)35%
D)100%

Question 25

Change 300% to an equivalent whole number.

A)3
B)30
C)0
D)300

Question 26

Change 41.7% to its numerical equivalent.

A)0.417
B)0.714
C)0.147
D)0.0417

Question 27

Change 12.5% to its numerical equivalent:

A)0.125
B)0.0125
C)0.00125
D)0.15

Question 28

In the relationship of 11.25 is 25% of 45, what is the word associated with 25%?

A)portion
B)base
C)rate
D)discount

Question 29

A)0.184
B)18.4
C)184
D)1.84
E) none of the above

Question 30

55% = ? (fraction)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E) none of the above

Question 31

Change to a mixed number equivalent.

A)
B)
C)
D)

Question 32

Identify the rate in the following: 6 is 15% of 40.

A)100
B)40
C)6
D)15%

Question 33

In the relationship of 22% of 500 is 110, what is the word associated with 110?

A)percent
B)rate
C)portion
D)base

Question 34

What is the name associated with the missing element is the following problem? 35% of $500 is what number?

A)base
B)rate
C)portion
D)percent

Question 35

Change to a decimal equivalent.

A) 2.0475
B) 0.20475
C)
D) 20.475

Question 36

48% = ? (fraction)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E) none of the above

Question 37

84% = ? (fraction)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E) none of the above

Question 38

Identify the base in the following: 6 is 15% of 40.

A)40
B)6
C)100
D)15%

Question 39

What is the name associated with the missing element in the following problem? What percent of 20 students is 16 females?

A)rate
B)percent
C)portion
D)base

Question 40

= ? (fraction)

A)
B)
C)
D)
E) none of the above

Question 41

21% of 526 is what number? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)110
B)25
C)399
D)2,505
E) none of the above

Question 42

In the relationship of 330 is 165% of 200, which value is the rate?

A)165%
B)200
C)100%
D)330

Question 43

64.288 is 28.7% of what number?

A)224
B)18.45
C)2.24
D)1.845

Question 44

47.9% of what number is 423.39? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)8,839
B)2,028
C)1,131
D)884
E) none of the above

Question 45

What number is 0.5% of 78?

A)39
B)0.39
C)156
D)1.56

Question 46

In the relationship of 50% of 0.8 is 0.4, what is the word associated with 0.8?

A)base
B)rate
C)percent
D)portion

Question 47

What percent of 893.6 is 23.7? (nearest whole percent)Use the percentage formula.

A)27%
B)2%
C)3%
D)37%
E) none of the above

Question 48

Find the rate when the portion is $87 and the base is $480.

A)5.5172%
B)55.172%
C)18.125%
D)0.18125%

Question 49

0.87 is 12.9% of what number?

A)674.42 (rounded)
B)6.7442 (rounded)
C)11.223 (rounded)
D)0.11223 (rounded)

Question 50

The voltage of a generator is 220V. If approximately 8V are lost in a supply line, what is the rate of voltage loss?

A)17.6% (rounded)
B)96.36% (rounded)
C)0.04% (rounded)
D)3.64% (rounded)

Question 51

405 is what percent of 45?

A)10%
B)9%
C)100%
D)900%

Question 52

What is the base if the portion is 42 and the rate is 12%? Use the percentage formula.

A)504
B)350
C)3.5
D)5.04

Question 53

What percent of 289.7 is 83.65? (nearest whole percent)Use the percentage formula.

A)35%
B)24%
C)346%
D)29%
E) none of the above

Question 54

112% of what number is 560?

A)62,720
B)5,000
C)500
D)627.2

Question 55

Find 8.5% of 0.3.

A)0.255
B)3.529
C)0.0255
D)0.353

Question 56

What percent of 0.75 is .6?

A)8%
B)0.08%
C)80%
D)0.8%

Question 57

61.7% of what number is 407.38? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)152
B)251
C)1,515
D)660
E) none of the above

Question 58

A)20.4082
B)12,250
C)2,040.82
D)122.5

Question 59

What percent of 6 is 27?

Question 60

Determine the portion if the base is $2,000 and the rate is 4.75%.

A)$95
B)$42.11
C)$42,105.26%
D)$9,500

Question 61

57.2% of what number is 321.87? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)1,841
B)184
C)563
D)5,627
E) none of the above

Question 62

Find 442% of 540.

A)12,217.19
B)2,386.8
C)238.68
D)122.17

Question 63

James ordered 130 individual party items. When the shipping bill was examined, he estimated 28% of the shipment was back ordered. How many items, to the nearest item, were back ordered?

A)36
B)94
C)35
D)37

Question 64

18.9% of what number is 497.09? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage proportion.

A)9,395
B)2,630
C)263
D)940
E) none of the above

Question 65

Determine the portion if the base is 25 and the rate is 6.4%. Use the percentage proportion.

A)100
B)390.625
C)1.6
D)0.064

Question 66

31.6% of what number is 712.34? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)2,251
B)4
C)2,254
D)23
E) none of the above

Question 67

What percent of 345.6 is 78.9? (nearest whole percent)Use the percentage formula.

A)43%
B)23%
C)27%
D)3%
E) none of the above

Question 68

If 298 students of an original enrollment of 894 finished a course, what percentage finished?

Question 69

Determine the portion if the base is 56 and the rate is 112%.

A)119.72
B)62.72
C)112.00
D)56.12

Question 70

What percent of 0.25 is 0.14?

A)1.78%
B)5.6%
C)17.86%
D)56%

Question 71

14% of 348 is what number? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)4,872
B)25
C)48
D)49
E) none of the above

Question 72

17% of what number is 5.5?

A)32.35
B)37.85
C)30.15
D)35.05

Question 73

Find the rate when the portion is 27 and the base is 60.

A)61.7%
B)162%
C)45%
D)222%

Question 74

18% of 518 is what number? (nearest whole number)Use the percentage formula.

A)93
B)35
C)288
D)29
E) none of the above

Question 75

What percent of $127,345.56 is $28,907.42?

A)44%
B)4.4%
C)22.7%
D)440%

Question 76

Find the rate when the portion is 356 and the base is 534.

Question 77

A businessman is charged a $9.92 monthly finance charge on a bill of $566.30. What is the monthly interest rate on the account? (Round to the nearest hundredth of a percent.)

Question 78

Determine the portion if the base is 140 and the rate is 18%.

A)165.2
B)777.8
C)12.9
D)25.2

Question 79

A)8
B)72
C)100
D)0.125

Question 80

What is the base if the portion is 35.482 and the rate is 78.5%?

A)27.85337
B)45.2
C)36.9
D)100