Deck 5: Percents

Question 1

Change the percents to decimals or mixed/whole numbers; change the decimals, fractions, or whole numbers to percents.​
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a.0.27 = ______
b.65% = ______
c.1/2 = ______

Answer 1

Question 2

Solve each of the following for the rate. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.​
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a.______ of $15.50 = $3.72
b.______ of 0.24 = 0.6
c.______ of $400 = $10

Answer 2

Question 3

Solve each of the following for the base. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
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a.55% of __________ = 110
b.1.25% of __________ = $16
c.120% of __________ = 4.2

Answer 3

Question 4

Compute the missing value.​
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a.An increase by 90 is 15% of the base value ______.
b.Profits were $250,000 in June, but only $220,000 in July. The rate of decrease was ______.
c.Base value = 720; decrease = 25%; new (final) value = ______

Question 5

Solve each of the following problems for the percentage.
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a.120% of $12 = ______
b.0.02% of 1,600 = ______
c.40% of $250 = ______

Question 6

Solve each of the following problems for the percentage.
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a.125% of $42.60 = ______
b.0.325% of 100 = ______
c.200% of $2.47 = ______

Question 7

​Solve each of the following for the base. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
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a.25% of __________ = $4.25
b.150% of __________ = 1.05
c.0.375% of __________ = $3.09

Question 8

Compute the missing value.​
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a.Manufacturing increased from 2,200 packages per day to 2,750 packages per day; the percent increase was __________.
b.Base value = $360; increase = 15%; new (final) value = __________
c.Increasing the base value _________ by 300% gives an increase of 720 units.

Question 9

Compute the missing value.​
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a.The price decreased from $16.50 to $13.20; the percent decrease was __________.
b.Increasing the base value 217 by 100% yields the new value __________.
c.Decreasing the base value _________ by 75% gives a decrease of 90 units.

Question 10

​Solve each of the following for the missing value. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
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a.127% of 460 = __________
b.__________ of $220 = $9.90
c.33 1/3% of __________ = 117

Question 11

​Solve each of the following for the missing value. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
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a.37.5% of 40,000 = __________
b.1/5% of __________ = $4.80
c.__________ of 2,400 = 18

Question 12

​Solve each of the following problems for the percentage.
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a.37.5% of 1600 = ______
b.16% of 42.5 = ______
c.1/4% of $220 = ______

Question 13

Compute the missing value.
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a.80 homes were sold in April, but only 68 homes were sold in May. The rate of decrease was ______.
b.Start with $120; increase by 50%; end up with ______
c.An increase by $7.50 is 12% of the base value ______.

Question 14

Solve each of the following problems for the percentage.
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a.0.4% of 1520 = ______
b.6% of 20 = ______
c.7.5% of $36 = ______

Question 15

​Solve each of the following for the missing value. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
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a.27.5% of 60,000 = __________
b.1/3% of __________ = $6.40
c.__________ of 6,400 = 16

Question 16

​Solve each of the following for the rate. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
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a.______ of 50 = 200
b.______ of $316 = $553
c.______ of 84 = 37.8

Question 17

Solve each of the following for the rate. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.​
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a.______ of $12.50 = $4.50
b.______ of 0.35 = 0.7
c.______ of $750 = $15

Question 18

Change the percents to decimals or mixed/whole numbers; change the decimals, fractions, or whole numbers to percents.
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a.250% = ______
b.1 3/4 = ______
c.0.35 = ______

Question 19

​Change the percents to decimals or mixed/whole numbers; change the decimals, fractions, or whole numbers to percents.
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a.0.25% = ______
b.1/4 = ______
c.0.125 = ______

Question 20

Change the percents to decimals or mixed/whole numbers; change the decimals, fractions, or whole numbers to percents.​
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a.1.7% = ______
b.7/8 = ______
c.1.7 = ______

Question 21

Architect Brian Peters spent 60% of a week's time working on drawings for a new apartment building. If Brian spent 18 hours working on projects other than the apartment building, compute the total hours worked.​

Question 22

​During its second year of operation, Juan's Nursery had a 325% increase in its business revenue. If its revenue in the second year was $2,639,000, what had been its revenue for the first year?

Question 23

​Before Christmas, the price of a shoe in a Heel's Store for Women was $70. At the post-Christmas sale, the price was $35. By what percent had the price of the shoe been reduced?

Question 24

​Westside Trailer Rental has 188 trailers available for rent. Last year, it had 160 available for rent. Compute the percent increase in the number of trailers available for rent.

Question 25

​Nancy saves $120 per week which represents 8% of her total weekly salary. Find her total weekly salary.

Question 26

​Compute the missing value.
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a.100 cars were sold in October, but only 80 cars were sold in November. The rate of decrease was ______.
b.Start with $115; increase by 40%; end up with ______
c.An increase by $6.40 is 16% of the base value ______.

Question 27

During one work week, Darlene Davies worked a total of 45 hours, 20% of which were weekend hours. Find the number of hours that Darlene worked on the weekend.​

Question 28

Before Christmas, the price of a necktie in a Patrick's Store for Men was $40. At the post-Christmas sale, the price was $26. By what percent had the price of the necktie been reduced?​

Question 29

A new route for bicycling to work decreased Herschel's riding time by 12.5%. If the old route took 32 minutes, how long will the new route take?​

Question 30

December's electricity bill of $876.60 represents 22.5% of the total December expenses for Westcamper's Sheet Metal Fabricating. Compute Westcamper's total expenses in December.​

Question 31

​Marie Tavis is an artist. Forty percent Marie's total sales are to mail order retailers. Last year, Marie's sales to mail order retailers were $85,000. Determine her total sales last year.

Question 32

Sunrise Landscape Construction earns 75% of its annual revenue between March and October. If their total annual revenue last year was $1,450,000, how much did they earn either before March or after October?​

Question 33

Wanda's restaurant buys all of its non-food items at a local warehouse store. On a recent trip to the warehouse store, the restaurant owner spent $126.83 just for paper products. If paper products were only 22% of the entire purchase, find the total amount spent on that trip?

Question 34

​A video store both rents and sells DVD movies and also sells blank DVD disks. During the week between Christmas and New Year, the store had rentals of $4,896, movie sales of $6,513, and blank disk sales of $2,191. What percent of the total revenue was from movie rentals?

Question 35

​Karen Randolph is a marketing manager for a computer software company. When she was promoted, she received a 111% salary increase. The new monthly salary is $5,328. What was Karen's salary before the promotion?

Question 36

R.J. Cassady is an attorney for a bank. Last month, R.J. worked on real estate contracts for 65% of his time. If he worked on real estate contracts for 143 hours, for how long did he work on other projects?​

Question 37

A new route for driving to office decreased David's driving time by 15%. If the old route took 40 minutes, how long will the new route take?​

Question 38

​Sandy Yu earns $4,800 gross pay per month. Last month Sandy received a check for $3,120. What was the percent of her gross salary that had been deducted?