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ONE-STEP PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS
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In a survey of 600 people, 360 said that their
favorite pizza topping is pepperoni. What
percentage of the people said pepperoni was
their favorite topping?
Ms. Prather wants to buy a new dress for $25.00.
Sales tax is 6% of the price. How much tax will
she have to pay?
In a survey, 45 people refused to answer. This
was 9% of the whole group of people surveyed.
What was the total number of people surveyed?
In a school with 400 students, 120 ride the bus to
school. What percent of the students ride the bus
to school?
In a survey of 600 people, 15 percent said that
their favorite pizza topping is sausage. How many
people said sausage was their favorite topping?
Remember that a real estate agent earns 3% of
the price. If she earned $7,200 on her last sale,
what was the price of the house?
Mr. Hobbs bought a new shirt. The price of the
shirt was $20, and he paid $1.50 in sales tax.
What is the sales tax rate?
When a real estate agent sells a house, she earns
3% of the sales price. If she sells a house for
$200,000, how much money will she make?
In a survey, 75 people refused to answer. This
was 15% of the whole group of people surveyed.
What was the total number of people surveyed?
Mr. Moore ate dinner at a restaurant. The total
bill was $35. If he left a tip of $6.30, what percent
tip did he leave?
The regular price of a jacket is $120. It is on sale
for 20% off. What is the amount of the discount?
On a mathematics test, Michael received a score
of 75%. If each problem counted equally, and
Michael had 9 problems correct, then how many
problems were on the test?
Mr. Touchette ate dinner at a restaurant. The
total bill was $25. If he left a tip of $3.75, what
percent tip did he leave?
The regular price of a dress is $30. It is on sale for
20% off. What is the amount of the discount?
A pig ate 8 buckets of slop. This was 25% of the
total slop in her pigpen. How much total slop did
the pig have in her pigpen?
In a survey of 500 people, 150 people said that
Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. What
percent of the people said that Thanksgiving is
their favorite?
In a survey of 1,000 people, 8 refused to answer.
What percent of the people refused to answer?
A computer programmer spent 25 hours on a
project. She spent 18% of that time in meetings.
How much time did she spend in meetings?
Ms. Newmark’s computer says that the battery
has 30 minutes left and that this is 20% of a full
battery. How many minutes does a full battery
have?
Mr. Hobbs took a reading quiz. He answered 12
out of 20 questions correctly. What percent of
the questions did he answer correctly?
There are exactly 50 coffee shops in the Boston
area that offer free wireless internet. Ms. Latto
The human body is about 72% water. About how
much water will be in a person who weighs 138
pounds?
When a real estate agent sold a house, he earned
2% of the sale price. If the house sold for
$160,000, how much money did the agent earn?
Mr. Sweda bought a calculator. The price of the
calculator was $20, and he paid 5% of the price
On the tree outside Ms. Tao’s window, 70% of
the leaves are red. If 42 leaves are red, how
many total leaves are on the tree?
When Chris Brown concert tickets went on sell,
550 were sold in the first hour. This was 20% of
has visited 26 of them. What percentage of the
50 coffee shops has Ms. Latto visited?
In a class, 14 out of 25 students are boys. What
percent of the class is boys?
for sales tax. How much tax did he pay?
Brittany Berrier became a famous skater. She
won 85% of her meets. If she had 250 meets in
2000, how many did she win?
In a survey, 8 out of 100 people said that
There were 140 problems on a math test. If
anchovies are their favorite pizza topping. What
Jenny got 80% of them correct, how many
percent of the people said anchovies are their
problems did she get right? How many problems
favorite?
did she get wrong?
In a survey, 28 out of 200 people could not find
In 2003, James Posey of the Memphis Grizzlies
the verb in a sentence. What percent of the
made 80% of his free-throws. Over the course of
people could not find the verb?
the season he tried 335 times. How many freethrows did he make?
Mr. Hobbs took a reading quiz. He answered 12
Mark made 75% of a recipe for pancakes. If the
out of 20 questions correctly. What percent of
recipe called for 2 cups of flour, how much flour
the questions did he answer correctly?
did Mark use?
In a football game, the quarterback made 13 out
In the twentieth century, the Republican
of 20 passes. What percent of the passes did he
Party won 52% of the 25 presidential elections.
make?
How many presidential elections did they win?
Ms. Traveller has visited 38 of the 50 states. What The summer Olympic Games are held every 4
percent of the states has she visited?
years. The United States has hosted 16% of the
25 summer games.
How many times has the United States hosted?
A warm-up quiz has 5 questions. If you answered John has finished 20% of his math homework. If
4 correctly, what percent of the quiz did you get
he had 10 problems to solve, how many has John
right?
finished?
In a group of 10 people, 3 people have a cat.
What percent of the people have a cat?
In a school of 300 students, 36 have no brothers
or sisters. What percent of the students have no
brothers or sisters?
In a group of 20 people, 11 are wearing jeans.
What percent of the people are wearing jeans?
On Mars, an object weighs 38% as much as on
Earth. How much would a person who weighs
165 pounds on Earth weigh on Mars?
The Wild Life Club donates 84% of the money
they raise to endangered species. How much out
of every $50 they raise do they donate?
A rabbit had 35 carrots in her cage. She ate 20%
of them. How many carrots did she eat? How
many carrots does she have left?
the total number of tickets available. How many
tickets were available?
At Henry’s school, 12% of the students are in a
play. If 30 students are in the play, what is the
total number of students in the school?
The Ridgedale soccer team has 3 goalies
that make up 20% of the team. How
many players does the Ridgedale
soccer team have?
The Boyds have traveled 50 miles of
their vacation trip so far. If this is 20%
of their planned trip, how far do they
plan on traveling?
Maria left 1 problem blank. This is 20% of her
test. How many problems are there on the test?
Of the total students in the class, 27 students
took a quiz. If this was 90% of the class, how
many students are there total?
In a survey, 60 people refused to answer. This
was 5% of the total number of people surveyed.
What was the total number of people surveyed?
In the Stoneridge apartment complex, 35% of the
apartments have one bedroom. If there are 49
one bedroom apartments, what is the total
number of apartments at Stoneridge?
In the city of Springfield, 75% of the parks have
tennis courts. If 15 parks have tennis courts, how
many parks does Springfield have altogether?
Mika’s rosebush had 24 blooms in the first week
of May. This was 80% as many blooms as
Tammy’s rosebush had during the same period.
How many blooms did Tammy’s rosebush have?
On the written portion of her driving test, Sara
answered 84% of the questions correctly. If Sara
answered 42 questions correctly, how many
In a group of 80 people, 24 have a cat. What
percent of the people have a cat?
On a composition quiz, Ms. Prather got 24 points
correct out of 40. What percent did she get
correct?
In a football game, the quarterback made 18 out
of 30 passes. What percent of the passes did he
make?
A dog had 50 dog bones in his backyard. He ate
10 of them. What fraction of the dog bones did
he eat? What percent is this?
Three out of every 20 dogs in the US are golden
retrievers. What percent of dogs are golden
retrievers?
There are 4 trombones out of 25 instruments in
the Landers town band. What percent of the
instruments are trombones?
In 2007, 57 out of every 100 school-age children
had access to a computer both at home and at
school. What percent of children had access at
both places?
In a recent survey, 11 out of 50 people in the
United States were age 65 or older. What percent
of people are 65 or older?
In Janie’s class, 7 out of 25 students have blue
eyes. What percent of the class has blue eyes?
Three out of every 10 students in Mr. Chan’s class
bring their lunch to school. What percent of the
students bring their lunch to school?
Shaquille O’Neal hit 11 out of 20 free throws in a
5-game series. What percent of his free throws
Of the 120 vegetable plants Marissa planted in
her garden, 30% were carrots. How many carrots
did she plant?
Last year Geoff made $3000 from his paper
route. Because he lives in DC, he had to pay 8%
of that for city taxes. How much did Geoff pay in
taxes?
A toy car sells for $13.50. How much
tax will be charged if the sales tax is
6% of the price?
There are 80 sixth graders at Avenue Elementary.
75% of the sixth graders went on a field trip to
the museum. How many sixth graders went on
the field trip?
Avenue School has 20 teachers. 20% of them
went on the field trip with the sixth graders. How
many teachers went on the field trip?
There are 500 students in the middle school. 13%
of the students are in the orchestra. How many
students are in the orchestra?
A pair of shoes used to cost $20. Then the store
increased the price by 25%. How much did the
price increase?
One serving of Oreos has 10% of the
recommended daily fat grams. If the
recommended daily fat grams is 65, how many
grams of fat does one serving of Oreos have?
In a survey of 300 people, 60% said that they like
dogs better than cats. How many people said that
they like dogs better than cats?
In a city of 120,000 people, 0.8% of the people
drive electric cars. How many people drive
electric cars?
Ms. Aach bought a skateboard for $68. The sales
tax rate is 5%. How much sales tax did she pay?
questions were on the driving test?
In the city of Bridgeport, 75% of the parks have
tennis courts. If 18 parks have tennis courts, how
many parks does Bridgeport have altogether?
In the Lakeview apartment complex, 35% of the
apartments have one bedroom. If there are 63
one bedroom apartments, what is the total
number of apartments at Lakeview?
did he make?
Ms. Agosto surveyed her class and found that 15
out of 30 students brushed their teeth more than
twice a day. What percent of the students
brushed more than twice a day?
In a survey, 99 out of 300 people liked Charlotte
Doyle better than City of Ember. What percent of
the people liked Charlotte Doyle better?
Last year, Jason Campbell made 315 out of 500
passes. What percent of his passes did he make?
There are 40 houses on my street. There are
dogs living in 12 of them. What percent of the
houses have dogs?
In a survey, 720 out of 1000 people said that
pepperoni is their favorite pizza topping. What
percent of the people said that pepperoni is their
favorite?
In a school of 300 students, 264 have at least one
sibling. What percent of the students have at
least one sibling?
Of 136 people visiting an art gallery, 17 bought
paintings. What percent of the visitors bought a
painting?
In Massachusetts, there is a $0.60 tax on a
purchase of $12. Find the percent of tax in
Massachusetts.
The library has 450 books checked out. What
percent of the library’s total collection of 3,600
books is checked out?
This month, Chun’s office produced 690 pounds
of garbage. Chun wants to reduce the weight of
garbage produced to 85% of the weight produced
this month. What is the target weight for the
garbage produced next month?
Jonas and Linda’s restaurant bill comes to $23.40.
They are planning to tip the waiter 15% of their
bill. How much money should they leave for a
tip?
There are 225 students in eighth grade at
Jefferson Middle School. A survey shows that
64% of them are planning to attend college. How
many Jefferson eighth grade students are
planning to attend college?
In a parking lot, there are 65 vehicles. SUVs make
up 40% of the vehicles. How many of the vehicles
are SUVs?
In a school election, 240 students voted. Barack
Obama won 90% of the votes. How many
students voted for Obama?
Yolanda’s club has 35 members. Its rules require
that 60% of them must be present for any vote.
At least how many members must be present to
have a vote?
Alma just received a 6% raise in salary. Before the
raise, she was making $52,000 per year. How
much more will Alma earn next year?
A recent poll shows that 65% of adults are in
favor of increased funding for education. The
number of adults surveyed for the poll was 140.
How many of the adults surveyed were in favor of
increased funding for education?
In a certain small town, 65% of the adults are
college graduates. How many of the 240 adults
living in the town are college graduates?
Teri has $25. A movie costs $8. What percent of
her money does a movie cost?
The museum is 88 miles from the school. The
students’ bus traveled 22 miles in the first halfhour of the trip. About what percent of the trip
was completed in the first half-hour?
The museum is open 8 hours a day. The sixth
graders were there for 5.6 hours. For what
percent of the museum’s open hours were the
students there?
Of the 500 students who attend the middle
school, 90 are in the band. What percent of the
students are in the band?
Jennifer must complete any 10 of the
25 problems on a test. What percent must she
complete?
Harriett completed 21 of the 25 assigned
problems before the end of class. What
percent of the problems did she complete?
In a school of 600 students, 180 study a foreign
language. What percent of the students studies a
foreign language?
There are 800 actors auditioning for a movie.
Only 36 of them will get a part in the movie.
What percent of the 800 actors will get a part?
There are 50 apartments in Emily’s building, and
32 of them are two-bedroom apartments. What
percent of the apartments in the building are
two-bedroom apartments?
Sally’s soccer team played 25 games and won 17
of them. What percent did the team win?
In a certain small town, 80% of the adults voted
in the last election. How many of the 600 adults
living in the town voted in the last election?
Fish and game managers have determined that
10% of the approximately 3,400 fish in
Avondale Lake are catfish. How many catfish are
there in Avondale Lake?
In a recent survey, 1% of the people had no
opinion on the topic. How many of the 1,100
people surveyed had no opinion on the topic?
The U.S. has 25% of the nuclear power plants in
the world. How many of the world’s 416 nuclear
power plants are in the U.S.?
At one large international airport in the U.S., 20%
of the arriving flights are from other countries.
On a recent day, 240 flights arrived at the airport.
How many of these flights were from other
countries?
Ramona likes to keep track of her incoming calls.
Last month, 25% of the 132 calls Ramona
received were from her mother. How many calls
did Ramona get from her mother last month?
Trevor and Michelle’s restaurant bill comes to
$35.50. They are planning to tip the waiter 20%.
How much money should they leave for a tip?
There are 175 students in twelfth grade at
Silverado High School. A survey shows that 64%
of them are planning to attend college. How
many Silverado twelfth grade students are
planning to attend college?
On Mars, an object weighs 38% as much as on
Earth. How much would a person who weighs
150 pounds on Earth weigh on Mars?
The Briarwood Middle School chess club has 55
members. 22 of the members are in seventh
grade. What percent of the members of the chess
club are in seventh grade?
Internet access in the U.S. has increased
damatically in recent years. If 110 out of every
200 households had Internet access, what
percent of households had Internet access?
On his trip across town, Mark was stopped by a
red light at 9 out of 15 intersections. At what
percent of intersections was Mark stopped by a
red light?
The local chess club has 60 members. Twentyfour of the members are younger than twenty.
What percent of the members of the chess club
are younger than twenty?
TWO-STEP PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS
%INCREASE OR %DECREASE IS KNOWN
%INCREASE OR %DECREASE IS UNKNOWN
A DVD player that normally costs $150 is on sale for 25% off. What is the
sale price of the DVD player?
Last month, Mr. Moneyman invested $500. This month, the value of his
investment increased by 23%. How much is his investment worth now?
The population of Norfolk County is approximately 650,000. If the
population increases by 10%, what would be the new population?
Natalie bought a book that was on sale for 25% off. The regular price of the
book was $18. What was the sale price of the book?
Joshua was earning $15 per hour. After working for a year, his wage was
raised by 20%. How much is he earning now?
During the first week of school, Ms. Yamada’s math class increased from 24
to 30 students. What was the percent change?
Last year, a sweater sold for $50. This year, the same sweater sells for $58.
Find the percent change in the cost of the sweater.
Carlos paid $28.00 for a video game that usually costs $35.00. What percent
discount did Carlos get?
Antonio paid $20 for a book originally marked $25. What percent did
Antonio save on this purchase?
A fashion buyer for Great Gear, Inc. bought 250 dresses for $45 each. Great
Gear sold the dresses for $60 each. What was the percent increase in price?
South Korea has a population of 50,000,000. Ethiopia has 50% more people.
How many people live in Ethiopia?
Hotels often have lower prices for seasons when people are less likely to
take vacations. The Welcome Inn charges $55 a night during the summer,
but $44 a night during the fall. What is the percent decrease in price?
In 2008, the price of a stock was $75. In 2009, the price is $60. Find the
percent change in price.
The movie “Spiderman 2” made $45,000,000 on its opening weekend.
“Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” is supposed to make 20% more. How
much money is “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” supposed to make on
its opening weekend?
My wife and I had dinner at a fancy restaurant called La Chaumier. Our
meal would have cost $80, but we had a coupon that made it 30% less.
How much did we have to pay for our meal?
A coat that costs $80 is on sale for 20% off. What will Jill pay for the coat?
Ms. O’Flaherty bought a dress that had a price of $25. The sales tax rate
was 5% of the price. What was the total amount that she paid?
You want to buy a DVD player that has a regular price of $140. If you use a
coupon that takes 15% off of the regular price, how much will the DVD
player cost?
Alice is 5 feet tall. She drank a potion that increased her height by 110%.
How tall is she now?
Mr. Moore wants to buy an iPod that has a regular price of $200, but it is on
sale for 25% off. What is the sale price of the iPod?
Today, the price of one barrel of oil is $65. In June, the price of one barrel of
On Monday, 120 students came to school. On Tuesday, 108 students came
to school. Find the percent change in attendance.
Amy paid $35.00 for a jacket originally marked $50.00. What percent did
Amy save on the purchase?
Suppose the average attendance at a local high school's football games
went down from 2000 people in 2003 to 1500 people in 2004. What was
the percent decrease in attendance at the football games?
What is the percent decrease on a DVD recorder that is marked down from
$400 to $350?
Last year the price of a Wonderful Whopper was $2.40. This year the price
increased to $2.70. By what percent did the price increase?
The number of students enrolled at the J. R. Smith School has decreased
from 800 students to 700 students. What is the percent decrease?
In the seventh grade, Rachel read 15 books. In the eighth grade, she
oil was 120% higher. What was the price in June?
David installed a device on his car that guaranteed to increase his gas
mileage by 15%. He currently gets 22 miles per gallon. How much will the
gas mileage increase after installing the device?
Ines wants to buy a skateboard but she does not know if she has enough
money. The price of the skateboard is $85 and the sales tax is
6%. What will be the total cost of the skateboard?
The Spanish club sold hot pretzels as a fund-raiser. The pretzels normally
sold for $1.50, but near the end of the sale they wanted to sell as many as
possible, so they reduced the price by 30%. What was the new price for a
hot pretzel?
Justin is buying a cell phone that has a regular price of $149. The cell phone
is on sale for 15% off the regular price. What will be the sale price?
The computer store pays $250 each for flat screen monitors. The
store uses a 30% markup. Find the selling price for each flat screen monitor.
A popular brand of running shoes costs a local store $68 for each
pair. Find the selling price for a pair of running shoes if the store has a
markup of 75%.
Sandy’s Clothing Shop has a markup of 45% on dresses. How much
will Sandy’s charge for a dress that costs the shop $48?
read 18 books. Find the percent of increase in the number of books Rachel
read.
Last year the backgammon club had 30 members. This year the club has 24
members. Find the percent of decrease in the number of members.
Last year the chess club had 20 members. This year the club has
15 members. Find the percent of change, and state whether the percent of
change is an increase or a decrease.
The audio store is having a 20% off sale. What will be the sale price on a
pair of speakers that normally sell for $280.00?
MULTIPLE-CHOICE PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS
1. A cake was cut into 20 equal pieces. Max ate 3 of the pieces. What percent of the cake did Max eat?
a. 1.5%
b. 6%
c. 15%
d. 60%
2. What percent of 600 is 1.2?
a. 0.002%
b. 0.02%
c. 0.2%
d. 2%
3. In a school election, 80 of 200 students voted for Lily. What percent of the students voted for Lily?
a. 2.5%
b. 4%
c. 25%
d. 40%
4. The regular price of an aquarium is $48.00. It is on sale for 10% off. What is the sale price of the aquarium?
a. $4.80
b. $43.20
c. $47.52
d. $52.80
5. The 5% sales tax on a skirt came to $0.90. What was the price (before tax) of the skirt?
a. $1.80
b. $4.50
c. $18.00
d. $45.00
6. There are 50 apartments in Emily’s building, and 32 of them are two-bedroom apartments. What percent of the apartments in the
building are two-bedroom apartments?
a. 64%
b. 1.6%
c. 16%
d. 48%
7. Harrison is buying a bicycle for $340. What amount of sales tax must he pay if the sales tax rate is 7%?
a. $7.00
b. $23.80
c. $24.60
d. $238.00
8. Jack spent 30% of the money he earned mowing lawns last summer. If Jack spent $45, what was the total amount of money he earned
mowing lawns last summer?
a. $15
b. $75
c. $150
d. $195
9. 350% of what number is 140?
a. 0.4
b. 40
c. 49
d. 250
10. What is 0.25% of 90?
a. 22.5
b. 0.225
c. 3.6
d. 36
11. Which number is equivalent to 0.2%?
a. 0.002
b. 0.02
c. 2
d. 20
12. Carlos paid $28.00 for a video game that usually costs $35.00. What percent discount did Carlos get?
a.
b.
c.
d.
80%
7%
25%
20%
1. Antonio paid $20 for a book originally marked $25. What percent did Antonio save on this purchase?
a.
b.
c.
d.
12.5%
20%
25%
80%
Arturo spent $75 on a book and a movie. The movie cost $15. What percent of the total cost was the movie?
A 20% C 75%
B 24% D 80%
During the first hour of the bake sale, Christopher sold $25 worth of goods. If this was 5% of the baked goods for sale, how much could they
possibly make at the sale?
A $3.75 C $500.00
B $50.00 D $5,000.00
Josh must write a 200-word paper. He has written 35% so far. How many words has he written?
A 7 C 370
B 70 D None of the above
Ruben says his age is 20% of his father’s age. His father is 50 years old. How old is Ruben?
A 9 C 11
B 10 D 12
The Wheelers’ bill at a restaurant is $63.00. How much money should Mr. Wheeler leave as a tip if he plans to tip 15%?
a. $78.00
b. $72.45
c. $9.45
d. $4.20
In a school election, 80 of 200 students voted for Lily. What percent of the students voted for Lily?
a. 2.5%
b. 4%
c. 25%
d. 40%
The regular price of an aquarium is $48.00. It is on sale for 10% off. What is the sale price of the aquarium?
a. $4.80
b. $43.20
c. $47.52
d. $52.80
A total of 20,000 students are enrolled at a college. Only 0.4% of the students are studying Latin. How many students are studying Latin?
a. 50
b. 80
c. 500
d. 800
CHALLENGING PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS
A class has 12 girls and 13 boys. What percent of the class is girls?
A test had 50 questions. If you answered 44 questions correctly, what percent of the test did you answer incorrectly?
At a school, 128 students ride the bus or Metro to school, 32 students come in a car, and 40 students walk to school. What percent of the
students walk?
Ms. Traveller has visited 38 of the 50 states. What percent of the states has she not visited?
A quiz has 5 multiple-choice questions and 5 short-answer questions. If you answered 2 multiple-choice and 4 short-answer questions
correctly, what percent of the questions did you get right?
In a school of 200 students, 63 students are on Eagle’s Nest. What percent of the students are on Eagle’s Nest?
If you are buying a $50 item, would you rather have a coupon for 18% off or a coupon for $10 off?
Mike and Lisa go to dinner. Mike’s meal costs $11.24, and Lisa’s meal costs $8.76. How much sales tax will they have to pay, if the sales tax
rate is 6.5%?
Jeff and Kendra go to dinner. The total cost of their food is $23.60. If they have to pay sales tax of 5% and they leave a tip of 15%, what is the
total cost of their dinner?
Whitney and Ashley went to lunch. The total cost of their food was $13.00. The sales tax was 4.5% and they leave a tip of $1.95. What
percent tip did they leave?
A McDonald’s employee makes $387.50 a week. If he decides to save 10% of that, how much money would she have left to spend?
A forest has 450 trees in it. 30% of the trees are apple trees and the rest are pine trees. How many trees are pine trees?
Jade has a total of 50 photographs for her picture album. She has 24 remaining photographs to place. What percent of all of her photographs
has she already placed?
Little League Enrollment
1998/2000
Boys 120/100
Girls 80/120
In 1998, what percent of the children in the Little League were boys?
Find the percent increase in the number of girls from 1998 to 2000.
A stereo, regularly priced at $240, is on sale for $192. With tax, the final price is $203.52. Find the percent discount. Find the percent tax rate.
Between 1924 and 1998, the United States won a total of 161 medals in the Winter Olympics. If the United States won 59 silver and 42
bronze medals, approximately what percent of its medals were gold medals?
There are 206 bones in the human body. There are 33 bones in the spinal column. To the nearest percent, what percent of your bones are in
your spine?
A commercial fishing boat caught 2,000 pounds of fish, of which 1,400 pounds was cod. What percent of the total weight was cod?
a. In group 1, 19 out of 120 mice got the disease, and in group 2, 22 out of 106 mice got the
disease. About how many percent of mice got the disease in each group?
b. A $37.90 jacket is on 20% discount. About how much is the discounted price?
c. Jack pays 21.5% of his $1,850 salary as taxes. About how much is left for him?
d. The now $157 house rent will increase by 7%. About how much is the new rent?
e. A $497 laptop is on 15% discount, and a $455 laptop is on 10% discount. Which is cheaper?
f. If you give $4 off of a $13 item, and $7 off of a $20 item, about how much are the discount percents?
Molly made a quilt that measures 60 inches by 72 inches. If 20% of the quilt was cut from blue fabric, what area of the quilt is not blue?
A 4,320 sq in. C 3,240 sq in.
B 3,456 sq in. D 864 sq in.
Lincoln Middle School has 445 students. If 20% of them bought the cafeteria lunch on Monday, how many students did not buy lunch?
Omar’s age is 50% less than the age of his 16-year-old brother. In one year, will Omar still be 50% younger than his brother? Explain
your answer.
The Anaheim Angels won the 2002 World Series to give the American League baseball teams victories in 54% of the last 50 World
Series. How many World Series did the American League teams lose?
Charlene’s lunch bill was $18.70. She left a 15% tip on the table. At the cash register, she paid $18.70 plus 5% tax. What is her total cost for
lunch?
Sales tax is 6%. How much tax would you pay on an item that normally costs $20, but is on sale at 15% off the listed price?
A $17.00 C $3.00
B $12.00 D $1.02
Stephen used a 10%-off coupon on purchases of $30.95. He paid sales tax of 6.5% on the discounted price. What was the total price of his
purchase?
13. In a school election, 144 students voted for Barack Obama and 16 students voted for John McCain. What percent of the students voted
for John McCain?
14. In a school election, 160 students voted. There were 144 students who voted for Barack Obama, and 16 students who voted for John
McCain. What percent of the students voted for Barack Obama?
Susan and John go to a restaurant for dinner. Their meals total $22.40. The sales tax is 5% of the meal cost, and the tip is 20% of the meal
cost. What is the total cost of the meal, including tax and tip?
1. If you are buying a $40 item, would you rather have a coupon for 20% off or a coupon for $10 off? Please show the math you do to solve
this problem, and then explain your answer with one sentence.
Will $50 be enough to buy something that costs $48.95, if the sales tax rate is 3%?
Last year, there were 10,000 people living in Fritzville. Since then, 13% of the population has moved away to live in Newmark City. How many
people are left in Fritzville?