PERCENTAGE CALCULATIONS & WORD PROBLEMS
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| WRITE 27/100 AS A PERCENT | 27%
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| REWRITE 22% AS A FRACTION | 11/50
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| USE PERCENTS TO COMPARE 1/4 AND 1/5 | 1/4=25% ; 1/5=20%
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| REWRITE 86% AS A DECIMAL | .86
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| 40% OF 50 = | 20
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| 18% OF ___ = 12 | 66 2/3
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| THERE WERE 124 STUDENTS AT A BASEBALL GAME. BY THE TIME THE SCORE WAS 15 TO 1, ONLY 32 STUDENTS WERE LEFT. FIND THE PERCENT DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS | 74.2%
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| DeJUAN BOUGHT A $15.00 CD ON SALE FOR $12.60. WHAT PERCENT IS THIS OF THE REGULAR PRICE? WHAT PERCENT DISCOUNT DID HE GET? | 84% ; 16^
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| A $20 T-SHIRT IS ON SALE AT A 25% DISCOUNT. WHAT IS THE SALE PRICE OF THE SHIRT | $15.00
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| AT A SHOPPING MALL, 45% OF 220 STORES SELL CLOTHING. HOW MANY CLOTHING STORES ARE THERE? | 99
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| BY WHAT PERCENT DOES THE AREA OF AN 8FT BY 6FT RECTANGLE CHANGE IF ITS LENGTH AND WIDTH ARE BOTH INCREASED BY 50%? | 125% X/100 = ((12*9)-(8*6))/(8*6)
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| A SKATEBOARD THAT NORMALLY SELLS FOR $84.99 IS ON SALE FOR $70.00. BY WHAT PERCENT HAS IT BEEN MARKED DOWN? | 17.6% X/100 = (84.99-70.00)/$84.99
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| IF A DINNER BILL WERE $43.80, HOW MUCH WOULD A 15% TIP BE? | $43.80 X 15% = $6.57
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| JORGE HAS EXACTLY $20. IF THE SALES TAX IS 7%, CAN HE BUY A SHIRT THAT IS PRICED AT $19.95? EXPLAIN | No ; 7% of 19.95 = 1.39 $1.39 + $19.95 > $20
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