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Exam
Name___________________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
Give three kinds of notation for the percent.
1) 2% 1) _______
A) B)
;2× ; 2 × 0.01 ;2× ; 2 × 0.01
C) D)
;2× ; 2 × 0.001 ;2× ; 2 × 0.1

2) 23% 2) _______
A) B)
; 23 × ; 23 × 0.001 ; 23 × ; 23 × 0.01
C) D)
; 23 × ; 23 × 0.1 ; 23 × ; 23 × 0.01

3) 10% 3) _______
A) B)
;1× ; 1 × 0.01 ; 10 × ; 10 × 0.001
C) D)
; 10 × ; 10 × 0.01 ; 10 × ; 10 × 0.1

4) 64.3% 4) _______
A) B)
; 64.3 × ; 64.3 × 0.01 ; 64.3 × ; 64.3 × 0.1
C) D)
; 64 × ; 64 × 0.01 ; 64.3 × ; 64.3 × 0.001

5) 260% 5) _______
A) B)
; 26 × ; 26 × 0.01 ; 260 × ; 260 × 0.001
C) D)
; 260 × ; 260 × 0.1 ; 260 × ; 260 × 0.01

6) 103% 6) _______
A) B)
; 103 × ; 103 × 0.01 ; 103 × ; 103 × 0.001
C) D)
; 103 × ; 103 × 0.0001 ; 103 × ; 103 × 0.1

Find decimal notation.

7) 34% 7) _______
A) 3.4 B) 0.23 C) 0.034 D) 0.34

8) 60% 8) _______
A) 0.49 B) 0.6 C) 6 D) 0.06
 9) 50.3% 9) _______
A) 5.03 B) 0.393 C) 0.0503 D) 0.503

10) 800% 10) ______

A) 80 B) 0.8 C) 8 D) 8.01

11) 990% 11) ______

A) 9.9 B) 9.91 C) 0.99 D) 99

12) 344% 12) ______

A) 0.344 B) 3.44 C) 3.45 D) 34.4

13) 0.9% 13) ______

A) 0.0009 B) 0.009 C) 90 D) 0.09

14) 28.57% 14) ______

A) 0.02857 B) 0.2857 C) 0.2757 D) 2.857

15) 0.17% 15) ______

A) 0.17 B) 0.0017 C) 0.0027 D) 0.017

16) 0.048% 16) ______

A) 0.000048 B) 0.00048 C) 0.0048 D) 4.8

17) 17) ______

%
A) 0.48 B) 480 C) 0.0048 D) 0.048

18) 18) ______

19 %
A) 1937.5 B) 0.019375 C) 1.9375 D) 0.19375

19) 19) ______

57 %
A) 5.725 B) 0.05725 C) 0.5725 D) 5725

20) 20) ______

41 %
A) 4.1625 B) 0.041625 C) 0.41625 D) 4162.5

Find decimal notation for the number(s) in percent notation.

21) A record store downtown is offering 3% off all purchases for the month of December. 21) ______
A) 0.3 B) 0.03% C) 0.03 D) 3

22) The number of lawyer's in Hannah's town has increased by 2% in the last year. 22) ______
A) 0.02 B) 0.2 C) 0.02% D) 2

23) Only 0.1% of those polled had heard the news. 23) ______
A) 0.0001 B) 0.001 C) 0.01 D) 0.1
 24) At State University, 15% of the students are female. 24) ______
A) 0.0015 B) 0.15 C) 15 D) 0.015

25) 15% of those undergoing a certain surgical procedure make a full recovery. 25) ______
A) 0.0015 B) 0.15 C) 0.015 D) 15

26) At a certain company 74.8% of the employees have engineering degrees. 26) ______
A) 0.0748 B) 7.48 C) 0.748 D) 748

27) The telethon raised 152% of its anticipated goal. 27) ______
A) 152 B) 1.52 C) 0.152 D) 15.2

28) 28) ______

Shares of Stock Owned by an Investor

A) 0.36; 0.4; 0.24 B) 3.6; 0.4; 2.4

C) 0.036; 0.04; 0.024 D) 36.0; 40.0; 24.0

29) 29) ______

Favorite Sports Among a Group of Students

A) 0.102; 0.006; 0.105; 0.01; 0.507 B) 0.012; 0.006; 0.015; 0.01; 0.057
C) 12.0; 6.0; 1.5; 1.0; 5.7 D) 0.12; 0.06; 0.15; 0.1; 0.57

Find percent notation.

30) 0.34 30) ______
A) 0.034% B) 340% C) 34% D) 3.4%

31) 0.1 31) ______

A) 10% B) 100% C) 0.01% D) 0.1%
 32) 0.06 32) ______
A) 60% B) 6% C) 0.6% D) 0.0006%

33) 0.905 33) ______

A) 90.5% B) 0.0905% C) 0.905% D) 905%

34) 3.0 34) ______

A) 0.003% B) 300% C) 0.3% D) 30%

35) 0.00902 35) ______

A) 0.000902% B) 0.451% C) 0.902% D) 0.0902%

36) 2 36) ______

A) 0.2% B) 100% C) 0.02% D) 200%

37) 0.00026 37) ______

A) 0.000026% B) 0.0026% C) 0.026% D) 0.26%

38) 0.006 38) ______

A) 0.0006% B) 6% C) 0.06% D) 0.6%

39) 0.0559 39) ______

A) 55.9% B) 0.00559% C) 5.59% D) 0.559%

Find percent notation for the number in decimal notation.

40) 0.0051 of all products produced at a certain factory contain defects. 40) ______
A) 5.1% B) 51% C) 0.51% D) 0.051

41) 0.002 of all math majors at a certain university double major in music. 41) ______
A) 2 B) 0.2% C) 0.02% D) 2%

42) In one city, 0.691 of those polled said they would not vote for the incumbent in the upcoming 42) ______
congressional election.
A) 0.691% B) 69.1% C) 0.0691% D) 6.91%

43) Sales this year were 2.5 times last year's sales. 43) ______
A) 2.5% B) 250% C) 25% D) 0.025%

44) Attendance this year was 1.236 times greater than last year. 44) ______
A) 123.6% B) 12.36% C) 0.01236% D) 1236%

45) 0.09 of seniors at Elmwood High School spend more than two hours per day on the Internet. 45) ______
A) 90% B) 0.9% C) 9% D) 0.0009%

46) 0.1734 of the employees of one company work more than 50 hours per week. 46) ______
A) 17.34% B) 173.4% C) 0.01734% D) 1.734%

Find percent notation.

47) 47) ______

A) 0.93% B) 930% C) 93% D) 9.3%

 48) 48) ______

A) 0.3% B) 3% C) 30% D) 300%

49) 49) ______

A) 1000% B) 23.5% C) 4.7% D) 47%

50) 50) ______

Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
A) 20% B) 40% C) 2% D) 50%

51) 51) ______

Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
A) 2.7% B) 110% C) 24.8% D) 27.3%

52) 52) ______

Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
A) 7.6% B) 76.2% C) 210% D) 36.3%

53) 53) ______

Round to the nearest tenth, if necessary.
A) 140% B) 93.3% C) 150% D) 14%

54) 54) ______

A) 0.0125% B) 0.125% C) 1.25% D) 12.5%

55) 55) ______

A) B) C) D)
% 16 % 166 % %

Find percent notation for the fraction notation in the sentence.

56) In one company, six out of every ten employees use all their sick time. What percent use all 56) ______
their sick time?
A) 60% B) 4% C) 6% D) 40%

57) 57) ______

of the employees of one company say that they have job satisfaction.
A) 0.72% B) 720% C) 72% D) 7.2%

58) 58) ______

Bob's rent is of his income. What percent of his income goes to pay the rent?
A) 25% B) 20% C) 15% D) 10%

59) of the
reside
nts of 59) ____
Ashville __
exercise
regularly.
A) 280% B) 2.8% C) 0.28% D) 28%

60) 60) ______

of those polled said that they disagreed with the mayor.
A) 400% B) 4% C) 4000% D) 40%

61) 61) ______

In one town, of those with a college education end up moving away to a larger city.
A) 500% B) 0.5% C) 50% D) 5%

62) 62) ______

of those diagnosed with a certain disease survive at least five years.
A) 78% B) 7800% C) 780% D) 7.8%

63) 63) ______

The pie chart shows the majors for 300 college students at Blackwood Community College.

of the students are majoring in science. Find percent notation for .

A) 20% B) 4% C) 40% D) 33%

64) 64) ______

The pie chart shows the majors for 1080 college students at Blackwood Community College.

of the students are majoring in science. Find percent notation for .

A) 3.75% B) 3.3% C) 33% D) 37.5%
 65) 65) ______

The pie chart shows the major for 720 college students at Blackwood Community College.

of the students are majoring in social science. Find percent notation for .
A) 1% B) 8.3% C) 10% D) 0.83%

Find fraction notation and simplify.

66) 80% 66) ______
A) B) 8 C) D)

67) 67) ______

38 %
A) B) C) D)

68) 37.5% 68) ______

A) B) C) D)

69) 69) ______

20 %
A) B) C) D)

70) 300% 70) ______

A) B) 3 C) 6 D) 30

71) 0.6% 71) ______

A) B) C) D)

72) 0.803% 72) ______

A) B) C) D)

73) 43. % 73) ______

A)
 B) C) D)

74) 166. % 74) ______

A) B) C) D)

75) 1.55% 75) ______

A) B) C) D)

Find fraction notation for the percent notation in the problem.

76) A serving of cooked white rice provides 5% of the daily requirement of an essential mineral. 76) ______
A) B) C) D)

77) At Karen's school, students are asked whether they live in a rural, a semirural, or an urban area. 77) ______
75% of students live in an urban area.
A) B) C) D)

78) An employee had 4% deducted from his paycheck for deposit in the company 401K plan. 78) ______
A) B) C) D)

79) Housing sales for the month of May were up 17% from April. 79) ______
A) B) C) D)

80) Sales of a particular product increased 39% over last year's sales of the product. 80) ______
A) B) C) D)

81) A bowl of oatmeal supplies 20% of the minimum daily requirement of an essential vitamin. 81) ______
A) B) C) D)

82) The current annual rate of inflation is 3.3%. 82) ______

A) B) C) D)

83) 10.1% of the employees of one company use public transportation to get to work. 83) ______
A) B) C) D)

84) The interest rate on a car loan was 7.32%. 84) ______
A) B) C) D)
 85) Population of Country X by Selected Age Categories 85) ______
(Data have been rounded to the nearest percent.)
Age Category Percent of Population
0-5 years 2%
6-17 years 20%
18-29 years 32%
18 years and older 75%
65 years and older 12%
80 years and older 8%

Find the fraction notation for the percent of the population that is 18-29 years old.
A) B) C) D)

86) Population of Country X by Selected Age Categories 86) ______

(Data have been rounded to the nearest percent.)
Age Category Percent of Population
0-5 years 6%
6-17 years 10%
18-29 years 36%
18 years and older 70%
65 years and older 18%
80 years and older 4%

Find the fraction notation for the percent of the population that is 80 years and older.
A) B) C) D) 7

Supply the missing numbers.

87) fraction decimal percent 87) ______

Use the notation for repeating decimals. Do not round.

A) 0.5 56. % B) 0. 83. %

C) 0.08 8. % D) 0.8 83. %

88) fraction decimal percent 88) ______

91. %

A) B) C) D)
0.91
0.091 0.91 0.091

89) fraction decimal percent 89) ______

1.

A) 11 % B) 13 %
3. 3.
 C) D)

11. % 13. %

90) fraction decimal percent 90) ______

0.5

A) B) C) D)
5% 5% 50% 50%

91) fraction decimal percent 91) ______

A) 5 50% B) 0.5 50% C) 0.5 5% D) 0.65 6.5%

92) fraction decimal percent 92) ______

62.5%

A) B) C) D)
0.625 0.625 6.25 6.25

93) fraction decimal percent 93) ______

If necessary, round the decimal to the nearest thousandth and the percent to the nearest tenth.
A) 0.5 5% B) 0.62 620% C) 0.5 50% D) 0.62 62%

94) fraction decimal percent 94) ______

If necessary, round the decimal to the nearest thousandth and the percent to the nearest tenth.
A) 0.145 14.5% B) 0.025 2.5% C) 0.025 0.25% D) 0.145 145%

95) fraction decimal percent 95) ______

0.044

A) B) C) D)
0.44% 4.4% 4.4% 0.44%

96) fraction decimal percent 96) ______

95%

A) B) C) D)
9.5 0.95 0.95 9.5

Translate to an equation. Do not solve.

97) What is 18% of 88? 97) ______
 A) n = 18% × 88 B) 18 = n × 88% C) n = 88% × 18 D) n × 18% = 88

98) 64% of 48 is what? 98) ______

A) 64% × 48 = y B) 64% + 48 = y C) 64% = 48 × y D) 64% × y = 48

99) 42 is what percent of 81? 99) ______

A) 42 × p = 81 B) 42% = p × 81 C) 42 = p × 81 D) 42 = p × 81%

100) What percent of 40 is 6? 100) _____

A) t × 40 = 6 B) t = 40% × 6 C) t = 40 × 6 D) t × 40% = 6

101) 73 is 60% of what? 101) _____

A) 73 × n = 60% B) 73 = 60 × n C) 73 × 60% = n D) 73 = 60% × n

102) 38% of what is 84? 102) _____

A) 38% + m = 84 B) 38% × m = 84 C) 38% = m × 84 D) 38% × 84 = m

103) 43.2% of what is 62? 103) _____

A) 43.2% × p = 62 B) 43.2% + p = 62 C) 43.2% × 62 = p D) 43.2% = p × 62

104) What is 14.9% of 77? 104) _____

A) n × 14.9% = 77 B) 14.9 = n × 77 C) n = 77% × 14.9 D) n = 14.9% × 77

105) 18.3 is what percent of 53? 105) _____

A) 18.3 × z = 53 B) 18.3 = z × 53% C) 18.3 = z × 53 D) 18.3% = z × 53

Translate to an equation and solve. When necessary, round to the nearest hundredth.
106) What is 40% of 600? 106) _____
A) 240 B) 2.4 C) 2400 D) 24

107) 31% of 2000 is what? 107) _____

A) 6200 B) 62 C) 62,000 D) 620

108) What is 5% of 6200? 108) _____

A) 4100 B) 410 C) 3100 D) 310

109) What is 2% of $205? 109) _____

A) $41.00 B) $2.05 C) $4.10 D) $6.15

110) What is 95% of 1660? 110) _____

A) 158 B) 1577 C) 15,770 D) 157,700

111) What is 86% of 345? 111) _____

A) 29.67 B) 2967 C) 296.7 D) 29,670

112) What is 8.0% of 37? 112) _____

A) 2.96 B) 29.6 C) 296 D) 0.3

113) What is 6000% of 202? 113) _____

A) 121,200 B) 1212 C) 12,120 D) 1,212,000
 114) What is 120% of 4440? 114) _____
A) 532,800 B) 5328 C) 53,280 D) 533

Translate to an equation and solve.

115) 64.5% of 2800 is what? 115) _____
A) 1806 B) 1014 C) 994 D) 1400

116) What is 5.8% of $64,870? 116) _____

A) $1118.45 B) $3762.46 C) $11,184.48 D) $68,632.46

117) 117) _____

What is 5 % of 80?
Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
A) 416 B) 4.16 C) 41.6 D) 0.04

118) 118) _____

What is 3 % of
Round to the nearest whole number.
A) 2,893,333 B) 3125 C) 31,250 D) 289,333

119) What percent of 500 is 25? 119) _____

A) 21% B) 6% C) 20% D) 5%

120) 693 is what percentage of 99? 120) _____

A) 7% B) 70% C) 700% D)
%

121) What percent of 21 is 14? 121) _____

A) 150% B) C) 65% D)
% %

122) 60 is what percent of 48? 122) _____

A) 130% B) 80% C) 1.25% D) 125%

123) What percent of 65 is 52? 123) _____

A) 75% B) 120% C) 80% D) 125%

124) 20 is what percent of 10? 124) _____

A) 200% B) 150% C) 100% D) 50%

125) What percent of 50 is 6? 125) _____

A) 16% B) 12% C) 6% D) 8%

126) 180 is what percent of 360? 126) _____

A) 50% B) 200% C) 40% D) 100%

127) 75 is what percent of 1550? 127) _____

Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) 2066.7% B) 5.1% C) 4.8% D) 0.0%
 128) What percent of 765 is 983? 128) _____
Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) 128.5% B) 77.8% C) 0.1% D) 1.3%

129) 53 is 10% of what? 129) _____

A) 530 B) 53 C) 5300 D) 5.3

130) $24 is 4% of what? 130) _____

A) $96 B) $60 C) $6000 D) $600

131) 35% of what is 84? 131) _____

A) 42 B) 0.42 C) 2400 D) 240

132) 100% of what is 17? 132) _____

A) 17 B) 34 C) 100 D) 1

133) $195 is 39% of what? 133) _____

A) $5000 B) $20 C) $0.2 D) $500

134) 578 is 12.5% of what? 134) _____

A) 16 B) 4624 C) 0.16 D) 46,240

135) 87 is 116% of what? 135) _____

A) 75 B) 13,456 C) 134.56 D) 750

136) 136) _____

2 % of what is 68 ?
A) 272 B) 1.7 C) 2720 D) 27,200

137) 137) _____

66 % of what is 850?
A) 1275 B) 566.67 C) 12,750 D) 127.5

138) 52% of what is 65 ? 138) _____

A) 80 B) 52 C) 125 D) 13

Translate to a proportion. Do not solve.

139) What is 6% of 67? 139) _____
A) B) C) D)
= = = =

140) 13% of 63 is what? 140) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

141) 25 is what percent of 53? 141) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

142) What percent of 80 is 12? 142) _____

 A) B) C) D)
= = = =

143) 18 is 25% of what? 143) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

144) 48% of what is 21? 144) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

145) 122% of what is 12? 145) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

146) What is 114% of 56? 146) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

147) 3.5 is what percent of 9.7? 147) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

148) 49.9% of 81 is what? 148) _____

A) B) C) D)
= = = =

Translate to a proportion and solve. When necessary, round to the nearest hundredth.
149) What is 20% of 500? 149) _____
A) 1000 B) 10 C) 100 D) 1

150) 38% of 1800 is what? 150) _____

A) 68,400 B) 684 C) 6840 D) 68.4

151) What is 3% of 5100? 151) _____

A) 153 B) 253 C) 2530 D) 1530

152) What is 9% of $436? 152) _____

A) $392.40 B) $34.88 C) $43.60 D) $39.24

153) What is 100% of 2750? 153) _____

A) 275,000 B) 27,500 C) 2750 D) 275

154) What is 83% of 315? 154) _____

A) 2614.5 B) 26.15 C) 26,145 D) 261.45

155) What is 8.5% of 12? 155) _____

A) 1.02 B) 102 C) 0.1 D) 10.2
 156) What is 3000% of 303? 156) _____
A) 909,000 B) 9090 C) 90,900 D) 909

157) What is 150% of 3260? 157) _____

A) 489,000 B) 489 C) 48,900 D) 4890

Translate to a proportion and solve.

158) 38.5% of 3600 is what? 158) _____
A) 1386 B) 2234 C) 1800 D) 2214

159) What is 6.3% of $177,240? 159) _____

A) $2813.33 B) $188,406.12 C) $28,133.33 D) $11,166.12

160) 160) _____

What is 4 % of 79?
Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
A) 33.2 B) 0.03 C) 3.32 D) 332

161) 161) _____

What is 4 % of
Round to the nearest whole number.
A) 2999 B) 163,000 C) 1,630,000 D) 29,990

162) What percent of 105 is 21? 162) _____

A) 20% B) 6% C) 21% D) 5%

163) 488 is what percentage of 61? 163) _____

A) 80% B) 8% C) D) 800%
%

164) What percent of 36 is 24? 164) _____

A) 65% B) C) 150% D)
% %

165) 40 is what percent of 32? 165) _____

A) 1.25% B) 125% C) 80% D) 130%

166) 108 is what percent of 100? 166) _____

A) 108% B) 8% C) 10.8% D) 1.08%

167) What percent of 60 is 48? 167) _____

A) 120% B) 80% C) 125% D) 75%

168) What percent of 50 is 8? 168) _____

A) 30% B) 8% C) 16% D) 15%

169) 140 is what percent of 280? 169) _____

A) 100% B) 200% C) 40% D) 50%

170) 310 is what percent of 1990? Roun d

your 170) _____
answer to
the
nearest
tenth of a
percent.
A) 62% B) 15.6% C) 641.9% D) 0.2%

171) What percent of 755 is 984? 171) _____

Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) 130.3% B) 0.1% C) 76.7% D) 1.3%

172) 87 is 50% of what? 172) _____

A) 174 B) 1740 C) 43.5 D) 17.4

173) $19 is 5% of what? 173) _____

A) $95 B) $380 C) $3800 D) $38

174) 32% of what is 64? 174) _____

A) 200 B) 50 C) 0.5 D) 2000

175) 100% of what is 17? 175) _____

A) 17 B) 34 C) 100 D) 1

176) $154 is 35% of what? 176) _____

A) $23 B) $440 C) $4400 D) $0.23

177) 575 is 11.5% of what? 177) _____

A) 13 B) 0.13 C) 50,000 D) 5000

178) 57 is 114% of what? 178) _____

A) 500 B) 129.96 C) 12,996 D) 50

179) 179) _____

2 % of what is 97 ?
A) 38,800 B) 388 C) 3880 D) 2.43

180) 180) _____

66 % of what is 402?
A) 60.3 B) 6030 C) 268 D) 603

181) 55% of what is 44 ? 181) _____

A) 11 B) 55 C) 125 D) 80

Solve the problem.

182) A pension fund invests $53,800 in small cap stocks and earns 1% per year on the investment. 182) _____
How much money is earned per year?
A) $5380 B) $538,000 C) $5,380,000 D) $538

183) 6% of the residents of a city are originally from India. The population of the city is 55,800. How 183) _____
many residents of the city are originally from India?
 A) 33,480 B) 930,000 C) 93,000 D) 3348

184) A lab technician has 227 mL of a solution of water and acid. 7% is acid. How many milliliters 184) _____
are acid? Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
A) 158.90 mL B) 13.62 mL C) 18.16 mL D) 15.89 mL

185) In one country, it is estimated that in the year 2050, 4% of the population will be over 70. If the 185) _____
population of this country in 2050 is 367 million, how many people will be over 70?
A) 18.35 million B) 14.68 million C) 146.80 D) 11.01 million
million

186) The population of a country is 39 million. It is estimated that 8.0% are overweight. How many 186) _____
people are overweight? Round to the nearest hundredth of a million if necessary.
A) 0.31 million B) 31.2 million C) 3.12 million D) 312 million

187) The population of a city is roughly 2,457,000. Of these, 6.9% are of Hispanic origin. How many 187) _____
residents of the city are of Hispanic origin?
A) About 1,695,330 residents B) About 356,087 residents
C) About 169,533 residents D) About 16,953 residents

188) A chemical solution contains 8% calcium. How much calcium is in of solution? Round 188) _____
to the nearest hundredth if necessary.
A) 56.25 mL B) 3.6 mL C) 0.36 mL D) 5.625 mL

189) A discount store had monthly sales of $86,600 and spent 14% of it on promotions. How much 189) _____
was spent on promotions?
A) $618,571 B) $12,124 C) $121,240 D) $61,857

190) Juliette forgot to study for a test. Of the 180 questions on the test, she answered only 45% 190) _____
correctly. How many questions did she answer correctly?
A) 81 B) 56 C) 45 D) 85

191) 37.5% of the students at a certain college are men. If the total number of students at the college 191) _____
is 3400, how many female students are there?
A) 1700 B) 1275 C) 2145 D) 2125

192) Alex and Juana went on a 25-mile canoe trip with their class. On the first day they traveled 17 192) _____
miles. What percent of the total distance did they canoe?
A) 0.68% B) 68% C) 100% D) 1%

193) Students at Maple School earned $384 selling candles. They want to make $2000 for a club trip. 193) _____
What percent of their goal has been reached?
A) 19.2% B) 50% C) 0.192% D) 5%

194) In one town, 588 of the 1750 people who voted in the last presidential election are Hispanic. 194) _____
What percent is this?
A) 3% B) 0.336% C) 33.6% D) 30%

195) Matthew has saved a total of $14,800, of which $3700 is invested in the stock market. What 195) _____
percent of his total savings is invested in the stock market?
A) 20% B) 30% C) 35% D) 25%
196) In a clinical study, 15 of the 375 subjects receiving a migraine medication developed side effects. 196) _____
What percentage developed side effects?
A) 4% B) 3% C) 14% D) 6%

197) 147 students attended an assembly at Piper School. The student enrollment at the school is 588. 197) _____
What percentage of the students attended the assembly?
A) 30% B) 25% C) 5% D) 15%

198) In Little League, Andrew hit 7 home runs in 140 at bats. What percent of the at bats were home 198) _____
runs?
A) 5% B) 15% C) 10% D) 3%

199) A banquet dinner is being organized by a club. The actual cost of the dinner is $25 per person. 199) _____
The members are to pay $5 to attend, with the club making up the difference. What percentage
of the dinner's cost is the member to pay?
A) 20% B) 10% C) 12% D) 15%

200) In basketball, Matthew made 279 baskets in 600 attempts. What percent of his attempts were 200) _____
made?
A) 45% B) C) 47% D)
46 % 47 %

201) During one year, the Cheung's real estate bill included $236 for county services. Of this amount, 201) _____
$51 went to the highway department. What percent did the county highway department
receive? Round your answer to two decimal places.
A) 21.19% B) 18.50% C) 21.61% D) 78.39%

202) On a test, Manuel answered incorrectly 84 questions or 48% of the questions. How many 202) _____
questions were on the test?
A) 1750 B) 0.57 C) 57 D) 175

203) Matthew has $1800 invested in the stock market. This amounts to 25% of his total savings. How 203) _____
much has Matthew saved?
A) $7200 B) $7210 C) $7300 D) $72,000

204) 19 of those that Stephen called, agreed to donate money. This amounted to 2% of those that he 204) _____
called. How many people did he call?
A) 1000 B) 940 C) 950 D) 9500

205) It is determined that 25% of the student body of Piper School attended an 205) _____
assembly. If 120 students attended the assembly, how many students are enrolled at the school?
A) 492 B) 484 C) 477 D) 480

206) A company's profit amounted to 10% of its sales. If the profits were $7 million, then what were 206) _____
the company's sales?
A) $68 million B) $72 million C) $71 million D) $70 million

207) The appliance store where the Scott family shops offers a 7% discount for paying cash. The 207) _____
Scott family received a discount of $49. What was their total bill before the discount?
A) $3.43 B) $7.00 C) $700.00 D) $343.00
Solve.
208) On a biology test, a student got 25 questions correct but did not pass. On a second attempt, 208) _____
the student got 37 questions correct. What was the percent of increase?
A) 48% B) 52% C) 12% D) 32.4%

209) Sales of frozen pizza for a club fund-raiser increased from 500 one year to 700 the next year. 209) _____
What was the percent of increase?
A) 28.6% B) 60% C) 71.4% D) 40%

210) Enrollment in a business seminar increased from 50 people to 72 people. What was the 210) _____
percent of increase?
A) 69.4% B) 56% C) 30.6% D) 44%

211) Last year, Maria earned $397 per week. This year, her salary increased to per week. 211) _____
What is the percent of increase?
A) 6.4% B) 93.6% C) 93.2% D) 6.8%

212) A rectangular garden has vegetables planted in a 37-ft by 22-ft area. The vegetables are 212) _____
surrounded by a 2-ft border of flowers. By what percent is the area for planting vegetables
increased if the 2-ft border of flowers is removed?
A) 31% B) 12.2% C) 11.1% D) 32.1%

213) The population of a city increased from 886,774 in 1995 to 1,414,531 in 2005. What is the percent 213) _____
of increase? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) 37.3% B) 6.0% C) 3.7% D) 59.5%

214) Tamiko, who doesn't smoke, pays an annual premium of $520 for her life insurance policy. Her 214) _____
twin sister Yoko, who is a smoker, pays an annual premium of $1014 for the same policy. What
is the percent of increase for Yoko? Round to the nearest percentage point.
A) 92.2% B) 95.0% C) 48.7% D) 9.5%

215) By switching service providers, a family's telephone bill decreased from about $50 a month to 215) _____
about $42. What was the percent of decrease?
A) 16% B) 19% C) 17% D) 8%

216) The price of a printer was reduced from $400 to $300. What was the percent of decrease? 216) _____
A) 25% B) 75% C) 33.3% D) 30%

217) The price of a jacket was reduced from $377 to $282.75. What was the percent of decrease in 217) _____
the price?
A) 25% B) 2.5% C) 26% D) 27%

218) The price of a shirt was reduced from $46.60 to $32.62 . What was the percent of decrease in 218) _____
the price?
A) 31% B) 32% C) 30% D) 3%

219) Ms. Clark was not able to sell her house for $155,000, so she lowered the price to . 219) _____
What was the percent of decrease?
A) 10.7% B) 933.3% C) 9.7% D) 90.3%
 220) All 32 of the students in a mathematics class attended class on Monday. On Tuesday only 23 220) _____
students attended. What was the percent of decrease?
A) 71.9% B) 39.1% C) 60.9% D) 28.1%

221) A carpeted living room and dining room area measures 33 ft by 10 ft. Mark decides to install 221) _____
wood flooring in the 12-ft by 10-ft dining room. By what percent has he reduced the area that
is carpeted?
A) 10% B) 57.1% C) 63.6% D) 36.4%

222) The population of a city decreased from 1,127,000 in 1995 to 936,000 in 2005. What is the percent 222) _____
of decrease? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
A) 17.5% B) 16.9% C) 20.4% D) 1.7%

Solve the problem.

223) The normal gasoline mileage of a car is 44 mpg. On a smooth road, its mileage is 12% higher. 223) _____
What is its mileage on a smooth road? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
A) 5.3 mpg B) 49.3 mpg C) 44 mpg D) 50 mpg

224) After receiving poor service at a restaurant, Anita decides to leave a tip of only 12%. If the cost 224) _____
of the meal without tip is $33, what is the total amount that Anita paid?
A) $37.95 B) $37.13 C) $36.96 D) $39.15

225) Ted pays an annual premium of $339 for his life insurance policy. His brother Ned pays 16% 225) _____
more for the same policy because he is a little older. What is Ned's annual premium? Round
your answer to the nearest dollar.
A) $393 B) $378 C) $184 D) $354

226) After spending $3450 for tables and $2650 for chairs a convention center manager finds that the 226) _____
furniture cost 4% more than last year. Find the amount that he spent last year on tables and
chairs. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
A) $5865 B) $2760 C) $6354 D) $244

227) Brand X copier has improved its copier so that it produces 19% more copies than its old model. 227) _____
If the old model ran 366 copies per hour, how many copies would the new model run? Round
your answer to the nearest whole number.
A) 421 copies per hour B) 381 copies per hour
C) 436 copies per hour D) 202 copies per hour

228) Suppose that during the 1990s, the population of a certain country was increasing by 2.8% each 228) _____
year. If the population at the end of 1993 was 4.6 million, what was the population at the end of
1996? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth of a million.
A) 4.99 million B) 5 million C) 4.86 million D) 4.73 million

229) A camera costs $310. If the sales tax rate is 4%, what is the total price including tax? Round 229) _____
your answer to the nearest cent.
A) $322.40 B) $325.50 C) $319.30 D) $434.00

230) Jeff earns $451 per day. If his salary is raised by 6%, how much will he make per day? 230) _____
A) $478.06 B) $473.55 C) $482.57 D) $721.60

231) Jack is currently driving into a headwind (17% decrease). If his normal mileage is 24 mpg, what 231) _____
will his car's mileage be in the headwind? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
 A) 7.3 mpg B) 24 mpg C) 41 mpg D) 19.9 mpg

232) Midtown Antiques has found that sales have decreased 3% from last year. Sales this year are 232) _____
$171,594. Find the amount of last year's sales. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
A) $176,801 B) $176,891 C) $176,901 D) $177,901

233) After receiving a discount of 10.5% on its bulk order of printer cartridges, John's Office Supply 233) _____
pays $4833. What was the price of the order before the discount?
A) $5400 B) $4326 C) $5340 D) $4567

234) Mike buys a bike for $2100. In the first month after he buys it, it depreciates by 4%. What is 234) _____
the value of the bike after 1 month?
A) $2096 B) $84 C) $2016 D) $2184

235) Sue buys a house for $314,000. What is the value of the house 1 year later, if it depreciates by 235) _____
8.2% in the first year after she buys it?
A) $288,252 B) $257,480 C) $25,748 D) $56,520

236) Angela bought a computer for $2100. It depreciated 22% of its original cost in the first year. In 236) _____
the second year, it depreciated 12% of its remaining value. What is the value of the computer at
the end of the second year? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
A) $1386.00 B) $1834.56 C) $1277.64 D) $1441.44

237) The population of a city at the beginning of 2005 is 1,259,000. What will the population of the 237) _____
city be at the beginning of 2015 if it decreases by 2.4% each year? Round to the nearest whole
number.
A) 1,011,752 B) 963,771 C) 956,840 D) 987,470

238) One year ago, Tony and May bought a house. In the year since they bought the house, it has 238) _____
depreciated 6% from the amount they paid. Today it is valued at $149,300. How much did
they pay for the house?
A) $158,830 B) $158,820 C) $158,730 D) $159,830

Fill in missing table value.

239) The following table provides data showing how yearly premiums for car insurance increase 239) _____
with an accident on record.

A)

B)

C)

D)
 240) The following table provides data showing how yearly premiums for car insurance increase 240) _____
with an accident on record.

A)

B)

C)

D)

241) The following table provides data showing how yearly premiums for car insurance increase 241) _____
with an accident on record.

A)

B)

C)

D)

Solve the problem.

242) A camera costs $240. If the sales tax rate is 3%, how much tax is charged? Round your answer 242) _____
to the nearest cent.
A) $4.80 B) $9.60 C) $7.20 D) $72.00
243) A camera costs $710. If the sales tax rate is 7%, how much tax is charged and what is the total 243) _____
price? Round your answers to the nearest cent.
A) $56.80, $766.80 B) $497.00, $1207.00
C) $49.70, $759.70 D) $42.60, $752.60

244) A telephone costs $193. If the sales tax rate is 3%, how much tax is charged and what is the total 244) _____
price? Round your answers to the nearest cent.
A) $3.86, $196.86 B) $57.90, $250.90
C) $5.79, $198.79 D) $7.72, $200.72

245) A sweater costs $37.19. If the sales tax rate is 7.2%, how much tax is charged? Round your 245) _____
answer to the nearest cent.
A) $2.68 B) $26.88 C) $3.45 D) $3.18

246) 246) _____

A computer printer costs $560. If the sales tax rate is 4 %, how much tax is charged and what
is the total price? Round your answers to the nearest cent.
A) $25.20, $585.20 B) $252.00, $812.00
C) $19.60, $579.60 D) $30.80, $590.80

247) The sales tax rate in one state is 5.5%. How much tax will be charged on a purchase of 9 chairs 247) _____
at $53 apiece? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
A) $55.92 B) $26.24 C) $2.92 D) $262.35

248) In Amy's state, the sales tax rate is 1.5% for the city and 5.75% for the state. Find the total 248) _____
amount paid for 4 chairs at $79 each.
A) $84.73 B) $334.17 C) $339.70 D) $338.91

249) In Jameel's state, the sales tax rate is 1.75% for the city and 5% for the state. Find the total 249) _____
amount paid for 6 DVD players at $149 each.
A) $952.11 B) $1497.45 C) $940.26 D) $954.35

250) A kitchen table costs $640. The sales tax is $44.80. What is the sales tax rate? 250) _____
A) 9% B) 7% C) 0.7% D) 8%

251) A set of chairs costs $296. The sales tax is $11.84. What is the sales tax rate? 251) _____
A) 5% B) 6% C) 0.4% D) 4%

252) A picture costs $580. The sales tax is $14.50. What is the sales tax rate? 252) _____
A) 4.5% B) 2.5% C) 3.5% D) 0.25%

253) The sales tax on a freezer is $49.41 and the sales tax rate is 4%. Find the purchase price (the 253) _____
price before taxes are added). Round your answer to the nearest cent.
A) $123.53 B) $988.20 C) $1647.00 D) $1235.25

254) The sales tax on a freezer is $35.22 and the sales tax rate is 7%. Find the purchase price (the 254) _____
price before taxes are added) and the total price paid. Round your answers to the nearest cent.
A) $587.00, $622.22 B) $440.25, $475.47
C) $50.31, $85.53 D) $503.14, $538.36
 255) The total price (including sales tax) of a VCR is $593.70. The sales tax rate is 2%. What is the 255) _____
purchase price of the VCR (the price before taxes are added)? Round your answer to the nearest
cent.
A) $587.82 B) $582.06 C) $576.41 D) $494.75

256) What is the commission from the sale of $360 worth of books, if the commission rate is 6%? 256) _____
Round your answer to the nearest cent.
A) $25.20 B) $216.00 C) $21.60 D) $18

257) Ellen sells $880 worth of clothes and earns $70.40 in commission. What is the commission rate? 257) _____
A) 8% B) 9% C) 10% D) 0.8%

258) The price of a necklace is $12.99. If the salesperson's rate of commission is 11%, how much 258) _____
commission is earned on the sale of the necklace? Round to the nearest cent.
A) $14.39 B) $1.43 C) $14.29 D) $1.44

259) A customer purchased 3 bottles of nail polish for $3.70 each. How much does a salesperson 259) _____
earn on this sale if the rate of commission is 38%? Round to the nearest cent.
A) $11.10 B) $4.23 C) $42.18 D) $1.41

260) A salesman earns a commission of 28%. One week he had sales of $2140. Find his wages for the 260) _____
week.
A) $5992.00 B) $599.20 C) $59.92 D) $59,920.00

261) One of Sal's customers ordered items costing and If Sal's 261) _____
commission on each item is what is his total commission on this sale? Round to the
nearest cent.
A) $15.65 B) $18.55 C) $11.28 D) $13.82

262) Robert receives a commission of $238 on sales of $3400. What is his commission rate? 262) _____
A) 6% B) 14% C) 8% D) 7%

263) A real estate agent's commission rate is 19%. He receives a commission of $28,880 on the sale of 263) _____
a home. How much did the home sell for?
A) $180,880 B) $152,000 C) $123,120 D) $34,367

264) Stephanie receives a salary of $650 per month plus a commission of 5.5% on the first $3,000 of 264) _____
sales, and 7% of all sales over $3,000. Find Stephanie's wages for the month if her sales were
$11,440.
A) $1405.80 B) $1615.80 C) $2890.80 D) $755.80

265) Jason is paid $500 per month plus a commission of 4% of the first $2,500 of his sales, and 6% of 265) _____
his sales over $2,500. Last month his sales totaled Find Jason's wages for the month.
A) $1560.00 B) $1410.00 C) $2100.00 D) $3060.00

Find the missing values.

266) 266) _____

A) $161.20, $458.80 B) $155.00, $465.00

C) $148.80, $471.20 D) $77.50, $542.50
 267) 267) _____

A) $39.90, $359.10 B) $83.79, $315.21

C) $75.81, $323.19 D) $79.80, $319.20

268) 268) _____

A) $7.00, $63.00 B) $13.30, $56.70 C) $14.70, $55.30 D) $14.00, $56.00

269) 269) _____

A) 12%, $66.60 B) 11%, $66.60 C) 1%, $66.60 D) 10%, $66.60

270) 270) _____

A) 21%, $228.80 B) 2%, $228.80 C) 20%, $228.80 D) 22%, $228.80

271) 271) _____

A) 27.5%, $52.34 B) 28.5%, $52.34 C) 29.5%, $52.34 D) 2.75%, $52.34

272) 272) _____

A) $2.65; $16.25 B) $116.10; $37.80

C) $135; $116.10 D) $264.60; $245.70

Solve the problem.

273) In a sale, the price of a computer is reduced from $1580 to $1112. Find the discount and the rate 273) _____
of discount. Round the discount rate to the nearest tenth of a percent if necessary.
A) $458; 29% B) $458; 41.2% C) $468; 29.6% D) $468; 42.1%

274) In a sale, the price of a computer is reduced by $113. The sale price is $1227. Find the marked 274) _____
price (original price) and the rate of discount. Round the discount rate to the nearest tenth of a
percent if necessary.
A) $1340; 8.4% B) $1114; 10.1% C) $1114; 9.2% D) $1340; 9.2%

275) Bathing suits are often on sale in July. The regular price of one suit is $17. With a 20% discount, 275) _____
what is the sale price of the suit?
A) $13.60 B) $12.60 C) $14.60 D) $3.40

276) Bicycles are often on sale in September. The regular price of one bicycle is $241.95. With a 15% 276) _____
discount, what is the sale price of the bicycle? Round to the nearest cent.
A) $36.54 B) $205.91 C) $205.66 D) $36.29

277) The regular price of a blanket is $19.00. During a November sale, the blanket was selling for 277) _____
20% off the regular price. What was the sale price of the blanket? Round to the nearest cent.
A) $4.05 B) $15.45 C) $15.20 D) $3.80

278) The regular price of a ring is $880.50. During a May jewelry sale, the ring was discounted 45%. 278) _____
What was the sale price of the ring?
A) $396.23 B) $485.28 C) $397.23 D) $484.28
 279) The regular price of a double roll of wallpaper is $32. During a May sale, wallpaper was 279) _____
discounted 15%. What was the sale price of a double roll of wallpaper?
A) $27.20 B) $3.80 C) $26.20 D) $4.80

Find the simple interest. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
280) Principal = $100 280) _____
Interest Rate = 4%
Time in years = 1
A) $400.00 B) $4.00 C) $0.40 D) $25.00

281) Principal = $59,400 281) _____

Interest Rate = 7%
Time in years = 6
A) $2494.80 B) $1414.29 C) $24,948.00 D) $69,300.00

282) Principal = $130 282) _____

Interest Rate = 3 %
Time in years = 5
A) $2.00 B) $84.50 C) $21.13 D) $2.11

283) Principal = $220 283) _____

Interest Rate = 4%

Time in years = 5
A) $50.60 B) $316.25 C) $5.06 D) $1.53

284) Principal = $1500 284) _____

Interest Rate = 6.1%

Time in years =
A) $6.10 B) $610.00 C) $61.00 D) $91.50

285) Principal = $3200 285) _____

Interest Rate = 3 %
Time in years = 8
A) $896.00 B) $985.60 C) $8960.00 D) $768.00

286) Principal = $12,300 286) _____

Interest Rate = 7%
Time in months = 12
A) $86,100.00 B) $10,332.00 C) $861.00 D) $71.75

287) Principal = $500 287) _____

Interest Rate = 5 %
Time in months = 22
A) $48.13 B) $481.25 C) $22.92 D) $577.50
 288) Principal = $30,000 288) _____

Interest Rate = 4 %
Time in years = 1
A) $131.25 B) $1297.50 C) $1312.50 D) $138.75

289) Principal = $60,000 289) _____

Interest Rate = 5 %

Time in years =
A) $253.12 B) $3375.00 C) $2531.25 D) $2553.75

Solve the problem. Assume that simple interest is being calculated in each case. Round your answer to the nearest
cent if necessary.
290) Annie's cafe borrows $8200 at 11% for 50 days. Find the total amount that must be repaid after 290) _____
50 days.
A) $9435.62 B) $9102.00 C) $8212.36 D) $8323.56

291) John forgot to pay his $404.00 income tax on time. The IRS charged a penalty of 16% for the 33 291) _____
days the money was late. Find the penalty that was paid. (Use a 365 day year.)
A) $3.01 B) $5.84 C) $409.84 D) $5.67

292) Allan borrowed $4500 from his father to buy a car. He repaid him after 11 months with interest 292) _____
of 9% per year. Find the total amount he repaid.
A) $4905.00 B) $4871.25 C) $371.25 D) $4837.50

293) Robert Hall opened a lawn service company. To pay for startup costs, he borrowed $89,000 293) _____
from a bank at 15% for 1 year. Find the interest.
A) $1335.00 B) $13,350.00 C) $102,350.00 D) $14,240.00

294) Ted placed in a one year-CD paying simple interest of 5.5% for one year. How much 294) _____
interest will Ted earn in one year?
A) $23,250.00 B) $825.00 C) $15,825.00 D) $8250.00

295) Rosey borrows $7500 and agrees to pay it back in 4 years. If the simple interest rate is 13%, find 295) _____
the total amount she pays back.
A) $39,000.00 B) $46,500.00 C) $11,400.00 D) $3900.00

296) A company borrows $48,500 for 3 years at a simple interest of 12.5% to buy cabinets. Find the 296) _____
total amount paid on the loan.
A) $66,687.50 B) $18,187.50 C) $181,875.00 D) $50,318.75

297) Andy Jones bought a new computer system. To pay for the system, he borrowed from 297) _____

the credit union at 7 % simple interest for 95 days. Find the interest owed. (Use a 365 day
year.)
A) $64.26 B) $66.90 C) $257.04 D) $65.04

298) Winco Enterprise, Inc. bought a new computer system. To pay for the system, they borrowed $59,810 at
 298) _____

interest
for 150
days. Find
the
interest
owed.
(Use a 365
day year.)
A) $1295.88 B) $5183.53 C) $2130.22 D) $1966.36

299) John Lee's savings account has a balance of $3407. After 24 months, what will the amount of 299) _____
interest be at 4.1% per year?
A) $139.69 B) $279.37 C) $141.96 D) $163.69

Find the compound amount for the deposit. Round to the nearest cent.
300) $12,000 at 6% compounded annually for 10 years 300) _____
A) $20,273.75 B) $21,490.17 C) $18,480.00 D) $19,200.00

301) $5000 at 10% compounded semiannually for 8 years 301) _____

A) $10,717.94 B) $7387.28 C) $10,914.37 D) $9000.00

302) $600 at 8% compounded quarterly for 2 years 302) _____

A) $624.24 B) $699.84 C) $703.00 D) $696.00

303) $1830 at 6% compounded annually for 8 years 303) _____

A) $2751.64 B) $2916.65 C) $2598.60 D) $2708.40

304) $4700 at 9.3% compounded annually for 3 years. 304) _____

A) $6137.03 B) $6707.78 C) $6011.30 D) $5137.10

305) $6600 at 11% compounded semiannually for 60 months. 305) _____

A) $8625.94 B) $18,740.18 C) $11,273.75 D) $11,121.38

306) 306) _____

$3750 at 4 % compounded annually for 3 years
A) $4279.37 B) $3918.75 C) $4856.36 D) $4256.25

307) $11,000 at 4.4% compounded semiannually for 5 years. 307) _____

A) $13,674.19 B) $12,264.42 C) $13,690.39 D) $13,642.54

308) 308) _____

$15,000 at 5 % compounded semiannually for 2 years.
A) $15,797.84 B) $16,649.28 C) $16,638.11 D) $15,157.91

Solve the problem. Round your answer to the nearest cent.

309) Brad invests $5700 in an account paying 10% compounded monthly. How much is in the 309) _____
account after 15 months?
A) $6421.19 B) $23,810.31 C) $6455.60 D) $5759.44
 310) Brad invests $2800 in an account paying 14% compounded quarterly. How much is in the 310) _____
account after 12 months?
A) $2898.00 B) $3213.06 C) $4729.09 D) $3192.00

311) John Lee's savings account has a balance of $3138. After 10 years, what will the amount of 311) _____
interest be at 6% compounded semiannually?
A) $2481.68 B) $1079.21 C) $1882.80 D) $2529.58

312) Andrea Gilford's savings account has a balance of $223. After 3 years, what will the amount of 312) _____
interest be at 12% compounded quarterly?
A) $85.94 B) $99.94 C) $94.94 D) $13.38

313) If inflation is 2% a year compounded annually, what will it cost in 6 years to buy a house 313) _____
currently valued at $75,000?
A) $82,806.06 B) $86,151.43 C) $79,614.01 D) $84,462.18

314) Sumi Kato's savings account has a balance of $2542. After 24 years what will the amount of 314) _____
interest be at 1.5% compounded annually?
A) $1080.79 B) $1091.79 C) $1097.79 D) $6100.80

315) Kaitlyn borrowed $19,000 from her mother to buy a car. She will repay the loan at the end of 5 315) _____
years at 5% interest compounded annually. Find the amount she will repay.
A) $5249.35 B) $26,674.28 C) $99,750.00 D) $24,249.35

316) Tara invests $650 in an account paying 8.6% compounded annually. How much is in the 316) _____
account after 7 years?
A) $1158.04 B) $391.30 C) $1159.40 D) $1158.56

Solve the problem.

317) Hamlet has a credit card balance of $3790.58 with an annual percentage rate of 24.2%. His card 317) _____
requires a minimum payment of 2% of the total balance. What is his minimum payment?
A) $917.32 B) $24.20 C) $758.12 D) $75.81

318) Cordelia has a credit card balance of $5967.99 with an annual percentage rate of 20.5%. Her 318) _____
card requires a minimum payment of 2% of the total balance. If she pays only the minimum
payment, what amount of the minimum payment is applied to the principal? (Assume that
interest is compounded monthly.)
A) $101.95 B) $119.36 C) $17.41 D) $20.50

319) Eduardo has a balance of $3265.96 on a credit card with an annual percentage rate (APR) of 319) _____
12.6%. His credit card requires a minimum monthly payment of 2% of the balance. If he
transfers his balance to a credit card with an APR of 8.5% how much of his first payment would
be interest and how much would be applied to reduce the principal?
A) Interest: $34.29; amount applied to principal: $36.14
B) Interest: $34.29; amount applied to principal: $31.03
C) Interest: $23.13; amount applied to principal: $47.51
D) Interest: $23.13; amount applied to principal: $42.19

320) Tom has a balance of $4261.15 on a credit card with an annual percentage rate (APR) of 13.7%. 320) _____
His credit card requires a minimum monthly payment of 2% of the balance. If he transfers his
balance to a credit card with an APR of 9.2% how much more of his first payment would be
applied to reduce the principal than if he had not transferred his balance?
 A) $15.98 more will be applied to principal B) $19.88 more will be applied to principal
C) $52.55 more will be applied to principal D) $32.67 more will be applied to principal

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
Provide an appropriate response.
321) Fill in the blanks. 47% represents parts out of equal parts. 321) ___________

322) Give five examples of the use of percent in sports or games. 322) ___________

323) Select a decimal percent with three digits and write it as a fraction. Select a fraction 323) ___________
with a two-digit denominator and write it as a percent. Explain each step of your work.

324) Write a sentence or statement using words and numbers that includes a percent, a base, 324) ___________
and an amount. Identify the parts.

325) Give four examples of using percent of increase or percent of decrease in your own 325) ___________
activities.

326) Jessica wanted to solve the following problem: The price of an item increased by 15%. 326) ___________
The amount of the increase was $86. What was the price of the item before the increase?
She wrote the following equation: Do you think this equation will give
her the correct answer? If not, what is the correct equation to use? Explain your
thinking.

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the
question.
327) Anne and Michael both put $5000 in a savings account. Anne gets 8% compounded monthly. In 327) _____
Michael's account, the interest is compounded annually. Two years later the amount in Anne's
account is exactly the same as the amount in Michael's account. What can you conclude about
the interest rate for Michael's account?
A) It is less than 8%.
B) There is not enough information to determine whether it is greater or less than 8%.
C) It is greater than 8%.
D) It is equal to 8%.

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
328) The price of an item is reduced by 20% in a sale. Two weeks later the price is increased 328) ___________
to 20% more than the sale price. Do you think that the item has been restored to its
original price? If not, do you think its price is now higher or lower than the original
price? Explain your thinking.

329) Roberto is an employee of a store and receives 20% discount off all items in the store. 329) ___________
During a sale, the price of a jacket is reduced by $15. Roberto will receive both his 20%
discount and the $15 off. Which is better for Roberto, to take the 20% discount first and
then subtract $15 or to subtract $15 first and then take his 20% discount? Explain you
answer.

330) Juan and Pete are on the same salary. Juan receives a 10% raise followed by an 8% raise 330) ___________
a year later. Pete receives an 8% raise followed by a 10% raise a year later. After the two
salary raises, whose salary is higher? Explain your answer.
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321) 47, 100
322) Answers will vary. Possible Answer: field goal or free throw percentages in basketball, the batting average or
percentage in baseball, completion percentage in football, save percentage in hockey
323) Answers will vary. Possible Answer:

35% = Use the definition of percent.

= Simplify.

= Simplify.

35% =

Find decimal notation by division.

0.0625 = 6.25% Convert the decimal notation to percent notation.

= 6.25%
324) Answers will vary. Possible Answer: $5 is 25 percent of $20. $5 is the amount, 25 is the percent and $20 is the base.
325) Answers will vary. Possible Answer:

A sofa was on sale for $50 off the original price of $500. = 10, so the $50 amount represents a 10% decrease
from the original price. The percent of decrease is 10%.

A DVD's price increased from $19.99 to 21.99. 21.99 - 19.99 = 2, so $2 is the amount of increase. ≈ 0.100 so
the $2 increase was about a 10% increase from the original price. The percent of increase is about 10%.

My math test score on November 1 was 87 points. My math test score on November 8 was 92 points. The amount

of increase was 92 - 87 = 5 points. ≈ 0.057 so this means I had about a 6% better score on November 8 than on
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326) Answers will vary. The equation is not correct. The correct equation is
327) C
328) Answers will vary. Possible answer: The item has not been restored to its original price. Its price is now lower than
the original price. The amount of the increase was less than the amount of the discount because 20% of the sale
price is a smaller amount than 20% of the original price.

329) Answers will vary. It is better for Roberto to take his 20% discount first.
330) Answers will vary. The two salaries will be the same. y×10%×8% is the same as y×8%×10%.

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