Chapter 5

Practice Book, 5.3

Percentage Increase and Decrease, Percentage Discount,

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Question #1
An elastic band which is 72 cm long, is stretched to 90 cm.
Find the percentage increase in its length.

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Question #2
The price of a car in 2016 was $20 000. In 2018, the price
decreased to $17 000. The percentage decrease of the
price of the car is ________.

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Question #3
Decrease each amount by the given percentage.
(a) $68 decreased by 14%

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Question #4
Decrease each amount by the given percentage.
(b) $800 decreased by 35%

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Question #5
The price of a desktop computer decreases from $1360 to
$1020. Find the percentage decrease in its price.

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Question #6
The price of shoes after being discounted by 5% is $152. The
original price of the shoes is _________.

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Question #7
Josh currently earns $6000 per month. If he receives an increase
of 3.8%, what will his new
monthly earnings be?

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Question #8
If the population of a city has increased by 7% and the
population before the increase was 1 500 000 people, then the
current population of the city is ______.

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Question #9
A company has a budget of $24 000 for printing brochures. The
marketing department has
spent 34.6% of the budget already. How much money is left in
the budget?

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Question #10
If there are 300 curtains in the store and 23% of the curtains are
red, the number of curtains which have the color red is _______.

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Question #11
45% of the students who take part in a creative writing
competition are boys. If 135 boys take part in the competition,
find the total number of students who take part in the
competition.

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Question #12
If 10% is deducted from a bill, $58.50 remains to be paid. How
much is the original bill?

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Question #13
A car priced at $60 000 is sold for $57 000. Find the percentage
discount.

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Question #14
A building, which cost $125 000 to build, increased in value by
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3 %. What is the building worth now?
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Question #15
A player scored 18 out of the 82 points in a basketball match.
What percentage of the points did he score?

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