WorkKeys: Applied Math PERCENTS

WorkKeys:

Applied Math

PERCENTS

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Multiple Choice

What is 0.88 as a decimal?

• 8%
• 81%
• 88%
• 0.88%

Multiple Choice

What is .65 as a percent?

• .0065%

• .065%

• 6.5%

• 65%

Multiple Choice

What is 0.4 as a percent

• 4%
• 44%
• 40%
• 41%

Multiple Choice

What is 0.3 as a percent?

• 30%
• 0.3%
• 333%
• 31%

Multiple Choice

Write 0.08 as a percent.

• 8%

• 0.08%

• 80%

• 0.8%

Multiple Choice

Write 0.875 as a percent.

• 875%

• 87.5%

• 8.75%

• 0.875%

Multiple Choice

What is 14% of 80?

• 14
• 11.2
• 24
• 34

Multiple Choice

What is 37% of 600?

• 222
• 370
• 60
• 110

Multiple Choice

What is 9% of 200?

• 100
• 18
• 20

Multiple Choice

How much tax would you pay on a new TV that is $899 at Best Buy, if the tax rate is 6.5%?

(What is 6.5% of $899?)

• $957.44
• $840.00
• $58.44
• $840.57

Multiple Choice

How much would the tip be if you left 18% on a $75.45 steak dinner?

(What is 18% of $75.45?)

• $ 13.58
• $ 89.03
• $ 61.87
• $135.80

Multiple Choice

Hank is paid 5.5% commission on his monthly sales. In January, he sold $18,200 of refrigerators. What commission did he earn?

(What is 5.5% of $18,200?)

• $1,001

• $10,010
• $2,020

• $15,200

Multiple Choice

Amelia sells jewelry.  She make a total of 12% of commission off of her sales.  How much commission Amelia make when she sells $22,540 worth of jewelry?

• 13,780.80
• $450.80
• $2,704.80
• $304.80

Multiple Choice

You work as a salesperson for a company that manufactures high-end gym equipment. You just closed a sale with someone looking to remodel a gym; her order of treadmills, ellipticals, exercise bikes, and other equipment totaled $33,000. You earn a commission of 20% on every sale you make. If you put 35% of your earnings on this particular sale into a savings account, what is the amount invested?

• $6,600

• $11,550

• $2,310

• $18,150

Multiple Choice

56 is 35% of what number?

• 70
• 160
• 62.5
• 16

Multiple Choice

What percent of 200 is 28?

• 20%
• 30%
• 14%
• 28%

Multiple Choice

Greg took a test.  Out of 12 questions, he answered only nine correctly.  What percent of the questions did he score correctly?

• 75%
• 50%
• 80%
• 85%

Multiple Choice

For your sports equipment store, you purchase a case containing 24 canisters of tennis balls for $60. You in turn charge $4 for each canister. How much is the price of each case of tennis balls marked up?

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 50%