Percent Vocabulary

A ratio that compares a number to 100

• A rate
• A unit rate
• A percent
• A proportion

When an exact answer is not necessary

• Estimate!
• Just guess
• Copy off your friend [nope, nada, nein, don't do it!]

Percents can be greater than 100%

• True
• False

Every percent can be written as

• a fraction or a decimal
• a unit rate
• a proportion

When the amount of the error is compared to the actual amount

• percent error

• discount

• gratuity

• error computation

The additional amount of money charged on items people buy

• gratuity

• percent decrease

• sales tax

• percent increase

A small amount of money in return for a service

• sales tax

• gratuity

• discount

• percent increase

What the increase is called when a store sells an item for more than IT pays for the item

• sales tax

• markup

• percent decrease

• gratuity

The amount the customer pays for an item

• the selling price
• the markup
• the gratuity

The amount by which a regular price of an item is reduced

• gratuity
• sales tax
• markdown or discount