Percentages and Financial Maths Quiz 1

In a parking lot, 1 out of every 8 cars is blue. What percent of the cars in this lot are blue?

• 1.25%

• 7%

• 9%

• 12.5%

A company donated 200 books to a local library. If 70 of them are fiction, what percent of the donated books are fiction?

• 35%

• 40%

• 60%

• 65%

What is 50% of 40?

• 2000

• 200

• 20

• 2

What is 6% of $300. The amount is

• $18

• $50

• $1800

• $5000

A salesman is paid $100 per day plus 20% commission on his sales. His total earnings for a day on which he made sales worth $800 are

• $140

• $180

• $260

• $820

Jim bought a surfboard for $240 and sold it later for $60 less than he originally paid for it. His loss as a percentage of his cost price was

• 20%

• 25%

• 33⅓%

• 69%

If I paid $2 for a can of soup marked at $3, what percentage discount am I given?

• 50%

• 66⅔%

• 33⅓%

• 25%

A CD player is marked at $120. A retailer offers a 15% discount.Calculate the discounted price.

• $18

• $102

• $105

• $112

1% of 1 metre is

• 1 cm

• 10 cm

• 100 cm

• 101 cm

Jim earns $1400 per week in his job. If he receives a 4% pay rise, what are his weekly earnings after the rise?

• $1440

• $5600

• $1344

• $1456