Percent Expressions and Solving

Which expression best represents a sale of 20%

• 20p

• 0.20p

• 1.20p

• 0.8p

• 80p

Which expression best represents a raise in salary of 9%

• 1.09s

• 0.9s

• 1.9s

• 0.09s

Which can be used to find the enrollment in a class if it dropped 25%

• E + 0.25E

• E - 0.75E

• E - 0.25E

• E + 0.75E

Write an expression to find the price of a bill that has a tax of 8% (Use x as your variable for grading purposes: Ex 0.4x)

Write an expression to represent a discount of 38% (use x for grading purposes, ex: 1.9x)

Which two expressions would give you the answer of a price increasing 30%

• 1.03P

• 1.30P

• 0.7P

• P+ 0.3P

• P + 1.3P

Solve to find the new amount:

A staff of 24 was increased by 25%

Solve to find new amount

An item that was priced at $92 is on sale for 42%