Financial Math: Percent Increase and Decrease
Authored by Jeff Da Moude
Mathematics
12th Grade
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1.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The manager of an online news service received the report above on the number of subscriptions sold by the service. The manager estimated that the percent increase from 2012 to 2013 would be double the percent increase from 2013 to 2014. The manager expected (a) subscriptions would be sold in 2014.
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A survey was given to residents of all 50 states asking if they had earned a bachelor’s degree or higher. The results from 7 of the states are given in the table above. The median percent of residents who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for all 50 states was 26.95%. What is the difference between the median percent of residents who earned a bachelor’s degree or higher for these 7 states and the median for all 50 states?
3.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Jenna is a botanist studying the production of pears by two types of pear trees. She noticed that Type A trees produced 20 percent more pears
than Type B trees did. Based on Jenna’s observation, if the Type A trees produced 144 pears, the Type B trees produced (a) pears.
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
4.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Townsend Realty purchased the Glenview Street property and received a 40% discount off the original price along with an additional 20% off the discounted price for purchasing the property in cash. The original price, in dollars, of the Glenview Street property was approximately (a) .
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
5.
DRAG AND DROP QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Townsend Realty purchased the Clearwater Lane property and received a 40% discount off the original price along with an additional 20% off the discounted price for purchasing the property in cash. The original price, in dollars, of the Clearwater Street property was approximately (a) .
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
6.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A customer paid $53.00 for a jacket after a 6 percent sales tax was added. The price of the jacket before the sales tax was added was (a) .
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
7.
FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Isaac gets a new job that pays a salary of $36,000 per year. Suppose he gets a 2% raise at the end of his first year. He will be making (a) after 1 year.
Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar.
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CCSS.6.RP.A.3C
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