Lesson 2 Practice Problems

Sara and 3 of her friends went to lunch one day. Each person paid for her own lunch, but they agreed to split the tip. If the tip amount was 15% of the total, and the 4 lunches totaled to $60, what was the portion of each person's tip amount?

• $1.50

• $2.25

• $2.40

• $3.00

• $3.25

A number is decreased by 15% and the resulting number is then increased by 20%. The final number is what percent of the original number?

• 90%

• 95%

• 100%

• 102%

• 105%

Your sales commission check for this week was $420. If you sold $2800 in product to receive this commission, how much will you receive in commission for selling $3500 in product?

• $450

• $525

• $650

• $700

• $1120

A local grocery store is running a marketing promotion on social media. They are randomly choosing a winner from the entrants that submitted an entry form. The entry form asked how many times a week the entrant shops at the store. See the results below. What are the odds (in the shopping range per week: not in the shopping range per week) that the winner shops in the store 4 or more times a week?

• 9:41

• 13:18

• 18:27

• 18:42

• 42:27

• 4:3:12

• 3:4:12

• 4:3:5

• 3:4:5

• 12:3:4

If 40% of a given number is 8, then what is 15% of the given number?

• 1.2

• 1.8

• 3.0

• 5.0

• 6.5

How many minutes would it take a car to travel 42 miles at a constant speed of 56 miles per hour?

• 90

• 80

• 45

• 40

• 30

A recipe for a sports drink calls for 7 parts fruit juice to 3 parts water. To make 40 liters of this drink, how many liters of fruit juice should be used?

• 4

• 10

• 12

• 28

• 40