Percents Test Review

What is 20% of 75?

• 15
• 60
• 6
• 1.5

70 is 120% of what number?

• 120

• 58

• 75

• 100

Morgan has a goal to run 50 miles per month. If he has already achieved 70% of his goal this month, how many miles has he already run this month?

• 35 miles

• 75 miles

• 64 miles

• 30 miles

Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test. What percent of the words did Shirley spell correctly?

• 40%

• 50%

• 80%

• 60%

Sharon makes money by commission rates. She gets 17% of everything she sells. If Sharon sold $37,000 worth of items this month, how much will she make in commission?

• $14,800

• $5,180

• $629

• $6,290

Mrs. McCleaf had 27 students in her class last year and this year she had 30 students in her math class. What is the percent change?

• 24% increase

• 20% increase

• 11% increase

• 50% increase

Zed went to the store and bought a bag of chips.  He estimated there would be 350 chips in the package, but realized there were only 210 chips in that package.  What was his approximate percent error?

• 35%
• 67%
• 85%
• 92%

Jeyson predicts that 227 students would attend the school dance. The actual number was 250. What is the percent error of Jeyson's prediction? Round to the nearest whole percent.

• 9%

• 8%

• 7%

• 10%

Principal = $500
Interest rate =5%
Time = 5 years
What is the interest earned?

• $95

• $105

• $125

• $135

Jenna borrowed $5,000 for 3 years and had to pay $1,350 simple interest at the end of that time. What rate of interest did she pay?

• 3%

• 6%

• 8%

• 9%