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You earn a score of 86.8 on an exam. Your score is 140% higher than your friend's score on the exam. What is your friend's score?

• 217

• 62

• 78

• 80

The seventh grade class needs to earn money for a trip to the amusement park. Of the 160 seventh-grade students, 60% participate in the fundraiser. How many students participate in the fundraiser?

• About 267 Students

• 16 Students

• 32 Students

• 96 Students

There are 35 competitors in a marathon. Sixty percent of these finished the race in under four hours. How many competitors finished the race in under four hours?

• 7 competitors

• 21 competitors

• 58 competitors

• 14 competitors

A pair of sunglasses is on sale for $26. The original price of the sunglasses was $40. What percent of the original price is the sale price?

• 35%

• 154%

• 14%

• 65%

Sara decided to look at new and used vans. Sara found a used van for $30,000. A new van is $50,000, so what percent of the price of a new van does Sara pay for a used van? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20%

• 40%

• 60%

• 80%

Beeny went to his local zoo where 55% of it's exhibits featured reptiles. If the zoo features 20 exhibits in total, how many of the zoo's exhibits feature reptiles? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20 exhibits

• 11 exhibits

• 32 exhibits

• 24 exhibits

At a construction job for a store, 24 painters were tasked with painting the interior. These painters made up 75% of the painting crew, so how many painters in all worked on this job? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 20 painters

• 32 painters

• 11 painters

• 24 painters

At a local department store, dresses have been reduced to $20/ This is at 80% of the original price for dresses. Given this, what was the original price of the dresses? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• $10

• $15

• $20

• $25

While mining, Jason found a large metal bar that weighed 40 ponds. Jason was also able to determine that the bar contained 30% gold. How many pounds of gold are in the metal bar? Round your answer to the nearest whole number if necessary.

• 10 pounds

• 11 pounds

• 12 pounds

• 13 pounds

Use the percent proportion or percent equation to answer the following:

Sarah earns $20 in total, each day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?

• $1.40

• $6

• $0.60

• $14