Apply the Percent Proportion

60 is what percent of 75?

• 15%

• 45%

• 80%

• 125%

Marcie earns an 6% commission on all of her sales. If she sold $2500 worth of merchandise, how much commission did she earn?

An animal rescue has 30 dogs. If the dogs make up 40% of all of the animals at the shelter, how many total animals are at the shelter?

The regular price of a jacket is $170. If the jacket is bought during a 30% off sale, what is the sale price of the jacket?

In a large bag of Jolly Ranchers, 24% of the candies in the bag were apple flavored. If there were 150 total candies in the bag, how many apple flavored candies were there?

All tolls on the turnpike are being increased by 15%. The toll from Valley Forge to Pittsburgh was $6.00. What will be the new price after the increase?

In a bag, there are red and blue marbles. 55% of the marbles are blue. The proportion and the equation above, when solved for the variable, would give:

• the number of red marbles if there are 88 blue marbles.

• the number of blue marbles if there are 88 red marbles.

• the total number of marbles if there are 88 blue marbles.

• the total number of marbles if there are 88 red marbles.

Ally's Fitbit tells her she has completed 25% of her goal for number of steps taken today. If she has taken 2,000 steps so far, what is Ally’s goal for the day?

• 500

• 5,000

• 8,000

• 10,000

A Math tutor decreased their price from $50 per hour to $40 per hour. What was the percent of decrease in their price per hour?

A share of stock began the day selling at $31.32. The price rose to $34.90 by the close of the day. What was the percent of change from the beginning of the day to the close of the day? (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)