Percent Test

Mr. Linh took his family out for dinner. The dinner cost $85. He always leaves a 20% tip. Which proportion can be used to find the amount of tip Mr. Linh left?

• A

• B

• C

• D

There are 35 boys out for football. This is about 5% of the total enrollment. How many total kids are in the school?

• 30

• 350

• 700

• 1235

Martin's class has 28 students in it. 25% of those students are home sick today. How many students are home sick?

• 4 students

• 11 students

• 13 students

• 7 students

120 is what percent of 480?

• 25%

• 30%

• 29%

• 24%

^{I recently moved closer to West.  What is the percent of change in my distance if I used to live 15 miles away and now I live 6 miles away?
(Show all work for full credit on an extra piece of paper.)}

• 40%

• 60%

• 50%

• 15%

The local cyber cafe used to charge $5 an hour to use their computers and video game equipment. Now they charge $7 an hour. What was the percent increase in hourly rate?

• 20%

• 25%

• 40%

• 55%

Sally went to the clearance rack at a department store and found a shirt she wanted to buy. The shirt was $36.00 and is on sale for $24.00. What is the percent of the decrease?

• 33%

• 67%

• 50%

• 36%

One week, 72 people got a speeding ticket. The next week, only 36 people got a speeding ticket. What is the percent of change in the speeding tickets?

• Increase 50%

• Decrease 50%

• Increase 1%

• Decrease 1%

GameStop is having a 20% off sale.  What is the sale price of a game that is orignally $28.99? _{(Money rounds to the nearest hundreth)} Show all work on another paper.

• $25.00

• $5.80

• $23.19

• $24.00

BestBuy is having a pre Black Friday sale. If the Big Screen TVs are on sale for 25% off. How much will I save on a TV regularly priced at $2450?

• $600.50

• $800

• $1837.50

• $612