Percent Word Problems Sale Prices

The temperate rose from 50 degrees to 60 degrees. What is the percent change?

• 15%

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

A box of cereal normally cost $4.80. It is on sale for $3.60. What is the percent cange?

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 25%

A shirt costs $24 and there is 7% sales tax on the shirt. What will be the amount of tax?

• $1.68

• $168

• $1.75

• $2.55

Your family goes to a restaurant and the bill is $84.

You want to leave a 20% tip. What is the amount of the tip?

• $12.50

• $16.80

• $18.20

• $20.00

What is the TOTAL COST of his lunch if he wants to add on a 20% tip to the bill?

• $2.60

• $5.20

• $13.20

• $15.60

Bryce puts $400 in his bank account. The account earns 3.5% interest each year.

What will the TOTAL AMOUNT be in his bank account after 8 years?

• $14

• $512

• $112

• $514

Harold's computer hard drive has 131.25 GB of free space, which is about 17.5% of the capacity of his hard drive. What is the capacity of the hard drive in GB?

An auto insurance company pays 12%

commission to its agents for each new insurance

policy they sell. How much commission does an

agent make on a $1,000 policy?

Bill paid $35.99 in tax on a laptop that cost $449.99. About what percent sales tax did Bill pay? (round to the nearest whole percent)

The local newspaper has letters to the editor from 70 people. If this number represents 4​% of all of the​ newspaper's readers, how many readers does the newspaper​ have?