Percent Equation Word Problems and Discounts, Markups

Amanda is planning to resell her gold ring for the same price of $412.25 with a 50% markup. What is the price of the ring?
(Round to the nearest hundredth if necessary.)

• $617.45

• $618.38

• $324.69

• $400

Jorge the 3rd is planning to go on vacation for the summer to the Bahamas. He has a 20% coupon and if the airplane ticket cost $2,532.61 how much will the flight cost?

• $2,025.09

• $2,002

• $100

• $2,026.08

Nick bought a $208,346 house with a 5% markup. How much does it cost?

• $218,763.30

• $456,000

• $1,000,000

• $234,904.50

Mr. Palen is planning to resell a gold car for the same price of $619,361,342 with a 25% markup. How much will the car cost?

• $774,201,678.55

• $400,456.80

• $774,201,677.5

• $733,201,677.6

A painting cost $4,563 though over a span of 5 years increased by 500%. How much does it cost now?

• $41,000

• $27,378
  

• $31,000

• $27,386

Aaron is having a garage sale, if all his items cost $5. How much would they cost if they were 50% off.

• $2.50

• $3.50

• $7

• $2.90

A product is marked down 15% and the sale price is $127.46. What is the original price? (Round to 2 decimal places)

• 146.57

• $149.95

• $147

• $108.34

A store pays $1.50 for a bag of candy.  If the store wants to mark-up the price 60%, which expression could be used to find the price that is charged in the store?

• 1.50n

• 1.50(.60)

• 1.50(1.60)

• 1.60(1.50)

A computer store used a markup rate of 40%. Find the selling price of a computer game that costs $25.

• $35.50

• $15

• $33

• $35

John was getting rid of some things so he sold his golf club for $40 and he originally bought it for $75. What is the percent of change?

• 46.6% increase

• 87.5% increase

• 46.6% decrease

• 87.5% decrease