Is Over of Percentage Problems

What percent of 96 is 88?

• 91.7%

• 109%

• 84.5%

• 88%

36% of 86.7 is what?

• 31.2

• 0.41

• 2.4

• 312

8 is 220% of what?

• 3.6

• 17.6

• 1.76

• 0.45

An accountant used to charge $60 per hour, but recently decided to charge 10% less. Now how much does she charge per hour?

Employees earned $28/hr.

Calculate their new pay rate after a pay increase of 4%.

The Oxford Times had 848 subscribers last year. This year, after the paper was bought out, it had 75% fewer. How many subscribers were there this year?

A book's cost price is $45. If 10% GST is to be added, what is the selling price?

(Hint: add 10%)

Chairs are marked at $19.99 each, but if you buy more than 10 you will receive a discount of 15%. What is the price of 12 chairs

(Hint: find the total cost for 12 chairs and then apply the discount!)

• 239.88

• 203.90

• 239.73

• 203.89

The number of people signed up for a bus trip increased by 42%.

If there were originally 36 people signed up, how many are now signed up for the bus trip?

• 52

• 51

• 15

• 78

What is 20% of 60?

• 12

• 21

• 120

• 1.2