Is of Percentages

The number of students that went to the final basketball game compared to the previous games increased 40%. What is the equation that matches this situation?

Yori read for 450 minutes this month. Her goal is to read for 10% more minutes next month.

If Yori meets her goal, how many minutes will she read in all during the two months?

• 945 minutes

• 495 minutes

• 900 minutes

• 440 minutes

Da'vonte shoveled 5% more snow than Jayden shoveled. Da'vonte shoveled 75 pounds of snow.

How many pounds of snow did Jayden shovel?

• 80%

• 78.75%

• 85%

• 70%

Destiny and Kelina are out to lunch. Their bill is a subtotal of $25.50. If the sales tax is 8%, what is the total bill of the meal?

• $20.40

• $45.90

• $25.58

• $27.54

If they leave a 20% tip on the $25.50 meal, how much tip did they leave?

• $5.10

• $5

• $2.50

• $1.75

A tarp is 28.4 meters and it's allowed to have an error of 13% from the ideal length of 26 meters. Is the tarp within the acceptable limits?

• no, because the error is less than 13%

• no, because the error is more than 13%

• yes, because the error is more than 13%

• yes, because the error is less than 13%

Amari measured the length of a pen to be 22 cm. The actual length of the pen is 23 cm. What is the percent error of Amari's measurements?

• 4.5%

• .043%

• 4.3%

• 45%

Katherine was making treats for a bake sale. She made a total of 50 treats to donate. 20 of these treats were cookies. What percent of the treats were cookies?

• 4

• 2.5

• 40

• 25

What is 15% of 75?

• 11.25

• 11

• 12

• 500

What percent of 60 is 12?

• 5

• 20

• 15

• 7.2