WorksheetsPercent Applications
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 2hrs 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is 30% of 80?
a)
30
b)
24
c)
2.4
d)
56
2.
200 children attended the school play. Of the total attendance, 40% were boys. How many girls attended the school play?
a)
800
b)
180
c)
80
d)
120
3.
Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money does she have remaining?
a)
$1.40
b)
$6
c)
$0.60
d)
$14
4.
What is 125% of 84 ?
a)
105
b)
10.5
c)
189
d)
100
5.
A Chicago Cubs baseball cap costs $30. Michael has a coupon that will save him 30% of the price. How much money will Michael pay for the cap after using the coupon?
a)
$9.00
b)
$22.00
c)
$21.36
d)
$21.00
6.
26 is 5% of what number?
a)
13
b)
52
c)
25.95
d)
520
7.
18 is 40% of what number?
a)
45
b)
104.5
c)
7.2
d)
40
8.
Last year, 2,376 people attended a summer music festival. This year, attendance was 2,950. What was the percent of change in attendance to the nearest whole percent?
a)
Increase 24%
b)
Increase 19%
c)
Decrease 24%
d)
Decrease 19%
9.
The Polar Express movie is $12 and it will be on sale for $8. What is the percent of change in the cost of the movie?
a)
15%
b)
33%
c)
10%
d)
50%
10.
Find the PERCENT of Change.
The original cost was $50 and the new cost is $60.
The original cost was $50 and the new cost is $60.
a)
Increase 20%
b)
Increase 16.6%
c)
Increase $10
d)
Decrease $10
11.
Last week, you finished level 2 of a video game in 32 minutes. Today, you finished level 2 in 28 minutes. What is your percent of change?
a)
Increase 12.5%
b)
Decrease 12.5%
c)
Increase 14%
d)
Decrease 14%
12.
If the price of a softball glove decreased from $60 to $36, what was the percent of decrease?
a)
59%
b)
66.6%
c)
40%
d)
25%
13.
Mrs. Mroc has 35 students in her science class. If her class increases to 42 students next year, what will be the percent of change?
a)
20% increase
b)
20% decrease
c)
17% increse
d)
17% decrease
14.
Daniel works at a nearby electronics store. He makes a commission of 15% on everything he sells. If he sells a laptop for $293, how much money does Daniel make in commission?
a)
$43.90
b)
$336.95
c)
$43.95
d)
$44.00
15.
Alicia went to the local farmer's market to buy some fresh produce. She bought carrots for 35% off the original price of $7.40. How much did Alicia pay for the carrots?
a)
$4.81
b)
$2.59
c)
$25.90
d)
$33.33
16.
Kimberly's family has a dinner bill of $26 and wants to leave a 15% tip for their server. How much tip are they leaving?
a)
$29.90
b)
$39.00
c)
$4.00
d)
$3.90
17.
Ralph buys a computer for $675. The sales tax rate is 6%. How much did Ralph pay for the computer in total?
a)
$40.50
b)
$715.50
c)
$1080.00
d)
$405.00
18.
How much tip should you leave if you want to tip 23% at Applebee's on a $27.31 bill?
a)
$6.28
b)
$33.59
c)
$21.03
d)
$62.81
19.
Lona wants to a buy raincoat for her goat. If the raincoat costs $39.99 and has a sales tax rate of 7%. What will be the final price (with tax) of the raincoat?
a)
$42.79
b)
$42.78
c)
$2.80
d)
$2.79
20.
In the question,
"35 is what percent of 40?"
what is the 40?
"35 is what percent of 40?"
what is the 40?
a)
Part
b)
Whole
c)
Percent
d)
Answer
21.
In San Diego, the weather was sunny aprox. 83% of the days this past June. How many days was it sunny? (P.S. ...June has 30 days.)
a)
249
b)
23
c)
25
d)
26
22.
What equation can be used to find the amount of tax of a $327 item, if the tax is 8%?
a)
1.08 × 327
b)
0.8 × 327
c)
0.08 × 327
d)
1.8 × 327
23.
A television that costs $360 is marked up by 120%. Find the selling price of the television.
a)
$792.00
b)
$432.00
c)
$43,200
d)
$360.00
24.
At Murky Middle School, 372 students ride the bus to school. If this number is 60% of school enrollment, then how many students are enrolled at the school?
a)
620
b)
223.2
c)
223
d)
372
25.
Timothy inflated 42 balloons for decorations at the middle school dance. If Timothy inflated 28% of the balloons that are inflated for the dance, how many balloons are there in total?
a)
150
b)
11.76
c)
15
d)
192
26.
70 is what percent of 280?
a)
25%
b)
250%
c)
19,600%
d)
0.25%
27.
Joseph earns $1070 monthly. Of that, $160.50 is withheld for taxes. What percent of Joseph's earnings is withheld?
a)
15%
b)
0.15%
c)
6.7%
d)
9.6%
28.
Justin and his friend Dan went to the movies. If they each bought popcorn for $4.25 and each bought a soda for $2.25, what was their total bill after adding 5% sales tax.
a)
$13.00
b)
$6.50
c)
$13.65
d)
$0.65
29.
Find the percent error. You estimate that you sent 135 texts last week but when you get the bill it was actually 108.
a)
(135 - 108)/135 = 20%
b)
(135 - 108)/108 = 25%
c)
(108 - 135)/135 = -20%
d)
(108 - 135)/108 = -25%
30.
Starting money = $350.
Interest rate = 2.5%
Time = 3 years.
How much interest?
Interest rate = 2.5%
Time = 3 years.
How much interest?
a)
$7.50
b)
$26.25
c)
$87.5
d)
$262.50
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