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WorksheetsSUMMER: MATH.7.4D-PERCENT CHANGE
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 4hrs 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
There were 75 people waiting in line for concert tickets. Only 40% actually got tickets. How many got tickets?
a)
45
b)
30
c)
35
d)
50
2.
Lisa and her date spent $87.70. They want to leave a 20% tip. What amount would be reasonable for the tip?
a)
$20.00
b)
$10.00
c)
$25.00
d)
$31.00
3.
Mr. Hammer received a notice from his employer that the cost of his health insurance, every pay period, will increase by 8%. If the new cost will be $28.35, what was the original cost of his insurance?
a)
$26.08
b)
$26.25
c)
$26.81
d)
$27.27
4.
There are 18 girls in Mrs. Brimley's math class. If 40% of the students are girls, what is the best estimation for the number of boys in the class?
a)
20
b)
30
c)
40
d)
50
5.
Courtney got 64 out of 75 correct on a test. What is the best estimate of the percentage Courtney got right?
a)
64%
b)
75%
c)
85%
d)
117%
6.
The election results that took place during first lunch for a class president are as follows. During first lunch, they surveyed 200 people, 50 of those people voted for Justin. If they surveyed 500 more people, how many could we predict to vote for Justin?
a)
A) 63
b)
B) 175
c)
C) 200
d)
A) 115
7.
A car salesman gets 3% commission on every car sold. The car salesman sells a car for 46,000. What is the car salesman’s commission?
a)
8,680
b)
1,380
c)
14,000
d)
46,000
8.
What is 40% of 900?
a)
380
b)
180
c)
360
d)
400
9.
Rafael is painting his house. He has 800 square feet of walls in his house. He plans to paint 216 square feet of the walls. What percent of the walls in his house will he paint?
a)
A. 27%
b)
B. 36%
c)
C. 25%
d)
D. 370%
10.
Mary lost 30 pounds. Before her diet she weighed 180 pounds. What is the percent of change?
a)
17% Decrease
b)
18% Decrease
c)
19% Decrease
d)
20% Decrease
11.
Jimmy sold a book for 69.95 on Cheggs.com. He had to pay a 8% fee for selling the book. How much was Jimmy's fee?
a)
$5.59
b)
$5.60
c)
$64.35
d)
$75.55
12.
Beyonce went to the mall and saw a massage chair that she would have to take a loan out for $6500 to purchase. The bank said that she could get a simple interest rate of 8% for 5 years. What is the total amount that Beyonce will pay for the chair?
a)
$2600
b)
$910
c)
$9100
d)
$260
13.
What percent of 240 is 60?
a)
25%
b)
90%
c)
50%
d)
30%
14.
A sweater is $42.99. It is on sale for 20% off. What is the final price?
a)
$8.60
b)
$42.99
c)
$51.59
d)
$34.39
15.
Julio has $25 to spend on school supplies He spends 72% of the money on a backpack and the rest on a large binder. How much does he spend on the backpack? How much does he spend on the binder?
a)
Backpack $72/Binder $25
b)
Backpack $97/Binder $47
c)
Backpack $7/Binder $18
d)
Backpack $18/Binder $7
16.
Mark spent $ 178 on groceries last month. If he reduces his grocery costs by 15% next month, how much will he spend on groceries?
a)
$ 204.70
b)
$ 151.30
c)
$ 124.60
d)
$ 26.70
17.
Miguel is washing cars to raise money for the animal shelter. He charges $ 4.00 per car. He washes 23 cars in one day. Sixty-five percent of Miguel's earnings paid for the supplies used. How much is left to donate to the animal shelter?
a)
$ 92.00
b)
$ 59.80
c)
$ 32.20
d)
$ 27.00
18.
Uri wants to buy a sweatshirt that costs $ 16.28. If the tax is 8%, about how much will Uri need to buy the sweatshirt?
a)
$ 13.02
b)
$ 16.36
c)
$ 17.58
d)
$ 29.30
19.
During a back-to school sale, a store sold jeans at a 25% discount. If one pair of jeans originally cost $ 35, what was its price during the sale?
a)
$ 17.50
b)
$ 21.75
c)
$ 8.75
d)
$ 26.25
20.
The principal of Travis Middle School ordered 1,500 T-shirts for the school's spirit day. If only 1,275 students bought T-shirts, what percent of the T-shirts were not sold?
a)
15%
b)
35%
c)
55%
d)
85%
21.
A chef can make 12 meals with 3 pounds of steak. If he plans to make 250 meal and the steak costs $ 6.60 per pound, how much will the chef spend on steak?
a)
$ 137.50
b)
$ 400.00
c)
$ 412.50
d)
$ 550.00
22.
Ricardo works at his aunt's store. His aunt gives him 5% of the profits from the days he works. One day, his aunt sold $ 2,400 worth of goods, of which 50% was profit. How much did Ricardo make that day?
a)
$ 60
b)
$ 120
c)
$ 180
d)
$ 200
23.
Benny added 26 milliliters of water to a solution in his science class. The directions said to add 22 milliliters of water. What was the percent error (to the nearest hundredth percent) in the amount of water Benny added?
a)
15.38%
b)
18.18%
c)
13.13%
d)
84.62%
24.
Marina's bill for dinner totals$38.65 including tax. she leaves 20% tip. If she pays with $100 bill, how much change will Marina receive?
a)
$53.62
b)
$7.73
c)
$46.38
d)
$ 75.00
25.
Munson's sporting goods purchases bowling balls from the manufacturer for a wholesale price of $65 each. The retail price of t he bowling balls reflects 60% increase over the wholesale price. What is the retail price of the bowling ball?
a)
$26
b)
$104
c)
$39
26.
Original price $60;Mark-up 15%
a)
$69
b)
50
c)
25
27.
Original Price $50;Markdown 22%
a)
$75
b)
$25
c)
$35
d)
$39
28.
Find the total cost. $20 meal; 9% sales tax; 20% gratuity after the sales tax has been added
a)
$ 1.80
b)
$ 4.00
c)
$26.16
29.
Sally went to the clearance rack at a department store and found a shirt she wanted to buy. The shirt was $36.00 and is on sale for $24.00. What is the percent of the decrease?
a)
33%
b)
67%
c)
50%
d)
34%
30.
Mrs. Ciampa had 27 students in her class last year and this year she had 30 students in her math class. What is the percent of change?
a)
24%
b)
20%
c)
11%
d)
50%
31.
A car salesman gets 3% commission on every car sold. The car salesman sells a car for 46,000. What is the car salesman’s commission?
a)
8,680
b)
1,380
c)
14,000
d)
46,000
32.
Rafael is painting his house. He has 800 square feet of walls in his house. He plans to paint 216 square feet of the walls. What percent of the walls in his house will he paint?
a)
A. 27%
b)
B. 36%
c)
C. 25%
d)
D. 370%
33.
Mary lost 30 pounds. Before her diet she weighed 180 pounds. What is the percent of change?
a)
17% Decrease
b)
18% Decrease
c)
19% Decrease
d)
20% Decrease
34.
Jordan was successful in 15 out of 20 foul shots. What is the percent of the shots that she was successful?
a)
70%
b)
60%
c)
75%
d)
80%
35.
What is 140% of 60 kg?
a)
84
b)
80
c)
76
d)
83
36.
Carrie missed 20% of the problems on a test. The test had a total of 135 problems. Which of the following is the number of problems Carrie missed?
a)
30
b)
21
c)
25
d)
27
37.
A total of 30 people made cake for a bake sale. Each person made 2 cakes. Mrs. Sanchez found that 20% of these cakes were chocolate. How many chocolate cakes were made for the bake sale?
a)
12
b)
10
c)
8
d)
6
38.
Amanda increase the amount of protein she eats every day from 44g to 52g. By what percentage did Amanda increase the amount of protein she eats?
a)
About 16%
b)
About 18%
c)
About 20%
d)
About 19%
39.
Marina’s bill for dinner totals $42.85, including tax. She leaves a 15% tip. If she pays with a $100 bill, how much change will Marina receive?
a)
$46.73
b)
$49.64
c)
$51.83
d)
$50.73
40.
While visiting his sister in Chicago, Marcus found a shirt that cost $14. If Marcus had to pay 8.25% sales tax, how much was the tax for the shirt?
a)
About $15.15
b)
About $14.25
c)
About $16.15
d)
About $15.85
41.
In a class of 30 kids, 3 forgot to get their report cards signed. What percent is that?
a)
3%
b)
30%
c)
10%
d)
70%
42.
Henry has 15 lawns mowed out of a total of 60 lawns. What percent is that?
a)
15
b)
25
c)
19
d)
4
43.
Gary read 34 pages of a 340-page book. What percent did he read?
a)
34%
b)
15%
c)
10%
d)
25%
44.
12 is what percent of 30?
a)
60%
b)
40%
c)
250%
45.
In Will’s garden, 71 out of 200 plants have developed seeds. What percent is that?
a)
20%
b)
25.5%
c)
35.5%
d)
70%
46.
15 out of 25 boys chose to go swimming at camp. What percent is that?
a)
15%
b)
20%
c)
45%
d)
60%
47.
Joey has 3 out of 20 coins in his collection. What percent does he have?
a)
7%
b)
15%
c)
20%
d)
30%
48.
What percent of 32 is 10?
a)
0.32%
b)
32%
c)
0.3125%
d)
31.25%
49.
What is 3% of 750?
a)
2.25
b)
22.5
c)
225
50.
There are 75 students in the school band. 45 students play woodwind instruments. What percent of students play woodwinds?
a)
35%
b)
60%
c)
55%
d)
70%
51.
The middletown Zoo has 130 different exhibits. Of those 130 exhibits, 30% of them contain birds. How many exhibits contain birds?
a)
49
b)
39
c)
60
d)
25
52.
What is 15% of 82?
a)
12.3
b)
123
c)
1.23
53.
Calculate 25% of 80
a)
20
b)
80
c)
48
d)
95
54.
What is 30% of 50?
a)
16
b)
16.3
c)
17.4
d)
15
55.
What is 90% of 250?
a)
245
b)
225
c)
255
d)
244.33
56.
There is a jar of jellybeans on Mr. Schidrich's desk. 40% of the jellybeans are red. If there are 55 jelly beans in the jar, how many are red??
a)
20
b)
22
c)
24
d)
25
57.
Write 16.33% as a decimal.
a)
0.1633
b)
1.633
c)
0.163
58.
Today, you have a 20% off of the price coupon for Best Buy. If you buy an XBox game that costs $65.00, how much money will you be saving by using your coupon?
a)
$13.00
b)
$15.00
c)
$7.00
d)
$42.00
59.
Carson bought Halloween decorations from Amazon.com for $90. Shipping and handling are an additional 20% of the price. How much shipping and handling will Carson pay?
a)
$19
b)
$17
c)
$20
d)
$18
60.
Austin went to Denny's for breakfast today. He ordered a Grand Slam for $7.95 and an orange juice for $2.05. He left the waitress a tip worth 10% of the total bill. How much money did he leave the waitress?
a)
$1.50
b)
$2.00
c)
$3.00
d)
$1.00
61.
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?
a)
$9.00
b)
$22.00
c)
$21.36
d)
$21.00
62.
Manuel found a wrecked car that he could fix. He bought the car for 65% of the original price of $7200. What did he pay for the car?
a)
$7,200
b)
$11,076.92
c)
$8,250
d)
$4,680
63.
Blair Walsh made 27 of the 30 field goals he attempted in one season. What percent of the field goal attempts did he miss?
a)
15%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
5%
64.
Only 7% of the 100 kids in junior high will be placed into the accelerated program in high school. How many junior high students will be placed into this program?
a)
14
b)
9
c)
7
d)
3
65.
What is 0.56 written as a percent?
a)
56%
b)
5%
c)
6%
d)
5.6%
66.
What is 2/5 written as a percent?
a)
30%
b)
20%
c)
25%
d)
40%
67.
Jay bought jeans that cost $45. They were 40% off. What was his discount?
a)
$18
b)
$180
$180
$180
c)
$1.80
d)
$4.00
68.
Alex bought a pair of shoes. They cost $65.50. If the tax was 8%, what was the final price of the shoes?
a)
$70.74
b)
$60.26
c)
$73.50
d)
$100
69.
What is 150% of 500?
a)
$750
b)
$75
c)
$7.50
d)
$7,500
70.
Write 14/20 as a percent.
a)
14.2%
b)
70%
c)
75%
d)
56%
71.
Write .506 as a percent.
a)
5.06%
b)
506%
c)
50.6%
d)
500.6%
72.
What is 20% of 75?
a)
15
b)
60
c)
6
d)
1.5
73.
Sarah earns $20 a day working after school. She spent 30% of her daily earnings on Monday. How much money did she spend on Monday?
a)
$1.40
b)
$6
c)
$0.60
d)
$14
74.
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
75.
The rainfall total two years ago was 10.2 inches. Last year's total was 20% greater. what was last year's total?
a)
8.16 inches
b)
11.22 inches
c)
12.24 inches
d)
20.4 inches
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