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Real life percentage calculations

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 3hrs 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
a)

3

b)

2.4

c)

24

d)

6

2.
a)

1760

b)

2400

c)

240

d)

17600

3.
a)

63

b)

630

c)

483

d)

48.3

4.
a)

154

b)

286

c)

308

d)

132

5.
a)

882.88 kg

b)

541.12 kg

c)

472 kg

d)

170.88 kg

6.
What is 10% of $250
a)
$2.50
b)
$25
c)
$250
d)
$2500
7.
What number is 60%of 25?
a)
1.5
b)
15
c)
13
d)
13.6
8.
What number is 20% of 35?
a)
7
b)
5
c)
10.5
d)
.07
9.
How much you can save?
a)
$25
b)
$50
c)
$100
d)
$125
10.
Eliza bought a meal that cost $ 12.00. She tipped the waiter 25% of that amount. How much was the tip?
a)
$ 15.00
b)
$ 12.25
c)
$3.00
d)
$4.00
11.
What is 25% of 2 hours?
a)
45 minutes
b)
30 minutes
c)
0.3 hours
d)
0.5 minutes
12.

A car dealership purchased a car for $15,000. They mark up the price by 35%. What is the retail price of the vehicle?

a)

$15,350

b)

$9,750

c)

$20,000

d)

$20,250

13.

If there is a 25% discount applied to $129 Nike sneakers, what is the new sales price of the Nikes?

a)

$32.25

b)

$96.75

c)

$161.25

d)

$128.75

14.

The regular price of Nike sneakers cost $129. The store is having a 25% off discount. How much is being discounted from the original price?

a)

$32.25

b)

$37.50

c)

$96.75

d)

$128.50

15.

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?

a)

$20.40

b)

$45.90

c)

$25.58

d)

$27.54

16.

If a 20% tip is left on the $25.50 meal, how much tip is left?

a)

$5.10

b)

$5

c)

$2.50

d)

$1.75

17.

Gertrude receives $50 from her grandmother. She gives $15.50 to her sister. What percentage did Gertrude keep?

a)

30%

b)

15%

c)

70%

d)

35%

18.

What is a percentage?

a)

A fraction

b)

A decimal

c)

A way of presenting a number as a fraction of 100

d)

A whole number

19.

What percentage of $10 is $4.50?

a)

25%

b)

45%

c)

65%

d)

85%

20.

How much will a can of soft drink cost if it increases by 33% and originally cost $2.50?

a)

$3.33

b)

$3.35

c)

$3.32

d)

$3.36

21.

A business decides to discount the price of their dresses. If they take 40% off the sale price of $119, what is the sale price?

a)

$47.06

b)

$47.60

c)

$71.40

d)

$71.04

22.

If an employee is paid 17.5% leave loading and their weekly wage is $1500. What will they be paid for a week of leave?

a)

$262.50

b)

$1762.50

c)

$1500

d)

$1237.50

23.

What is the GST applied to a cupcake that costs $4.50, if GST is 10%?

a)

45 cents

b)

$4.95

c)

40 cents

d)

$4.90

24.

If 10% of a product is valued at $5.00, how much is 100% of the product?

a)

$5.00

b)

$50.00

c)

$500

d)

$5000

25.

If a product costs $330 including GST (10% of the sale price), what is the value of the GST component?

a)

$30

b)

$300

c)

$33

d)

$330

26.

If a product sale price including GST is $522.50, what is the recommended retail price without GST?

a)

$470

b)

$450

c)

$475

d)

$480

27.

A $140 jacket is on sale for 35% off. What is the sale price of the jacket?

a)

$49.00

b)

$91.00

c)

$100.00

d)

$105.00

28.

Zoe's lunch bill was $13.85. She gave the server a 15% tip. What was the total cost of Zoe’s lunch?

a)

$2.08

b)

$11.77

c)

$15.93

d)

$20.78

29.

A $48 aquarium is on sale at a discount of 24%. What is the sale price of the aquarium?

a)

$11.52

b)

$24.00

c)

$36.48

d)

$45.00

30.

Mia earns 15% commission on the total amount she sells. If she sells $545 worth of items, how much commission does Mia earn?

a)

$21.33

b)

$36.33

c)

$54.50

d)

$81.75

31.

At the book fair, books were on sale for 15% off the regular price. Logan bought 3 books that each had a regular price of $6.00. What is the total amount, before tax, that he saved by buying these books on sale?

a)

$0.45

b)

$0.90

c)

$2.70

d)

$5.10

32.

AJ bought a pair of new shoes on sale for 30% off the regular price. AJ also had a coupon which offered an additional $10.00 off the sale price. If the regular price of the shoes was $75.00, what was the final sale price of the shoes player before tax?

a)

$22.50

b)

$42.50

c)

$45.50

d)

$52.50