Application of Percents
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- A sales man at a car dealership makes a good amount of his paycheck from commission. In one day he sells a truck for 30,600\30,60030,600, a minivan for 27,900\27,90027,900, and …
- You and 21 other friends go out for dinner on your birthday. To split the tip and leave a good amount for the waitress, each of you pays a tip of 1% of the bill. If the bill is …
- Tristan plans to take his girlfriend Devan out to dinner and ice cream for their anniversary. They get the bill for the dinner and it is 57.50\57.5057.50 and decide to leave a 2…
- Mr. and Mrs. Anthony want to buy a TV with a price of 650.00 before tax. If sales tax is 7%, what total price will they have to pay for the new TV?
- A marketing company wants to advertise how well its new product works. The test pool was of 970 people and the product worked for 873. What is the best claim the company can mak…
- Ben makes 3% commission on sales plus his monthly salary. If Ben gets 5,000\5,0005,000 every month and for one particular month his sales were 50,000\50,00050,000, how much mone…
- Ben makes 3%3\%3% commission on sales plus his monthly salary. Ben gets 5,000\5,0005,000 every month and his sales were 50,000\50,00050,000. If his salary is taxed 25%25\%25% bu…
- You take a survey at a farmer's market, and discover that 40%40\%40% of the people who like apples also like pears, while 80%80\%80% of the people who like pears also like apple…
- A test is graded out of 777777 points. If Janice receives extra credit and gets a 102%102\%102% on the test, how many points did she earn?
- Due to high levels of competition, 62%62\%62% of restaurants in Joel's town will shut down in the next few years. If there are currently 585858 restaurants in the area, how many…
- If Ned finds a pair of pants with the price reduced from 56\5656 to 35\3535, what percent of the original price is the sale price?
- Fifteen out of forty five people in a biology class are juniors. Of the rest of the students, one-third are freshmen. What percent of the class are sophomores or seniors?
- Franklin is selling two used cars. Car one is 5,765\5,7655,765 and is discounted at 75% of the original price. Car two is 4,997\4,9974,997. How much less does car one cost than …
- Carol reports the weather 45% of any given amount of days. However, she is wrong 5% of the time. How many times does she present incorrectly in 140 days?
- Suppose that out of every 16 honors students 7 are boys. Last year, there were 340 honors students at Kyle's high school. This year, there are 15% less. How many of this year's …
- A gym teacher finds that, in her class of 32 people, about 30% of people go running weekly. Of those runners, about 10% also lift weights. About how many people both lift and run?
- At a local college, 576 students commute. If this is 12% of all enrolled students, how many total students are enrolled in the university?
- On a test with 45 questions, how many do you need to answer incorrectly to get an 85%?
- The faculty of Green Meadows High School is planning a field trip for the sophomore class. Out of 364 sophomores, 87% are going. If each bus seats 53 people, how many buses are …
- Of the 52 people who take the lifeguarding test, 16% do not pass. How many do pass?
- If you buy all of these paintings, how many years will it take to make your money back? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth
- Which of these is the smallest percentage of the popular vote that a winning candidate could have in a 2-candidate race?
- The day after Thanksgiving, often called "Black Friday", is a day where most American stores give extreme discounts in order to draw shoppers for their holiday gift shopping. Su…
- Black Friday—the day after Thanksgiving—and all of its crazy sales are just around the corner! Suppose you do all of your gift shopping on that day, choosing to make purchases w…