Percentages practice problems - page 10 of 110
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- Eva 46
Eva works as a sales clerk. She is paid a salary of 3000 a week plus a 2% commission on sales over 4000. Find her gross pay for a week in which her sales are 9500.
- The radius 2
The radius of a circle is increased by 5%. What is the percentage increase in their circumference area?
- A random
A random sample of 225 nails in a manufacturing company is gathered. The engineer specified that the specified length of a nail must be 8 cm having a standard deviation of 0.04 cm. It shows from the sample that the average length of the nails is 8.055 cm.
- A promotion
Store A has a promotion. If you buy three shirts, you get 25% off the total price of the three shirts. Store B has the same shirts on sale with the promotion that if you buy three shirts, you get the third shirt at a 50% discount. Store C has the same shi
- Percentage decrement
Decrease 360 by 10%
- Markdown
February is sale month at the clothing store. All items are marked down 20 percent. If the sale price for a purse is $42, what was the price before the markdown?
- Forty 8
Forty students took the math test. Thirty-two students received an A, and the rest received a B. What percent of the students received a B?
- School trip
Out of 270 students in 6th grade, only 60% are going on the field trip. How many students are NOT going on the field trip?
- Paycheck
Alex automatically deposited 70% of her weekly paycheck into a savings account. This week, $35 is deposited. Alex wants to know the total amount of her paycheck this week.
- A chemist 2
A chemist has two alloys of bronze, one that is 12% tin and 88% copper and a second that is 10% tin and 90% copper. If these two alloys are melted and thoroughly mixed together, between what two values are the percent of tin in the mixture?
- Pets stores
Pets Plus and Pet Planet are having a sale on the same aquarium. At Pets Plus, the aquarium is on sale for 30% off the original price, and at Pet Planet, it is discounted by 25%. If the sales tax rate is 8%, which store has the lower sale price? How much
- Pupils
There are 40 pupils in a class. 30% of them are boys. How many pupils in the class are girls?
- Represent 14
Represent 10% as a fraction reduced to the lowest term.
- General right triangle
In a right triangle, if a =x+34 and b = x and c= 50, then solve for x. Side c is a hypotenuse. Then discuss the case when a or b is a hypotenuse.
- A shop 6
A shop sells cool drinks at R10 (Indian rupees) each, excluding 15% VAT. What is the price of the cool Drink, including VAT?
- After 9
After reducing the price by 10%, the dress costs 270 GEL. What was the cost of the dress before it got cheaper?
- Discrete and continuous
2,3,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7 Assume the scores are measurements of a Discrete variable and find the median. Assume the scores are measurements of a continuous variable and find the median by locating the precise midpoint of the distribution.
- Peter 17
Peter ate 9 ounces of chocolate cake which was 75% of the entire cake. Which expression can be used to find the size of the full cake?
- Joey had
Joey had 70% of his money in a savings account. The rest of his money was in a cheque account. (a). What percentage of his money was in his cheque account? (b). He had $240 in his cheque account. How much money did he have in his savings account?
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