ONE-STEP PERCENT STORY PROBLEMSPERCENT IS UNKNOWN PART IS UNKNOWN WHOLE IS UNKNOWNIn a survey of 600 people, 360 said that their favorite pizza topping is pepperoni. What percentage of the people said pepperoni was their favorite topping?

Ms. Prather wants to buy a new dress for $25.00. Sales tax is 6% of the price. How much tax will she have to pay?

In a survey, 45 people refused to answer. This was 9% of the whole group of people surveyed. What was the total number of people surveyed?

In a school with 400 students, 120 ride the bus to school. What percent of the students ride the bus to school?

In a survey of 600 people, 15 percent said that their favorite pizza topping is sausage. How many people said sausage was their favorite topping?

Remember that a real estate agent earns 3% of the price. If she earned $7,200 on her last sale, what was the price of the house?

Mr. Hobbs bought a new shirt. The price of the shirt was $20, and he paid $1.50 in sales tax. What is the sales tax rate?

When a real estate agent sells a house, she earns 3% of the sales price. If she sells a house for $200,000, how much money will she make?

In a survey, 75 people refused to answer. This was 15% of the whole group of people surveyed. What was the total number of people surveyed?

Mr. Moore ate dinner at a restaurant. The total bill was $35. If he left a tip of $6.30, what percent tip did he leave?

The regular price of a jacket is $120. It is on sale for 20% off. What is the amount of the discount?

On a mathematics test, Michael received a score of 75%. If each problem counted equally, and Michael had 9 problems correct, then how many problems were on the test?

Mr. Touchette ate dinner at a restaurant. The total bill was $25. If he left a tip of $3.75, what percent tip did he leave?

The regular price of a dress is $30. It is on sale for 20% off. What is the amount of the discount?

A pig ate 8 buckets of slop. This was 25% of the total slop in her pigpen. How much total slop did the pig have in her pigpen?

In a survey of 500 people, 150 people said that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. What percent of the people said that Thanksgiving is their favorite?

A computer programmer spent 25 hours on a project. She spent 18% of that time in meetings. How much time did she spend in meetings?

Ms. Newmark’s computer says that the battery has 30 minutes left and that this is 20% of a full battery. How many minutes does a full battery have?

In a survey of 1,000 people, 8 refused to answer. What percent of the people refused to answer?

The human body is about 72% water. About how much water will be in a person who weighs 138 pounds?

Mr. Hobbs took a reading quiz. He answered 12 out of 20 questions correctly. What percent of the questions did he answer correctly?

When a real estate agent sold a house, he earned 2% of the sale price. If the house sold for $160,000, how much money did the agent earn?

On the tree outside Ms. Tao’s window, 70% of the leaves are red. If 42 leaves are red, how many total leaves are on the tree?

There are exactly 50 coffee shops in the Boston area that offer free wireless internet. Ms. Latto

Mr. Sweda bought a calculator. The price of the calculator was $20, and he paid 5% of the price

When Chris Brown concert tickets went on sell, 550 were sold in the first hour. This was 20% of

has visited 26 of them. What percentage of the 50 coffee shops has Ms. Latto visited?

for sales tax. How much tax did he pay? the total number of tickets available. How many tickets were available?

In a class, 14 out of 25 students are boys. What percent of the class is boys?

Brittany Berrier became a famous skater. She won 85% of her meets. If she had 250 meets in 2000, how many did she win?

At Henry’s school, 12% of the students are in a play. If 30 students are in the play, what is the total number of students in the school?

In a survey, 8 out of 100 people said that anchovies are their favorite pizza topping. What percent of the people said anchovies are their favorite?

There were 140 problems on a math test. If Jenny got 80% of them correct, how many problems did she get right? How many problems did she get wrong?

The Ridgedale soccer team has 3 goaliesthat make up 20% of the team. Howmany players does the Ridgedalesoccer team have?

In a survey, 28 out of 200 people could not find the verb in a sentence. What percent of the people could not find the verb?

In 2003, James Posey of the Memphis Grizzlies made 80% of his free-throws. Over the course of the season he tried 335 times. How many free-throws did he make?

The Boyds have traveled 50 miles oftheir vacation trip so far. If this is 20%of their planned trip, how far do theyplan on traveling?

Mr. Hobbs took a reading quiz. He answered 12 out of 20 questions correctly. What percent of the questions did he answer correctly?

Mark made 75% of a recipe for pancakes. If the recipe called for 2 cups of flour, how much flour did Mark use?

Maria left 1 problem blank. This is 20% of her test. How many problems are there on the test?

In a football game, the quarterback made 13 out of 20 passes. What percent of the passes did he make?

In the twentieth century, the RepublicanParty won 52% of the 25 presidential elections. How many presidential elections did they win?

Of the total students in the class, 27 students took a quiz. If this was 90% of the class, how many students are there total?

Ms. Traveller has visited 38 of the 50 states. What percent of the states has she visited?

The summer Olympic Games are held every 4 years. The United States has hosted 16% of the 25 summer games.How many times has the United States hosted?

In a survey, 60 people refused to answer. This was 5% of the total number of people surveyed. What was the total number of people surveyed?

A warm-up quiz has 5 questions. If you answered 4 correctly, what percent of the quiz did you get right?

John has finished 20% of his math homework. If he had 10 problems to solve, how many has John finished?

In the Stoneridge apartment complex, 35% of the apartments have one bedroom. If there are 49 one bedroom apartments, what is the totalnumber of apartments at Stoneridge?

In a group of 10 people, 3 people have a cat. What percent of the people have a cat?

On Mars, an object weighs 38% as much as on Earth. How much would a person who weighs 165 pounds on Earth weigh on Mars?

In the city of Springfield, 75% of the parks have tennis courts. If 15 parks have tennis courts, how many parks does Springfield have altogether?

In a school of 300 students, 36 have no brothers or sisters. What percent of the students have no brothers or sisters?

The Wild Life Club donates 84% of the money they raise to endangered species. How much out of every $50 they raise do they donate?

Mika’s rosebush had 24 blooms in the first week of May. This was 80% as many blooms as Tammy’s rosebush had during the same period.How many blooms did Tammy’s rosebush have?

In a group of 20 people, 11 are wearing jeans. What percent of the people are wearing jeans?

A rabbit had 35 carrots in her cage. She ate 20% of them. How many carrots did she eat? How many carrots does she have left?

On the written portion of her driving test, Sara answered 84% of the questions correctly. If Saraanswered 42 questions correctly, how many

questions were on the driving test?In a group of 80 people, 24 have a cat. What percent of the people have a cat?

Of the 120 vegetable plants Marissa planted in her garden, 30% were carrots. How many carrots did she plant?

In the city of Bridgeport, 75% of the parks have tennis courts. If 18 parks have tennis courts, how many parks does Bridgeport have altogether?

On a composition quiz, Ms. Prather got 24 points correct out of 40. What percent did she get correct?

Last year Geoff made $3000 from his paper route. Because he lives in DC, he had to pay 8% of that for city taxes. How much did Geoff pay in taxes?

In the Lakeview apartment complex, 35% of the apartments have one bedroom. If there are 63 one bedroom apartments, what is the total number of apartments at Lakeview?

In a football game, the quarterback made 18 out of 30 passes. What percent of the passes did he make?

A toy car sells for $13.50. How muchtax will be charged if the sales tax is6% of the price?

A dog had 50 dog bones in his backyard. He ate 10 of them. What fraction of the dog bones did he eat? What percent is this?

There are 80 sixth graders at Avenue Elementary. 75% of the sixth graders went on a field trip to the museum. How many sixth graders went on the field trip?

Three out of every 20 dogs in the US are golden retrievers. What percent of dogs are golden retrievers?

Avenue School has 20 teachers. 20% of them went on the field trip with the sixth graders. How many teachers went on the field trip?

There are 4 trombones out of 25 instruments in the Landers town band. What percent of the instruments are trombones?

There are 500 students in the middle school. 13% of the students are in the orchestra. How many students are in the orchestra?

In 2007, 57 out of every 100 school-age children had access to a computer both at home and at school. What percent of children had access at both places?

A pair of shoes used to cost $20. Then the store increased the price by 25%. How much did the price increase?

In a recent survey, 11 out of 50 people in the United States were age 65 or older. What percent of people are 65 or older?

One serving of Oreos has 10% of the recommended daily fat grams. If the recommended daily fat grams is 65, how many grams of fat does one serving of Oreos have?

In Janie’s class, 7 out of 25 students have blue eyes. What percent of the class has blue eyes?

In a survey of 300 people, 60% said that they like dogs better than cats. How many people said that

they like dogs better than cats?Three out of every 10 students in Mr. Chan’s class bring their lunch to school. What percent of the students bring their lunch to school?

In a city of 120,000 people, 0.8% of the people drive electric cars. How many people drive electric cars?

Shaquille O’Neal hit 11 out of 20 free throws in a 5-game series. What percent of his free throws did he make?

Ms. Aach bought a skateboard for $68. The sales tax rate is 5%. How much sales tax did she pay?

Ms. Agosto surveyed her class and found that 15 out of 30 students brushed their teeth more than twice a day. What percent of the students brushed more than twice a day?

This month, Chun’s office produced 690 pounds of garbage. Chun wants to reduce the weight of garbage produced to 85% of the weight produced this month. What is the target weight for the garbage produced next month?

In a survey, 99 out of 300 people liked Charlotte Doyle better than City of Ember. What percent of the people liked Charlotte Doyle better?

Jonas and Linda’s restaurant bill comes to $23.40. They are planning to tip the waiter 15% of their bill. How much money should they leave for atip?

Last year, Jason Campbell made 315 out of 500 passes. What percent of his passes did he make?

There are 225 students in eighth grade at Jefferson Middle School. A survey shows that 64% of them are planning to attend college. How many Jefferson eighth grade students are planning to attend college?

There are 40 houses on my street. There are dogs living in 12 of them. What percent of the houses have dogs?

In a parking lot, there are 65 vehicles. SUVs make up 40% of the vehicles. How many of the vehicles are SUVs?

In a survey, 720 out of 1000 people said that pepperoni is their favorite pizza topping. What percent of the people said that pepperoni is their favorite?

In a school election, 240 students voted. Barack Obama won 90% of the votes. How many students voted for Obama?

In a school of 300 students, 264 have at least one sibling. What percent of the students have at least one sibling?

Yolanda’s club has 35 members. Its rules require that 60% of them must be present for any vote.At least how many members must be present to have a vote?

Of 136 people visiting an art gallery, 17 bought paintings. What percent of the visitors bought a painting?

Alma just received a 6% raise in salary. Before the raise, she was making $52,000 per year. How much more will Alma earn next year?

In Massachusetts, there is a $0.60 tax on a purchase of $12. Find the percent of tax in

A recent poll shows that 65% of adults are in favor of increased funding for education. The

Massachusetts. number of adults surveyed for the poll was 140.How many of the adults surveyed were in favor of increased funding for education?

The library has 450 books checked out. What percent of the library’s total collection of 3,600 books is checked out?

In a certain small town, 65% of the adults are college graduates. How many of the 240 adults living in the town are college graduates?

Teri has $25. A movie costs $8. What percent of her money does a movie cost?

In a certain small town, 80% of the adults voted in the last election. How many of the 600 adults living in the town voted in the last election?

The museum is 88 miles from the school. The students’ bus traveled 22 miles in the first half-hour of the trip. About what percent of the trip was completed in the first half-hour?

Fish and game managers have determined that 10% of the approximately 3,400 fish inAvondale Lake are catfish. How many catfish are there in Avondale Lake?

The museum is open 8 hours a day. The sixth graders were there for 5.6 hours. For what percent of the museum’s open hours were the students there?

In a recent survey, 1% of the people had no opinion on the topic. How many of the 1,100 people surveyed had no opinion on the topic?

Of the 500 students who attend the middle school, 90 are in the band. What percent of the students are in the band?

The U.S. has 25% of the nuclear power plants in the world. How many of the world’s 416 nuclearpower plants are in the U.S.?

Jennifer must complete any 10 of the25 problems on a test. What percent must she complete?

At one large international airport in the U.S., 20% of the arriving flights are from other countries. On a recent day, 240 flights arrived at the airport. How many of these flights were from other countries?

Harriett completed 21 of the 25 assigned problems before the end of class. Whatpercent of the problems did she complete?

Ramona likes to keep track of her incoming calls. Last month, 25% of the 132 calls Ramona received were from her mother. How many calls did Ramona get from her mother last month?

In a school of 600 students, 180 study a foreign language. What percent of the students studies a foreign language?

Trevor and Michelle’s restaurant bill comes to $35.50. They are planning to tip the waiter 20%.How much money should they leave for a tip?

There are 800 actors auditioning for a movie. Only 36 of them will get a part in the movie. What percent of the 800 actors will get a part?

There are 175 students in twelfth grade at Silverado High School. A survey shows that 64% of them are planning to attend college. How many Silverado twelfth grade students areplanning to attend college?

There are 50 apartments in Emily’s building, and 32 of them are two-bedroom apartments. What percent of the apartments in the building are two-bedroom apartments?

On Mars, an object weighs 38% as much as on Earth. How much would a person who weighs 150 pounds on Earth weigh on Mars?

Sally’s soccer team played 25 games and won 17 of them. What percent did the team win?The Briarwood Middle School chess club has 55 members. 22 of the members are in seventh grade. What percent of the members of the chessclub are in seventh grade?Internet access in the U.S. has increased damatically in recent years. If 110 out of every 200 households had Internet access, whatpercent of households had Internet access?On his trip across town, Mark was stopped by a red light at 9 out of 15 intersections. At what percent of intersections was Mark stopped by ared light?The local chess club has 60 members. Twenty-four of the members are younger than twenty.What percent of the members of the chess club are younger than twenty?

TWO-STEP PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS

%INCREASE OR %DECREASE IS KNOWN %INCREASE OR %DECREASE IS UNKNOWNA DVD player that normally costs $150 is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price of the DVD player?

During the first week of school, Ms. Yamada’s math class increased from 24 to 30 students. What was the percent change?

Last month, Mr. Moneyman invested $500. This month, the value of his investment increased by 23%. How much is his investment worth now?

Last year, a sweater sold for $50. This year, the same sweater sells for $58. Find the percent change in the cost of the sweater.

The population of Norfolk County is approximately 650,000. If the population increases by 10%, what would be the new population?

Carlos paid $28.00 for a video game that usually costs $35.00. What percent discount did Carlos get?

Natalie bought a book that was on sale for 25% off. The regular price of the book was $18. What was the sale price of the book?

Antonio paid $20 for a book originally marked $25. What percent did Antonio save on this purchase?

Joshua was earning $15 per hour. After working for a year, his wage was raised by 20%. How much is he earning now?

A fashion buyer for Great Gear, Inc. bought 250 dresses for $45 each. Great Gear sold the dresses for $60 each. What was the percent increase in price?

South Korea has a population of 50,000,000. Ethiopia has 50% more people. How many people live in Ethiopia?

Hotels often have lower prices for seasons when people are less likely to take vacations. The Welcome Inn charges $55 a night during the summer, but $44 a night during the fall. What is the percent decrease in price?

The movie “Spiderman 2” made $45,000,000 on its opening weekend. “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” is supposed to make 20% more. How much money is “Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull” supposed to make on its opening weekend?

In 2008, the price of a stock was $75. In 2009, the price is $60. Find the percent change in price.

My wife and I had dinner at a fancy restaurant called La Chaumier. Our meal would have cost $80, but we had a coupon that made it 30% less. How much did we have to pay for our meal?

On Monday, 120 students came to school. On Tuesday, 108 students came to school. Find the percent change in attendance.

A coat that costs $80 is on sale for 20% off. What will Jill pay for the coat? Amy paid $35.00 for a jacket originally marked $50.00. What percent did Amy save on the purchase?

Ms. O’Flaherty bought a dress that had a price of $25. The sales tax rate was 5% of the price. What was the total amount that she paid?

Suppose the average attendance at a local high school's football games went down from 2000 people in 2003 to 1500 people in 2004. What was the percent decrease in attendance at the football games?

You want to buy a DVD player that has a regular price of $140. If you use a coupon that takes 15% off of the regular price, how much will the DVD player cost?

What is the percent decrease on a DVD recorder that is marked down from $400 to $350?

Alice is 5 feet tall. She drank a potion that increased her height by 110%. How tall is she now?

Last year the price of a Wonderful Whopper was $2.40. This year the price increased to $2.70. By what percent did the price increase?

Mr. Moore wants to buy an iPod that has a regular price of $200, but it is on sale for 25% off. What is the sale price of the iPod?

The number of students enrolled at the J. R. Smith School has decreased from 800 students to 700 students. What is the percent decrease?

Today, the price of one barrel of oil is $65. In June, the price of one barrel of In the seventh grade, Rachel read 15 books. In the eighth grade, she

oil was 120% higher. What was the price in June? read 18 books. Find the percent of increase in the number of books Rachel read.

David installed a device on his car that guaranteed to increase his gasmileage by 15%. He currently gets 22 miles per gallon. How much will the gas mileage increase after installing the device?

Last year the backgammon club had 30 members. This year the club has 24 members. Find the percent of decrease in the number of members.

Ines wants to buy a skateboard but she does not know if she has enough money. The price of the skateboard is $85 and the sales tax is6%. What will be the total cost of the skateboard?

Last year the chess club had 20 members. This year the club has15 members. Find the percent of change, and state whether the percent of change is an increase or a decrease.

The Spanish club sold hot pretzels as a fund-raiser. The pretzels normally sold for $1.50, but near the end of the sale they wanted to sell as many as possible, so they reduced the price by 30%. What was the new price for a hot pretzel?

The audio store is having a 20% off sale. What will be the sale price on a pair of speakers that normally sell for $280.00?

Justin is buying a cell phone that has a regular price of $149. The cell phone is on sale for 15% off the regular price. What will be the sale price?The computer store pays $250 each for flat screen monitors. Thestore uses a 30% markup. Find the selling price for each flat screen monitor.A popular brand of running shoes costs a local store $68 for eachpair. Find the selling price for a pair of running shoes if the store has a markup of 75%.Sandy’s Clothing Shop has a markup of 45% on dresses. How muchwill Sandy’s charge for a dress that costs the shop $48?

MULTIPLE-CHOICE PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS

1. A cake was cut into 20 equal pieces. Max ate 3 of the pieces. What percent of the cake did Max eat?a. 1.5%b. 6%c. 15%d. 60%

2. What percent of 600 is 1.2?a. 0.002%b. 0.02%c. 0.2%d. 2%

3. In a school election, 80 of 200 students voted for Lily. What percent of the students voted for Lily?a. 2.5%b. 4%c. 25%d. 40%

4. The regular price of an aquarium is $48.00. It is on sale for 10% off. What is the sale price of the aquarium?a. $4.80b. $43.20c. $47.52d. $52.80

5. The 5% sales tax on a skirt came to $0.90. What was the price (before tax) of the skirt?a. $1.80b. $4.50c. $18.00d. $45.00

6. There are 50 apartments in Emily’s building, and 32 of them are two-bedroom apartments. What percent of the apartments in the building are two-bedroom apartments?

a. 64%b. 1.6%c. 16%d. 48%

7. Harrison is buying a bicycle for $340. What amount of sales tax must he pay if the sales tax rate is 7%?

a. $7.00b. $23.80c. $24.60d. $238.00

8. Jack spent 30% of the money he earned mowing lawns last summer. If Jack spent $45, what was the total amount of money he earned mowing lawns last summer?

a. $15b. $75c. $150d. $195

9. 350% of what number is 140?a. 0.4b. 40c. 49d. 250

10. What is 0.25% of 90?a. 22.5b. 0.225c. 3.6d. 36

11. Which number is equivalent to 0.2%?

a. 0.002

b. 0.02

c. 2

d. 20

12. Carlos paid $28.00 for a video game that usually costs $35.00. What percent discount did Carlos get?

a. 80%b. 7%c. 25%d. 20%

1. Antonio paid $20 for a book originally marked $25. What percent did Antonio save on this purchase?

a. 12.5%b. 20%c. 25%d. 80%

Arturo spent $75 on a book and a movie. The movie cost $15. What percent of the total cost was the movie?A 20% C 75%B 24% D 80%

During the first hour of the bake sale, Christopher sold $25 worth of goods. If this was 5% of the baked goods for sale, how much could they possibly make at the sale?A $3.75 C $500.00B $50.00 D $5,000.00

Josh must write a 200-word paper. He has written 35% so far. How many words has he written?A 7 C 370B 70 D None of the above

Ruben says his age is 20% of his father’s age. His father is 50 years old. How old is Ruben?A 9 C 11B 10 D 12

The Wheelers’ bill at a restaurant is $63.00. How much money should Mr. Wheeler leave as a tip if he plans to tip 15%?

a. $78.00

b. $72.45

c. $9.45

d. $4.20

In a school election, 80 of 200 students voted for Lily. What percent of the students voted for Lily?

a. 2.5%

b. 4%

c. 25%

d. 40%

The regular price of an aquarium is $48.00. It is on sale for 10% off. What is the sale price of the aquarium?

a. $4.80

b. $43.20

c. $47.52

d. $52.80

A total of 20,000 students are enrolled at a college. Only 0.4% of the students are studying Latin. How many students are studying Latin?

a. 50

b. 80

c. 500

d. 800

CHALLENGING PERCENT STORY PROBLEMS

A class has 12 girls and 13 boys. What percent of the class is girls?

A test had 50 questions. If you answered 44 questions correctly, what percent of the test did you answer incorrectly?

At a school, 128 students ride the bus or Metro to school, 32 students come in a car, and 40 students walk to school. What percent of the students walk?

Ms. Traveller has visited 38 of the 50 states. What percent of the states has she not visited?

A quiz has 5 multiple-choice questions and 5 short-answer questions. If you answered 2 multiple-choice and 4 short-answer questions correctly, what percent of the questions did you get right?

In a school of 200 students, 63 students are on Eagle’s Nest. What percent of the students are on Eagle’s Nest?

If you are buying a $50 item, would you rather have a coupon for 18% off or a coupon for $10 off?

Mike and Lisa go to dinner. Mike’s meal costs $11.24, and Lisa’s meal costs $8.76. How much sales tax will they have to pay, if the sales tax rate is 6.5%?

Jeff and Kendra go to dinner. The total cost of their food is $23.60. If they have to pay sales tax of 5% and they leave a tip of 15%, what is the total cost of their dinner?

Whitney and Ashley went to lunch. The total cost of their food was $13.00. The sales tax was 4.5% and they leave a tip of $1.95. What percent tip did they leave?

A McDonald’s employee makes $387.50 a week. If he decides to save 10% of that, how much money would she have left to spend?

A forest has 450 trees in it. 30% of the trees are apple trees and the rest are pine trees. How many trees are pine trees?

Jade has a total of 50 photographs for her picture album. She has 24 remaining photographs to place. What percent of all of her photographs has she already placed?

Little League Enrollment1998/2000Boys 120/100Girls 80/120

In 1998, what percent of the children in the Little League were boys?Find the percent increase in the number of girls from 1998 to 2000.

A stereo, regularly priced at $240, is on sale for $192. With tax, the final price is $203.52. Find the percent discount. Find the percent tax rate.

Between 1924 and 1998, the United States won a total of 161 medals in the Winter Olympics. If the United States won 59 silver and 42 bronze medals, approximately what percent of its medals were gold medals?

There are 206 bones in the human body. There are 33 bones in the spinal column. To the nearest percent, what percent of your bones are in your spine?

A commercial fishing boat caught 2,000 pounds of fish, of which 1,400 pounds was cod. What percent of the total weight was cod?

a. In group 1, 19 out of 120 mice got the disease, and in group 2, 22 out of 106 mice got thedisease. About how many percent of mice got the disease in each group?b. A $37.90 jacket is on 20% discount. About how much is the discounted price?c. Jack pays 21.5% of his $1,850 salary as taxes. About how much is left for him?d. The now $157 house rent will increase by 7%. About how much is the new rent?e. A $497 laptop is on 15% discount, and a $455 laptop is on 10% discount. Which is cheaper?f. If you give $4 off of a $13 item, and $7 off of a $20 item, about how much are the discount percents?

Molly made a quilt that measures 60 inches by 72 inches. If 20% of the quilt was cut from blue fabric, what area of the quilt is not blue?

A 4,320 sq in. C 3,240 sq in.B 3,456 sq in. D 864 sq in.

Lincoln Middle School has 445 students. If 20% of them bought the cafeteria lunch on Monday, how many students did not buy lunch?

Omar’s age is 50% less than the age of his 16-year-old brother. In one year, will Omar still be 50% younger than his brother? Explain your answer.

The Anaheim Angels won the 2002 World Series to give the American League baseball teams victories in 54% of the last 50 World Series. How many World Series did the American League teams lose?

Charlene’s lunch bill was $18.70. She left a 15% tip on the table. At the cash register, she paid $18.70 plus 5% tax. What is her total cost for lunch?

Sales tax is 6%. How much tax would you pay on an item that normally costs $20, but is on sale at 15% off the listed price?A $17.00 C $3.00B $12.00 D $1.02

Stephen used a 10%-off coupon on purchases of $30.95. He paid sales tax of 6.5% on the discounted price. What was the total price of his purchase?

13. In a school election, 144 students voted for Barack Obama and 16 students voted for John McCain. What percent of the students voted for John McCain?

14. In a school election, 160 students voted. There were 144 students who voted for Barack Obama, and 16 students who voted for John McCain. What percent of the students voted for Barack Obama?

Susan and John go to a restaurant for dinner. Their meals total $22.40. The sales tax is 5% of the meal cost, and the tip is 20% of the meal cost. What is the total cost of the meal, including tax and tip?

1. If you are buying a $40 item, would you rather have a coupon for 20% off or a coupon for $10 off? Please show the math you do to solve this problem, and then explain your answer with one sentence.

Will $50 be enough to buy something that costs $48.95, if the sales tax rate is 3%?

Last year, there were 10,000 people living in Fritzville. Since then, 13% of the population has moved away to live in Newmark City. How many people are left in Fritzville?