Quiz about Percent Tips, Tax, Markup, Discount

Question 1

A TV that normally cost $800 is on sale for 33% off.  There is a 6% sales tax on the purchase.  What is the final cost of the TV?

Accepted Answer

$568.16

Answer

$536.00

Answer

$279.84

Answer

$321.60

Question 2

You plan to purchase a plane ticket for $299.00 and you are going to use a discount code to receive 15% off.  How much will the ticket cost?

Accepted Answer

$254.15

Answer

$149.50

Answer

$343.85

Answer

$44.85

Question 3

You are planning a vacation to Hawaii that will cost $5875, but if you schedule it today you can save 20%.  How much will you save by scheduling it today?

Accepted Answer

$1175.00

Answer

$7050.00

Answer

$4700.00

Answer

$117.50

Question 4

Henry earns $7.75 per hour.  He just received a 3% raise.  How much does he now earn if he works for 40 hours?

Accepted Answer

$319.20

Answer

$7.98

Answer

$403.20

Answer

$2.33

Question 5

Mrs. Frost is a real estate agent.  She earns 6% commission on her sales plus $2,000 each month.  Last month her sales totaled $523,250.00.  How much did she earn last month?

Accepted Answer

$33,395.00

Answer

$31,395.00

Answer

$313,950.00

Answer

$333,950.00

Question 6

The number of students in the school went from 1028 down to 755.  What is the percent decrease?

Accepted Answer

27%

Answer

26%

Answer

36%

Answer

136%

Question 7

23 is what percent of 67?

Accepted Answer

34.3%

Answer

0.3%

Answer

2.9%

Answer

291.3%

Question 8

72% of what number is 40?

Accepted Answer

55.6

Answer

28.8

Answer

1.8

Answer

5555.6

Question 9

The Green family went to dinner and the bill was $67.45.  Mr. Green wanted to leave an 18% tip for the waiter.  How much will the waiter receive?

Accepted Answer

$12.14

Answer

$121.41

Answer

$55.31

Answer

$79.59

Question 10

Mr. Potter purchased an owl for $87.  To his surprise it was on sale for $65.  What was the percent of change?

Accepted Answer

25.3%

Answer

74.7%

Answer

133.8%

Answer

34%

Question 11

The drawing of the statue is 3.3 inches tall.  This is 15.5% of the real height of the statue.  How tall is the real statue?

Accepted Answer

21.3 feet

Answer

34.7 feet

Answer

0.5 feet

Answer

5.2 feet

Question 12

Meghan paid $7 for a book.  This price included a 20% discount.  What was the original price of the book?

Accepted Answer

$8.75

Answer

$8.40

Answer

$5.60

Answer

$12.60

Question 13

Jack had to purchase a book for college.  The book cost $280 at the campus store.  Jack found it online for 15% off.  How much can he save if he purchases it online?

Accepted Answer

$42.00

Answer

$420

Answer

$322.00

Answer

$238

Question 14

A store pays $1.50 for a bag of candy. If the store wants to mark-up the price 60%, for how much will the store sell the bag of candy?

Accepted Answer

$2.40

Answer

$0.60

Answer

$0.90

Answer

$6.00

Question 15

Find the total cost.  $20 meal; 9% sales tax; 20% gratuity after the sales tax has been added

Accepted Answer

$26.16

Answer

$ 1.80

Answer

$ 4.00

Answer

$29.20

Question 16

Discount is ____________ from the price.

Accepted Answer

subtracted

Answer

added

Answer

divided

Answer

Mr. Ed is very old

Question 17

A grocery store has a 20% markup on bottle of soda. The bottle of soda costs the store $1.25. Find the selling price. Round to nearest cent if necessary.

Accepted Answer

$1.50

Answer

$1.5

Answer

$0.25

Answer

$1.00

Question 18

Markup is the amount that the price of an item is increased by.

Accepted Answer

True

Answer

False

Question 19

A cell phone regularly sells for $210 is on sale for 30% off. With this discount, find the sale price. Round to nearest cent if necessary.

Accepted Answer

$147

Answer

$630

Answer

$273

Answer

$63

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