Rates and Percents

Mary uses beads to make bracelets that she later sells at craft fairs. She has 400 beads in her collection, but she only wants to use 75% of them for the next craft fair. How many beads will Mary use?

• 200

• 250

• 300

• 350

The local Five Guys restaurant usually uses 600 pounds of potatoes a day. Yesterday they only used 80% of this. How many pounds of potatoes did the restaurant use yesterday?

• 400

• 420

• 480

• 500

Kimberly was walking at a rate of 3 miles per hour. At this rate, how far could we expect her to walk in 6 hours? 
*Which choices shows the correct way to set up the proportion to solve this question?*

• 3⁄1=6⁄_x

• 1⁄3=^x⁄6

• 3⁄6=^x⁄1

• 3⁄1=^x⁄6

On Friday, Biannka spent 25% of her money. She had $550.00 total in her bank account. How much money did she spend on Friday? 
*Which choices shows the correct way to set up this question?*

• 25⁄550=^x⁄100

• 550⁄100=25⁄_x

• 100⁄25=^x⁄550

• ^x⁄550=25⁄100

Rafael is painting his house. He has 800 square feet of walls in his house. He plans to paint 216 square feet of the walls. What percent of the walls in his house will he paint?
*Which choices shows the correct equation found after the proportion?*

• 800x=21,600

• 21,600x=800

• 216x=80,000

• 80,000x=216

There were 415 people at the soccer game last week. 15% of those people were parents. Which is closest to the number of parents at the concert? Which choices shows the correct way to solve this question?

• ^x⁄100=15⁄415

• 100⁄x=15⁄415

• ^x⁄415=15⁄100

• 415⁄100=15⁄_x

Shelby purchased a coat for $101.50 that was regularly priced at $145, not including tax. What percent did Shelby save by purchasing that coat on sale?
*Is this a percent increase, percent decrease, sales tax, or income tax?*

• sales tax

• percent increase

• income tax

• percent decrease

Holly and her 2 best friends go to dinner. their total bill is $31.84. They use a coupon for 15% off the total. If they split the bill evenly, how much money will each person owe, to the nearest cent?
*how would i go about solving this?*

• multiply the total bill by two and add 15

• calculate a 15% increase and divide the new total by 2

• calculate a 15% decrease and divide the new total by 2

• find 15% of the total bill and divide it by 2

Orlando buys a shirt for $15 and a pair of jeans for $32.50. If the sales tax is 8%, what is the total price Orlando pays for the items?
*Is this a percent increase, percent decrease, percent change, or discount?*

• percent change

• discount

• percent increase

• percent decrease

Last year, the seventh grade enrollment at Main middle school was 612 students. This year, the enrollment dropped to 489 students. Which best reflects the percent change in enrollment at Main Middle School from last year to this year?
*Is this a percent increase, percent decrease, percent change, or discount?*

• percent decrease

• percent change

• discount

• percent increase