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Mary collected 765 baseball cards. But, while cleaning up her room one afternoon, she lost 153 cards! What was the percent change? Use an equation to solve.

• 80%

• 20%

• 69%

• 32%

If an amusement park only expects 200 people to come, but 225 people come, what is the percent change? Use a proportion to solve.

• 55.5%

• 25%

• 12.5%

• 5.5%

Markall's Goods usually sells their jackets for $50. Last week, they changed their price to $80. What was the percent change? Use an equation to solve.

• 60%

• 75%

• 30%

• 25%

Caroline's sales were 3,200 in May. In August, her sales were 5,000. What was his percent increase in sales? Use a proportion to solve.

• 56.25%

• 25.65%

• 64%

• 55.26%

Everyone at Ethan's school wore either brown or yellow for school spirit day. 74 out of the 100 students at the school wore brown. What percentage of the students wore brown?

• 26%

• 26

• 74

• 74%

A factory made 125 packs of gum. 32% of the packs contained mint-flavored gum. How many packs of mint gum did the factory make?

• 85 packs 

• 32 packs

• 40 packs 

• 40%

A test has 20 questions. If Peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did Peter get correct?

• 4 correct

• 16 correct

• 4%

• 25 correct

In a school, 25 % of the teachers teach basic math. If there are 50 basic math teachers, how many teachers are there in the school?

• 150 teachers 

• 5 teachers 

• 50 teachers 

• 200 teachers 

24 students in a class took an algebra test. If 18 students passed the test, what percent do not pass?
*HINT* Find out how many did not pass the class before you start! 

• 25%

• 75%

• 75 students

• 24 students

Jennifer made a fruit juice using red and green grapes. Thirty percent of the grapes are red. If she used a total of 60 grapes, how many red grapes should she use?

• 18 green grapes 

• 50% of the grapes 

• 18 red grapes

• 50 red grapes