Ratio, Proportion and Percent

Summer Sports is having a sale. A volleyball has an original price of $59. It is on sale for 65% off the original price. All of the following could be used to find the selling price of the volleyball EXCEPT-

• Multiply .35 by 59

• Multiply .65 by 59 and subtract the result from 59.

On Saturday, Smoothie Central made $1300 in sales. On Sunday, they made $900 in sales. Which statement is TRUE?

• Sales increased from Saturday to Sunday by about 44%

• Sales decreased from Saturday to Sunday by about 44%

• Sales increased from Saturday to Sunday by about 31%

• Sales decreased from Saturday to Sunday by about 31%

All of these equations are true EXCEPT--

• 50% = 1/2

• 5% = 0.5

• 25% = 1/4

• 10% = .1

For a total cost of $14, you can purchase 28 tickets. What is the unit cost?

• $0.50

• $2

• $14

• $28

30% of what number is 90

• 27

• 30

• 270

• 300

Patrick collects toy cars and has a ratio of 3 red cars to 4 green cars to 9 blue cars. If he has 80 cars, how many cars in his collection are red?

• 15

• 20

• 75

• 240

Due to recent demand, Target is raising the price of a certain video game by 20%. If the game now sells for $30, what is the original price?

• $36.00

• $6.40

• $25.00

• $32.00

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 50 cars that started the race, 40% of them finished. How many of the cars did not finish the race?

• 60%

• 40%

• 20

• 30

Samar bought a $75 jacket at a store that was having a 15% discount sale on all jackets. What price did Samar pay for the jacket?

• $75

• $60

• $63.75

• $11.25

What will the sale price be for a rod that regularly sell for $250.50 if tax is 12%? If necessary, round to the nearest penny.

• $175.35

• $75.15

• $196.39

• $196.40