Solve Percent Equations

A video game is in high demand and the store can't keep them in stock. Instead of selling it for $60 they markup the price 17%. What is the new price after the markup?

• $10.20

• $49.80

• $102.00

• $70.20

You borrow $360 from the bank to buy a new IPad. They will charge you 11% for 2 years. How much interest will you pay?

• $79.20

• $792

• $7.92

• $7920.00

Please solve this equation

^p/₅ = 7

• p = 35

• p = 12

• p = 2

• None of these match my answer

To make a profit, a clothing store sells jeans at 115% the amount they paid for them. How much did the store pay for the jeans shown? Round your answer to the nearest penny.

• $24.35

• $22.19

• $32.89

• $26.17

Harlem's computer hard drive has 131.25 GB of free space, which is about 17.5% of the capacity of his hard drive. What is the capacity of the hard drive in GB?

• 1,243

• 750

• 812

• 23

Marquel and Chris are mixing blue and yellow paint to make seafoam green paint. Use the percent equation to find how much yellow paint they should use.

• 2.5 quarts

• 0.41 quarts

• 0.50 quarts

• 0.45 quarts

Byron paid $35.99 in tax on a laptop that cost $449.99. About what percent sales tax did Byron pay? Round to the nearest whole percent.

• 8%

• 6%

• 7%

• 12%

Janel's dog weighs p pounds. Keyli's dog weighs 25% more than Janel's dog. Which expression represents the weight, in pounds, of Keyli's dog?

• 0.25p

• 1.25p

• p + 0.25

• p + 1.25

A ticket company charges a 4% service fee on all orders. How much is the service fee for a ticket that costs $65? Select the equation that can model this situation.

Leonel downloaded 40 songs last week, including 14 jazz songs. What percent of Leonel's downloads were jazz songs?

• 35%

• 30%

• 32%

• 45%