Percent Chapter 6

Anna invested $2,500 at an annual rate of 5%.  How long will it take until Anna earns $1,125 in interest?

• 5 years

• 8 years

• 10 years

• 9 years

Which percent is less than 1%? (a)  

• 7%

• 100%

• .7%

• 17%

What is 125% as a fraction?

• 1 1/4

• 1/4

• 1 1/8

• 1/8

Write 0.3% as a fraction in simplest form.

• 3 ⁄ 100

• 3 ⁄ 1000

• 3 ⁄ 10

What fraction, decimal and percent does this model represent (the green portion)?

What fraction, decimal and percent does the following bar model represent (the blue portion)?

There are 60 girls and 90 boys in the sixth grade at a middle school. Of these students, 3 girls and 9 boys write left-handed. What percentage of the sixth graders at this middle school write left-handed?

• 15%

• 5%

• 10%

• 8%

Zane’s Diner offers its clients a choice of regular and diet soda.  Last night, the diner served 90 sodas in all.  20% of which were regular.  How many regular sodas did the diner serve?

• 5

• 18

• 72

• 4.5

The students at John’s school voted for a new school color.  40% of the students voted for orange.  If there are 570 students in John’s school, how many students voted for orange?

• 342

• 14

• 228

• 285

Shopko is going out of business and has changed the prices of all items. A pair of shoes were $60.00 but are now $45.00. What is the percent decrease?

• 25%

• .25

• 1.33%

• 75%