Percent Equation Test

Mrs. Stanfill polled her students last year about their favorite foods. Here is the chart in percents of how many liked each food. If there were 200 students, how many preferred tacos? A pie chart represents a whole or 100%, Be careful!

• 60

• 30

• 160

• 70

A PGMS poll showed that only 4% of 500 people chose a certain club on Fridays. How many people chose that club?

• 4

• 40

• 200

• 20

What is 0.567 as a percent?

• 567%

• 56.7%

• 5.67%

• .567%

Mrs. Flint buys her kids a cookie pizza every year for their birthday. The pizza cookie comes cut in 12 slices. If Mrs. Flint served three slices of the cookie pizza. What percentage did she serve?

• 35%

• 75%

• 16.66 %

• 25%

In the Central City Grand Prix, out of 30 cars that started the race, 12 of them finished. What percent of the cars finished the race?

• 4%

• 40%

• .4%

• 2.5%

In the question,
"35 is what percent of 40?"
am I looking for the part, percent or whole?

• Part

• Whole

• Percent

Mr. Thiele ordered a $10 burger. When he went to pay, the restaurant marked down the burger 22%. How much did he pay after the markdown?

• $2.20

• $7.80

• $12.20

• $45.45

You deposit $300 into a bank at 2% for 4 years. How much interest will you earn?

• $2400

• $24

• $240

• $2.40

Which equation would you use to solve this:
Shirley spelled 12 of her 15 spelling words correctly on the test.  What percent grade did Shirley get on the test?

• x = 12% ● 15

• x = 15% ● 12

• 12 = x ● 15

• 15 = x ● 12

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%