Percent Test

What is 42% as a decimal and a fraction in simplest form

• 42/100 and 0.42

• 21/50 and 0.4

• 21/50 and 0.42

• 42/100 and 0.42100

At a car wash, 30 cars were washed in the first hour it was opened and 35 were washed in the second hour. What was the % increase in cars washed from the first hour to second hour

• 14.3%

• 16.7%

• 36.4%

• 59.1%

Sam wants to earn at least $450 this week in commission. What is the minimum amount he needs to sell in order to earn $450 if he earns a 9% commission on everything he sells?

Adam wants to buy a skate board that is on sale for $23.50. The sales tax rate in his state is 6.5%. Calculate the amount of sales tax he will pay on his skate board. Round to nearest cent.

An office store pays a wholesale price of $128 for a laser printer and sells it for $178. What is the percent markup? Round to the nearest percent.

Lilly wants to put $3000 in a savings account that earns 3.75% interest annually. She plans to leave the money in the account for 5 years. How much interest will she earn?

A hobby store is having a 10% off sale on everything in the store. What would be the discount and new sale price of a Christmas tree that was originally $47.80.

• $4.78 discount and $47.80 sale price

• $4.78 discount and $52.58 sale price

• $0.49 discount and $47.31 sale price

• $4.78 discount and $43.02 sale price

What is 30% of 50?

• 16

• 16.3

• 17.4

• 15

12 is what percent of 30?

• 60%

• 40%

• 250%

Kenyan read 204 pages of a 340-page book. What percent did he read?

• 34%

• 49%

• 60%

• 55%