| 1. The Greenview Nursery Gardens sold 50 carnation plants. Of these, 20% were white. How many plants were white? | |
| a) | 100 plants | b) | 30 plants | c) | 10 plants |
| 2. Nakenda wants to buy a new car priced at $9,500. If she makes a 20% down payment, How much will she owe? | |
| a) | $19,000 | b) | $7,600 | c) | $9,300 |
| 3. Harriet Barnes earned $85.75 per week before her 10% raise. How much was her weekly raise? | |
| a) | $5.15 | b) | $8.58 | c) | $75.75 |
| 4. Mr. and Mrs. Nishimura earn a combined income of $25,720 per year. They have decided on a budget based on that amount. The Nishimuras spend 20% of their income on rent. How much do they pay in rent per year? | |
| a) | 5,720 | b) | 10,720 | c) | 5,144 |
| 5. A landscaper contracts to do a job. The cost for the job are $1,500 for plants, $600 for labor and $220. for equipment rental. What would be the total cost of the job if the cost of equipment rental were increased by 25%? | |
| a) | $2,320 | b) | $2,345 | c) | $2,375 |
| 6. Agnes bought a coat for 75% off its regular price. She payed $63.75. Which of the following expressions correctly represents the original price of the coat? | |
| a) | $63.75x100/75 | b) | $63.75x75/100 | c) | 75x100/63.75 |
| 7. A town reserved 5% of its property for parks. It has 120 acres of parks. How many acres of land does the town have altogether? | |
| a) | 6,000 | b) | 4,116 | c) | 2,400 |
| 8. Only 1 1/2% of the students were not inoculated for measles. These 9 children had to be vaccinaated. How many students were in the school? | |
| a) | 135 | b) | 166 | c) | 600 |
| 9. The state sales tax is 6% of the total sale. Karen paid $1.92 sales tax. What was her bill before tax was added? | |
| a) | $187.00 | b) | $11.52 | c) | $32.00 |
| 10. Roberto earns a 3 1/2% commission on all salses. Last week he earned $52.50. Which of the folloing expressions correctly represents Roberto s total sales for the week. | |
| a) | 35/$52.50 | b) | $52.50/.035 | c) | 35x100/$52.50 |
| 11. To get a passing grade Wayne needs to get 36 out of 50 questions on the exam correct. What percent of the total is that ? | |
| a) | 13% | b) | 14% | c) | 72% |
| 12. The Perezes just bought a home with a down payment of $3,880. The total price of the house was $48,500. What percent of the price was the down payment? | |
| a) | 8% | b) | 10% | c) | 9.7% |
| 13. The Kenneths budget allows them to spend $131.67 monthly on food. $52.50 on entertrainment, and $45.00 on utilities. Their monthly take-home pay is $627.00 What percent of their monthly income is spent on food? | |
| a) | 21% | b) | 29.9% | c) | 20% |
| 14. Edna s monthly salary is $1,660. If 15% is deducted for taxes, what is the amount she takes home? | |
| a) | $630.80 | b) | $1,261.60 | c) | 1,411.00 |
| 15. Last week Loan Nathan sold $7,200 in office machines. She earned $250.00 in commission. What percent of her sales is her commission? | |
| a) | 35% | b) | 28.5% | c) | 3.5% |
| 16. An appliance store charges a 2.5% processing fee on all credit card purchase. If a customer makes a credit card purchase $2,485, What is the amount of the processing fee? (round to whole cents) | |
| a) | $4.13 | b) | $41.30 | c) | $62.13 |
| 17. A sign in the window at Thompson s pottery reads: 30% OFF ALL ITEMS! A customer wants to buy three items regularly priced at $15.80, $19.20 and $11.50. What is the total sale price of the items? | |
| a) | $13.95 | b) | $27.90 | c) | $32.55 |
| 18. Working as a managerial trainee, Jaime earns $17,160 per year. A promotion brings his new annual salary to $18,189.60. What percent raise did Jaime receive? | |
| a) | 6.5% | b) | 6% | c) | 5.5% |
| 19. One year 7.3% of the nations workers were unemployed. Three years later 10.1% were unemployed. What was the percentage increase in unemployment? | |
| a) | 17.4% | b) | 10.1% | c) | 2.8% |
| 20. Automated Service Centers announced a year-end tire sale. Super Economy radials originally selling for $63.50 were on sale for 12 percent off. What wer the savings on four tires? | |
| a) | $30.48 | b) | $17.62 | c) | $15.24 |
| 21. The Bachmans save $150 every two weeks from their combined gross salary of $1,250. What percentage of their salary do they save? | |
| a) | 25% | b) | 8.33% | c) | 12% |
| 22. A truck driver traveled 527miles of a 620 mile trip. What percentage of the trip was still ahead? | |
| a) | 8.5% | b) | 3.1% | c) | 15% |
| 23. So far, Colin has paid back $1,260 of the money he borrowed to buy a car. This is 35% of his total loan. Find the total amount of the loan. | |
| a) | $3,500 | b) | $4,800 | c) | $3,600 |
| 24. On a test with 50 questions, Rita got 46 problems right. What percent of the problems did she get right? | |
| a) | 4% | b) | 99% | c) | 92% |
| 25. Find the interst on $600 at 5 3/4% annual interest for 1 year and 6 months. | |
| a) | $17.25 | b) | $51.75 | c) | $34.59 |