SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
Find percent notation.
1) 0.03
1)
Find decimal notation .
2) 840%
Find fraction notation for the percent notation in the problem.
3) Population of Country X by Selected Age Categories
(Data have been rounded to the nearest percent.)
Age Category
0
-
5 years
6
-
17 years
18
-
29 years
18 years and older
Percent of Population
8%
40%
34%
75%
65 years and older
80 years and older
14%
4%
Find the fraction notation for the percent of the population that is 18
-
29 years old.
Find percent notation for the fraction notation in the sentence.
4)
2)
3)
4)
240
90
72
48
270
The pie chart shows the major for 720 college students at Blackwood Community
College.
72
720
of the students are majoring in social science. Find percent notation for
72
720
.
Find the simple interest. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
5) Principal
=
$3500
Interest Rate
=
4
1
2
%
Time in years
=
9
5)
1

Solve the problem.
6) A customer purchased 3 bottles of nail polish for $2.90 each. How much does a salesperson earn on this sale if the rate of commission is 31%? Round to the nearest cent.
6)
7) The sales tax rate in one state is 5.75%. How much tax will be charged on a purchase of
7 chairs at $59 apiece? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
7)
8) Ted pays an annual premium of $453 for his life insurance policy. His brother Ned pays 16% more for the same policy because he is a little older. What is Ned's annual premium? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
8)
9) What is the commission from the sale of $120 worth of books, if the commission rate is
3%? Round your answer to the nearest cent.
9)
Find percent notation for the fraction notation in the sentence.
10)
450
500
of those polled said that they disagreed with the mayor.
10)
Solve.
11) By switching service providers, a family's telephone bill decreased from about $50 a month to about $45. What was the percent of decrease?
Translate to a proportion and solve.
12) 106 is what percent of 100?
Solve the problem.
13) Ellen sells $950 worth of clothes and earns $38.00 in commission. What is the commission rate?
Find percent notation for the fraction notation in the sentence.
14) Bob's rent is
13
20
of his income. What percent of his income goes to pay the rent?
11)
12)
13)
14)
Solve the problem.
15) In Little League, Andrew hit 3 home runs in 15 at bats. What percent of the at bats were home runs?
Solve.
16) Enrollment in a business seminar increased from 66 people to 87 people. What was the percent of increase?
Find the simple interest. Round your answer to the nearest cent.
17) Principal
=
$200
Interest Rate
=
6
1
4
%
Time in months
=
20
15)
16)
17)
2

Solve the problem.
18) One of Sal's customers ordered items costing $7.44, $10.16, $15.33, and $22.28. If Sal's commission on each item is 30%, what is his total commission on this sale? Round to the nearest cent.
Translate to a proportion. Do not solve.
19) 39.2% of 73 is what?
Solve the problem.
20) Bicycles are often on sale in September. The regular price of one bicycle is $120.95.
With a 30% discount, what is the sale price of the bicycle? Round to the nearest cent.
18)
19)
20)
3

1) 3%
2) 8.4
3)
17
50
4) 10%
5) $1417.50
6) $2.70
7) $23.75
8) $525
9) $3.60
10) 90%
11) 10%
12) 106%
13) 4%
14) 65%
15) 20%
16) 31.8%
17) $20.83
18) $16.56
19)
39.2
100
= a
73
20) $84.67
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