Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Write 9% as a decimal.
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The hundred chart represents 100%. What fraction of the chart is shaded?
Write the fraction as a percent.  a. |  ; 24% | b. |  ; 31.6% | c. |  ;
76% | d. |  ; 20% |
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Write the shaded part of the diagram as a fraction and as a percent.
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Write this fraction as a percent.  a. | 184% | b. | 17.4% | c. | 174% | d. | 137% |
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Find 170% of 58.
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Find the percent increase from 330 to 480. Round to the nearest tenth if
necessary.
a. | 0.5% | b. | 45.5% | c. | 31.3% | d. | 68.8% |
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Find the decrease in price as a percent. Round to the nearest
percent.
Regular price: $135
Sale price: $83.00
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The original price of an item is $2445. It is on sale for $1765.
Find the
decrease in price as a percent. Round to the nearest percent.
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The sales taxes are 14%. Find the tax paid for a pair of running shoes that
costs $115.
a. | $16.10 | b. | $161.00 | c. | $1.22 | d. | $2.25 |
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In Store A, a book that regularly sells for $24.99 is on sale at 15% off.
In
Store B, the same book regularly sells for $27.99 and is on sale at 25% off.
Which store sells the
book for the lower sale price? Explain.
a. | Store B; Store A’s sale price is $21.24 and Store B’s sale price is
$23.79. | b. | Store A; Store A’s sale price is $18.74 and Store B’s sale price is
$20.99. | c. | Store A; Store A’s sale price is $18.74 and Store B’s sale price is
$23.79. | d. | Store B; Store A’s sale price is $21.24 and Store B’s sale price is
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Short Answer
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11.
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Write  % as a fraction in simplest form and as a decimal.
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12.
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Which decimals represent percents greater than 60%? 
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Write 2.76 as a fraction and as a percent.
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Copy and complete this table. Percent | Value | 2000% of 320 | | 200% of
320 | | 20% of 320 | | 2% of 320 | | 0.2% of 320 | | | |
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There are 23 000 workers in a factory. The management decides to reduce the
workforce by 18%.
How many workers will the factory lay off?
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The population of a small town increased from 21 300 to 23 004.
What was the
percent increase in population?
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The original selling price of a jacket was $122. At the end of the week the
price was reduced by 10%.
At the end of the second week, the price was further reduced by 10%.
What was the selling price of the jacket after two weeks?
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The attendance on the first night of the school concert was 375.
The
attendance on the second night was 420. What was the percent increase in attendance?
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The price of a book is $51. Calculate the total sales tax on the book if PST is
7% and GST is 5%.
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20.
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The cost price of an article is $63. This represents 20% of the selling
price.
Calculate the selling price before taxes.
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Problem
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This hundred chart represents 100%. This hundred chart represents
100%. a) What fraction has been shaded
across  ? b) What fraction has been shaded down  ? c) What fraction has been shaded both? Write each
answer as a fraction, as a decimal, and as a percent. 
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An immunization program claims that 99.75% of those vaccinated are safe from a
virus.
If 564 000 children were vaccinated, about how many are still at risk? Show your
work.
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There are 378 students in a school. If 70% of the students sign up for Exercise
Day, a sporting goods store will give the school 10% off on all purchases. a) What is the least number of students who
must sign up for the school to make 70%? Show your work.
b) The
school plans to buy 1 basketball for every 12 students. How many basketballs will the school buy?
c) A basketball costs $35. Suppose more than 70% of the students
signed up for Exercise Day and the store offers the discount. What will be the total savings from
purchasing the basketballs?
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Two stores sell the same model of a stereo with an original price of $573.
Store A offers a 16% discount and Store B sells the stereo for $458.40.
Which store gives the
bigger percent discount? Justify your answer.
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A store is having a 10% off sale. It gives an additional 20% off for an item
that is above $100 after the first 10% discount. A jacket costs $124.99. a) Will you get the second
discount?
b) If you buy the jacket, how much will you save in
total?
Show your work.
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