IN CLASS PRACTICE

1.  What Percent of 97 is equal to 36?

 

 

 

 

2.  What is 2.5% of 12?

 

 

 

 

 

3.  What number is 40% of 64?

 

 

 

 

 

4.  Of the 8,760 hours in a year, most television sets are on for 2,190 hours.  What percent is this?

 

 

 

 

 

5.  The U.S. postal service has said that people open and read 78% of the junk mail they receive.  If a business sent out 9,500 advertising brochures (i.e. junk mail), how many of these brochures can the company expect to be read?

 

 

 

 

6.  Bill has saved $1,285 toward buying an outboard motor for his boat.  He claims that this is 80% of his goal.  What is his goal?

 

 

 

 

IN CLASS Practice

1.  What is the price of a $65 item, marked up 15%?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.  Phoebe paid $32 for a pair of gold shoes that were listed for $40.  What rate of discount did she receive?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.  Byron purchased a bicycle at a 10% discount sale for $121.50.  What was the original price of the bicycle?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.  A shoe store uses a markup rate of 45%.  One pair of shoes has a selling price of $72.50.  Find the cost of the shoes.

 
IN CLASS  Stereo Sale

          Williams and Son Department Store was going out of business.  At first they had all the electronics marked 10% off.  Then they marked everything down an additional 25% from the last posted price.  What is the current price of a stereo set that originally cost $189?