PERCENT APPLICATIONS TEST STUDY GUIDE

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  1. 60 % of 280
  1. Kim made 64 cookies, 24 had chocolate chips. What percent of the cookies had chocolate chips?
  1. Shawn made a batch of cookies. 1/8 of the cookies he made were brought to school. What percent of the cookies were eaten at school? If the rest of the cookies were eaten at home, what percent were eaten at home?
  1. A shirt has a wholesale price of $23. The percent markup is 65%. What is the retail price in dollars and cents?
  1. A student received 280, or 10%, of the votes in the student council election. How many students voted in the election?
  1. What is the sale price of a $575.00 stereo system that is discounted at 55% off?
  1. Alex left the waiter an 18% tip for a $116.67 dinner. How much did Alex leave
  2. At the RPMS Bake Sale of the cookies were sold during 6th grade lunch and were sold during 7th grade lunch. If all of the cookie were sold by the end of 8th grade lunch, what percent were sold during that period?
  1. Stacey made five cakes to bring to school for a fundraiser. At the end of the day she only have one cake left. What percentage of her cakes sold at the fundraiser?
  1. Jessica made chocolate chip cookies on the last snow day, she decided to bring of the cookies to school and leave the rest at home. What percentage of the cookies she made did she leave at home?
  1. Bobby owns forty five t-shirts. Fifteen are red, eleven are brown, and ten are blue. What percent of his t-shirts are not red, brown, or blue?
  1. During the fall Greek Acres Farm had 900 bales of hay for sale. Four different schools purchased the hay to decorate for the Halloween Dance. RosellePark bought of the hay, Kenilworth bought 30%, Cranford bought 0.25, and Westfield bought 100 bales. Order the town in order from who bought the least to who bought the most.
  • Were there any bales of hay leftover? Explain how you determined your answer?
  1. Miss Guercio wants to buy a BCBG dress that costs $550, being the savvy shopper that she is, she finds the dress in four different stores. One store offers the dress for 20% off, another store offers off the original price, the third store offers off the original price, and the last store offers a discount of 0.185. Which is the best discount?
  1. Raymond's town voted on a new speed limit. Of the votes received, 75 were in favor of the new speed limit and 25 were opposed. What percentage of the votes were in favor of the new speed limit?
  1. A store purchased a picnic table for $55 and marked it up 140%. During a sale, the store marked it down 75%. What was the discount price of the picnic table?
  1. Kristen has $90 in a savings account. The interest rate is 10%, compounded annually. How much interest will she earn in 1 year?
    Use the formula B = p(1 + r)t, where B is the balance (final amount), p is the principal (starting amount), r is the interest rate expressed as a decimal, and t is the time in years.

Julio has $100 in a savings account. The interest rate is / 5 / %
per year and is not compounded. How much will he have
in 1 year?
Use the formula a =p + prt, where p is the principal (starting amount), r is the interest rate expressed as a decimal, and t is the time in years.

EXTRA CREDIT:

The bar graph shows the results of a survey in which homeowners were asked the type of house they own.

a. (+1) Find the percent of homeowners that own each type of house.

b. (+1) Of the homeowners that own a house from the "Other" category, own a farm house. How many people own a farm house?

c. (+1) A similar survey was taken last year in which 240 people owned a ranch style house. What is the percent change from last year to this year?

d. (+1) What is the probability that a random homeowner owns a Tudor-style house?

e. (+2) You are using the results of this survey to predict the type of house in which the students of your school live. There are 400 students in your school. Predict the number of students that live in each type of house.