NAME______DATE______PER.______
PERCENTS WITH RATIOS & PROPORTIONS
Set up a proportion and solve.
1. ______/ Mandy plays shortstop for her softball team. Last year she caught 65% of the infield fly balls. During the first four weeks of the season, there were 73 infield fly balls. About how many did Mandy catch?
2. ______/ Sara and her friends ate lunch at Jason’s Deli. The sandwich she bought cost $4.95. If the tax rate was 7.5 %, what was the tax on the sandwich?
3. ______/ Andy went shopping for a new shirt. He found one at American Eagle that was on sale. It originally cost $22.50, but had a $7.43 discount on it. To the nearest whole, what was the percent discount that Andy got on the shirt?
4. ______/ The Walters bought a house and calculated they would pay 28% of their combined income of $5436.68 toward their monthly mortgage payment on the house. How much will the Walters pay for their monthly mortgage payment?
5. ______/ Kristen is a real estate agent with a local real estate company. Her commission on the sale of properties is 5.5%. If she sold a house that cost $136,000, what would be the commission that she earned?
6. ______/
Dan sells electronics for a large retail chain. His commission for the month of August was $685.50. If Dan earns a 6% commission on what he sells, what was the value of the electronics he sold during the month of August?
7. ______/ Keri and her friends went out for pizza. The total bill was $28.96. They left a 15% tip. How much money was the tip?
REVIEW PROBLEMS
8. ______/ Solve: 25 – (3m + 1) = 69. ______/ Evaluate: -12 – (-7 4) + 12 (-3 + 1)
10. ______
______/ Simplify, then evaluate for x = 3: 4x + 3(2x + 7) – 10
TAKS PRACTICE
11. ______/ Simplify the algebraic expression:3(x + 3) – 2(x + 3)
A. x + 3
B. x – 3
C. -6x2 – 54
D. 6x2 + 3 / 12. ______/ The scale factor of two similar polygons is 2:3. The perimeter of the larger polygon is 150 centimeters. What is the perimeter of the smaller polygon?
A. 100 cm C. 50 cm
B. 75 cm D. 150 cm