James Madison High School Selling Price and Annual Interest Rate Questions

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Question 1 (5 points)

Find the selling price if a store pays $2.00 for a gallon of milk and the markup is 40%.

Question 1 options:

	$2.50
	$0.80
	$1.20
	$2.80

Question 2 (5 points)

Find the selling price if a store pays $38 for a baseball glove and the markup is 30%.

Question 2 options:

	$11.40
	$57.80
	$49.40
	$26.60

Question 3 (5 points)

Find the total amount.

$3600 at 6.5% compounded annually for 2 years.

Question 3 options:

	$483.21
	$4348.62
	$4360.87
	$4083.21

Question 4 (5 points)

How long will it take to earn $1800 in interest if $6000 is invested at a 6% annual interest rate?

Question 4 options:

	4.5 years
	5 years
	50 years
	5.5 years

Question 5 (5 points)

Out of 284 high school students surveyed, how many favored football?

Question 5 options:

	91
	105
	888
	77

Question 6 (5 points)

Before her birthday, Lynette had $230 in her savings account. She received a total of $75 as gifts. What was the percent of change in her account balance? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Question 6 options:

	32.6%
	–32.6%
	75.4%
	110.9%

Question 7 (5 points)

In 1990, the population of Boston, Massachusetts was 574,283. In 2000, the population was 589,141. What is the percent of change in population? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Question 7 options:

	2.5%
	2.6%
	–2.6%
	97.5%

Question 8 (5 points)

Solve each problem using the percent equation.

An mp3 player costs $60. If a 6.75% sales tax is added, what is the total cost?

Question 8 options:

	$4.05
	$64.05
	$64.35
	$63.60

Question 9 (5 points)

Eric had a 25% discount on baseball equipment. The selling price was $172.50. What was the original price?

Question 9 options:

	$220
	$57.50
	$115
	$230

Question 10 (5 points)

Use the percent proportion to solve each problem. Round to the nearest tenth.

24 is what percent of 120?

Question 10 options:

	20%
	28.8%
	500%
	24%

Question 11 (5 points)

An office supply store is having a clearance sale. A computer desk has an original price of $150. It is on sale for 65% off the original price. Find the sale price of the computer desk.

Question 11 options:

	$52.50
	$97.50
	$59.90
	$247.50

Question 12 (5 points)

When the new computer lab opened, there were 18 computers. By the end of first week, there were 25 computers. Find the percent of change in the number of computers? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Question 12 options:

	–38.9%
	72%
	38.9%
	33.3%

Question 13 (5 points)

Solve each problem using the percent equation.

What is 32.5% of 40?

Question 13 options:

	13
	123
	1300
	13%

Question 14 (5 points)

The table shows the results of a survey on people’s favorite fruit. What percent of the people chose strawberry as their favorite fruit? Round to the nearest tenth percent.

Favorite Fruit	Number of People
Apple	17
Orange	10
Banana	17
Pear	3
Strawberry	15

Question 14 options:

	27.4%
	20.8%
	24.2%
	16.1%

Question 15 (5 points)

Suppose 42 stamps are added to a stamp collection that has 30 stamps. What is the percent of change? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Question 15 options:

	58.3%
	–140%
	140%
	40%

Question 16 (5 points)

Solve each problem using the percent equation.

92.4 is 150% of what number?

Question 16 options:

	61.6%
	61.6
	138.6
	616

Question 17 (5 points)

Find the simple interest.

$3600 at 2.75% for 6 years.

Question 17 options:

	$4194.00
	$535.79
	$594.00
	$693.00

Question 18 (5 points)

A board is cut so that its length is changed from 8 feet to 6.5 feet. What is the percent of change in length? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Question 18 options:

	–18.8%
	–23.1%
	18.8%
	81.2%

Question 19 (5 points)

Use the percent proportion to solve each problem. Round to the nearest tenth.

25 is 80% of what number.

Question 19 options:

	32
	31.3
	20
	30.3

Question 20 (5 points)

A used car is priced at $5250. If the price is dropped to $4500, what is the percent of change in the price of the car? Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary.

Question 20 options: