Percent Practice Test

Ace your percent skills! Practice test covers sales tax, discounts, commission, and more.

1. A binder costs $6.50 plus sales tax. After sales tax, the binder costs $7.03. What is the sales tax rate, rounded to the nearest whole number? 6% 7% 8% 9% 2. Duncan saved $12 in his “piggy bank” in a jar each month for 3.5 years. He spends 75% of his savings on a new gaming device. How much did Duncan have left in the “piggy bank?” $378 $108 $126 $325 3. A pair of Nike Premier II cleats that regularly costs $82 is on sale for $61.50. What is the percent decrease in the price of the cleats? 20.5% 75% 25% 33% 4. A scale measures with a 2.5% margin of error, which means that the measurement given by the scale may be up to 2.5% lower or higher than the actual weight of the object. If Colin uses this scale to weigh a suitcase and the scale reads 50 pounds, what is the range of possible actual weights for the suitcase? 48 pounds to 52 pounds 48.75 pounds to 51.25 pounds 47.5 pounds to 52.5 pounds 47 pounds to 53 pounds 5. The price of a movie ticket this year is 8% more than the price of a movie ticket last year. If the variable t represents the ticket price for the movie last year, which of the following methods will produce the ticket price for the movie this year? multiply t by 1.08 subtract 8 from t add 8 to t multiply t by .08 6. Mr. Dudley plans to spend $200 to attend an Panther football game this upcoming season.Fifteen percent of this cost was for a parking pass.The remainder of the money was spent on four tickets for the game.What was the price per ticket? $20 $30 $170 $42.50 7. My cousin, Jacob, earns $300 per week working at GameStop. In addition to his weekly salary, he earns 3% commission on all of his sales. Last week, he sold $3500 worth of games and accessories. What was Jacob’s total income for the week? $105 $114 $405 $414 8. Tyquon’s football helmet cost 10% more than his baseball helmet. His football helmet cost $200. Which equation can be used to find the cost of Tyquon’s baseball, b, helmet? b + 0.1b = 200 b – 0.1b = 200 b + 0.01b = 200 b - 0.01b = 200 9. Duncan bought a Nintendo 3Ds game for $25 on Amazon Prime. He used a 20% off coupon to help with the cost. However, he also needed to pay North Carolina state tax, which is 7%. What is the total cost of the game, to the nearest cent (hundredth)? $5 $20 $26.40 $21.40 10. Belk had a sale over the weekend. I bought a pair of shoes and socks. The shoes were $85 and the socks were $12.50. If the sales tax was 7%, how much did I spend in total for the shoes and socks, to the nearest cent (hundredth)? $97.50 $98.38 $104.33 $90.95 11. Terry went to her hairdresser to get a color, cut and a wash total price for the service was $80.The sales tax was 7%.The tip was 15% of the service and the sales tax.How much money did Terry pay for the service, including tax and tip, to the nearest cent (hundredth)? $98.44 $102 $92 $6.44 12. Mrs. Brilliant has a coupon for Bed, Bath, and Beyond for a 15% off of a single purchase at the store. If the item she buys costs d dollars, then the amount she will be charged is represented by the expression d-0.15d.Which of the following is equivalent to this expression? -0.15d 1.15d 0.85d 1.85d 13. Lidl and Aldi are having a sale on shower curtains.Lidl has the shower curtains on sale for 25% off the regular price of $30.44.What is the price of the shower curtain at Lidl? $22.83Aldi has the shower curtains on sale for 20% off the regular price of $27.50.What is the price of the shower curtain at Aldi? $22.00What is the difference between the sale price of the two stores? $2.8314. Julia earned $175 working at Chick-fil-a. She also gets a 15% bonus of her pay for working during a holiday. How much did Julia earn in all? $201.2515. There were 45 people at the Umbrella Market at 4pm last Wednesday. By 5pm the number of people had increased by 80%.How many people were at the market at 5 PM? 81How many people were at the Umbrella Market between 4-5pm? 12616. A car dealer is calculating the list price for a used car.The dealer adds $300 for cleaning and shipping the car to the dealer.The dealer then increases the price by 30% for the dealer’s profit.Then the price increased again by 10% for the salesperson’s commission.a) If the car is initially priced $12,000, what will be the list price (after everything listed above) is added to the car? [THIS WILL BE A THREE STEP PROCESS]1. What is the price of the car after the cleaning and shipping? $12,3002. What is the price after the 30% increase? $15,9903. What is the final price after the 10% increase? $17,589b) What is the dollar amount increase (from start to finish) on a car that is initially priced at $14,000? [Do all listed above in the initial problem, THEN find the difference between the final price and the initial price.] [THIS WILL BE A FOUR STEP PROCESS]1. What is the price of this car after the cleaning and shipping? $14,3002. What is the price after the 30% increase? $18,5903. What is the final price after the 10% increase? $20,4494. What is the difference in the price of the original cost ($14,000) and the price after the cleaning and percent increase? $6,449