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Review Sheet/Study Guide

1.

Fill in the missing percent, decimal, and/or fraction for each of the following.

Fraction

Decimal

Percent

0.75

75%

(Simplest
Form)

3/4

0.2
1/3
48%
1.1

2. In science class, Leslie records the volume of a liquid as 15.2 mL. The actual volume is 15.8 mL.
What is the percent error? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.

3.

In a sale, all prices are reduced by 20%.

A. Kate wants a new iPhone that cost $250 before the sale. How much does it cost in the sale (show your
calculations)?

B. In the second week of the sale, the prices are reduced by 20% of the previous weeks price.
In the third week of the sale, the prices are again reduced by 20% of the previous weeks price.
In the fourth week of the sale, the prices are again reduced by 20% of the previous weeks price.
In the fifth week of the sale, the prices are again reduced by 20% of the previous weeks price.
B. Kate thinks this will mean that the prices with be reduced to $0 after the five reductions because 5 x 20% =
100%. Explain why Kate is wrong.

C. If Kate is able to buy her iPhone after the five reductions, how much will she have to pay?

D. Kate buys her iPhone after five reductions, what percentage of the original price does she save? Show your
calculations.

4. A store offers an online coupon for Buy One get 35% off the second item. In the stores flyer, they have a
coupon for Three items for the price of Two. If you can only use one discount. What is the better coupon to
use? Justify your answer.

Item to

purchase: Jeans for $34.

5. You and your two friends go to Crazy Burger for lunch. The total bill comes to $20.40. You plan to leave a
15% tip.

What is the total cost of the meal including the tip? Show ALL work.

How much will you owe if you and your friends split the bill (including tip) equally? Show ALL work.

6. Jessie is buying a new tablet.The cost is $245. The cashier uses a 20% off coupon, then applies the 6%
sales tax.

How much of a discount will be taken off the tablet? Show all work.

What will the final cost of the tablet be after the discount and tax are applied? Show all work.

7. A jewelry salesman sets a goal to earn $4500 in October. She receives a

$1500, as well as a 15% commission for all sales. How much jewelry will
to meet her goal?

In November, she sells $15,000 in jewelry. What would be her total earnings for this month?

8. Brittney has $300 to put in a savings account at a simple interest rate of 5%.

monthly salary of
she have to sell

If she makes no other deposits, how much interest will she have earned at the end of 4
years?

She wants to buy a snowboard for $375. Will she have enough money in her bank account at the end of the
four years to purchase the snowboard?

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24
9. Meg used the expressions
Meg made.

when finding the percent decrease from 38 to 24. Explain the error that