Mathematics Weekly Exercise

G7 S1 TMI Percentage
Name: ________________________

Date:
_____________________

Choose the correct answer.

1. How much would a person pay back after borrowing $850 at 12 percent interest per year after
one year?
A)
$900
B)
$1,052
C)
$952
2. Which is true of 87 percent of 10?
A)
Greater than 10.
B)
Less than 10.
C)
Cannot tell.
3. Ricky Williams of University of Texas received 714 first place votes out of all 838 cast for first
for the Heisman Trophy (a football award). He received ____ percent of the total first-place votes.
A)
85
B)
76
C)
90
4. In California two years ago there were 2,916 murders. Last year there were 2,579 murders.
That is a ___ percent decrease last year over the previous year.
A)
13.1
B)
11.6
C)
88.4
5. During a recent year, there were 129 violent crimes committed on 10 college and university
campuses in Florida. Florida A&M University had the most crimes, 34, which is ___ percent of the
total.
A)
36.2
B)
26.4
C)
34
6. The per capita consumption of bottled water in the United States last year totaled 12.2
gallons. Ten years ago, per capita consumption totaled 6.4 gallons of bottled water. This is an
increase of ___ percent.
A)
47.5
B)
90.6
C)
66.6
7. Last year, 49,151 law enforcement officers were assaulted while on duty. That's ___ percent of
the total of 451,980 officers.
A)
12.2
B)
9.8
C)
10.9

8. The southern states had ___ percent of the 49,151 assaults with 20,149.
A)
50
B)
41
C)
47

9. In the same year, 65 law enforcement officers were killed in the line of duty. California led with
7 deaths, or ___ percent of the total.
A)
10.8
B)
7.7
C)
12.3
10. The superintendent's office reported that 66 of the 219 public schools in the county or ___
percent need "immediate repair."
A)
30
B)
25
C)
28
Part B
1. In a small town in New York, the population has been slowly declining. In 1999 there were
2087 residents, and only 1560 in 2009. What is the percent decrease?

2. The price of a Shmintendo game system has decreased over the years. When the
Shmintendo was first introduced it was $249. A few years later, a Shmintendo sold for
$199. What is the percent decrease?

3. In the early 1900's the average life span for US citizen was 49 years. It is now 78.2 years.
What is the percent increase?