MCQ: If Peter earns $3500/month and spends $3000 while Paul earns $3800/month and spends $2900 then

out of Peter and Paul, one who spent more (in percentages and names) is
A. Peter with 85.714%
B. Paul with 86.31%
C. Paul with 76.31%
D. Peter with 89%
Answer
MCQ: Ana is a school teacher and earns $4000/month and Chris is a retail store manager and earns
$6000/month. If Ana gives $3000 in annual charity function of orphanage and Chris gives $3500 in same
function then one who gave more money in charity is
A. Ana gave 7.5% of her income in charity
B. Chris gave 4% of her income in charity
C. Ana gave 6.25% of her income in charity
D. Chris gave 7% of her income in charity
Answer
MCQ: Out of 15% of 200 and 200% of 15, result is
A. 15% of 200 is higher
B. same
C. 200% of 15 is higher
D. none of the above
Answer
MCQ: Christopher has baked 300 cookies and sold 210 cookies, Peter has baked 400 cookies and sold 320
cookies while Jennifer has baked 450 cookies and sold 380 cookies. Out of Christopher, Peter and Jennifer, one
who has sold more cookies (with name and percentage) is
A. Christopher with 70% sold cookies
B. Peter with 80% sold cookies
C. Jennifer with 84% sold cookies
D. Peter with 85% sold cookies
Answer
MCQ: In State Christmas fair, 35000 pupil participated from City A whose total population is 120 000 while
25000 pupil took part from City B whose population is 150 000. percentage of pupil who took part in fair from
each city is
A. city A 12% and city B 15%
B. city A 28% and city B 34%
C. city A 29.167% and city B 16.67%
D. city A 32% and city B 15%

MCQ: By converting 72% into fraction, answer will be

A. 13⁄27
B. 19⁄25
C. 19⁄26
D. 18⁄25
Answer
MCQ: By converting 75% into fraction, answer will be
A. 3⁄4
B. 2⁄3
C. 1⁄3

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D. 1⁄4
Answer
MCQ: By converting 17 2/3% into fraction, answer will be
A. 55⁄3
B. 56⁄3
C. 53⁄3
D. 3⁄53
Answer
MCQ: By converting 142.5% into decimal, answer will be
A. 1.425
B. 0.1425
C. 142.5
D. 14.25
Answer
MCQ: By converting 85% into decimal, answer will be
A. 0.0805
B. 0.85
C. 0.0085
D. 0.085
MCQ: If 200 students filled form for entrance test and 180 appeared in test out of which only 70% have passed
test then number of students who failed test are
A. 68
B. 54
C. 58
D. 65
Answer
MCQ: In a shoe factory, 2 2/5% shoes made are defective. If company made 10,000 shoes then number of
defective pieces are
A. 280
B. 265
C. 250
D. 240
Answer
MCQ: If there are 50 students in class and 95% got passed then students who failed test (in numbers) are
A. 8 students
B. 11 students
C. 9 students
D. 10 students
Answer
MCQ: In math's test, Hazel scored 92% marks out of 150. marks obtained by Hazel are
A. 142
B. 138
C. 130
D. 128

MCQ: 130% of 60m is

A. 78m
B. 80m
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C. 85m
D. 89m
Answer
MCQ: 58% of 450 liter is
A. 285 liter
B. 261 liter
C. 275 liter
D. 280 liter
Answer
MCQ: 8.5% of 3000 is
A. 265
B. 245
C. 255
D. 235
Answer
MCQ: If a baker bakes 50 chocolate cakes and sold only 35 cakes then percentage of sold cakes is
A. 80%
B. 70%
C. 85%
D. 75%
Answer
MCQ: If a student scored 120 out of 150 marks in English then percentage for obtained marks in English is
A. 90%
B. 85%
C. 75%
D. 80%
MCQ: If price of rice in 2014 is $20/kg which was 30% more than what it was in 2010 then price of rice per kg
in 2010 was
A. $16.38
B. $14.38
C. $15.38
D. $17
Answer
MCQ: Value of painting appreciates each year by 20% of its value at beginning of year 2014. If painting costs
$220,000 in Jan 2014 then value of painting at end of 2015 is
A. $318,600
B. $315,600
C. $325,600
D. $316,800
Answer
MCQ: Antique painting appreciates each year by 13% of its value at start of year. If painting costs $35000 in
January then value of painting at end of 4 years is
A. $59,067
B. $57,067
C. $58,000
D. $58,200

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Example #1: A test has 20 questions. If peter gets 80% correct, how many questions did peter missed?

The number of correct answers is 80% of 20 or 80/100 × 20

80/100 × 20 = 0.80 × 20 = 16

Recall that 16 is called the percentage. It is the answer you get when you take the percent of a number

Since the test has 20 questions and he got 16 correct answers, the number of questions he missed is 20 − 16 = 4

Peter missed 4 questions

Example #2: In a school, 25 % of the teachers teach basic math. If there are 50 basic math teachers, how
many teachers are there in the school?

I shall help you reason the problem out:

When we say that 25 % of the teachers teach basic math, we mean 25% of all teachers in the school equal number of teachers
teaching basic math

Since we don't know how many teachers there are in the school, we replace this with x or a blank

However, we know that the number of teachers teaching basic or the percentage = 50

Putting it all together, we get the following equation:

25% of ____ = 50 or 25% × ___ = 50 or 0.25 × ____ = 50

Thus, the question is 0.25 times what gives me 50

A simple division of 50 by 0.25 will get you the answer

50/0.25 = 200

Therefore, we have 200 teachers in the school

In fact, 0.25 × 200 = 50

Example #3:
24 students in a class took an algebra test. If 18 students passed the test, what percent do not pass?

Set up the problem like this:

First, find out how many student did not pass.

Number of students who did not pass is 24 − 18 = 6

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Then, write down the following equation:

x% of 24 = 6 or x% times 24 = 6

To get x%, just divide 6 by 24

6/24 = 0.25 = 25/100 = 25%

Therefore, 25% of students did not pass

Percent to decimal

This lesson will show you how to convert percent to decimal. Converting percent to decimal should not be hard if you carefully
study this lesson

Recall that percent means per hundred. For instance, 25% means 25 per hundred.

You can write 27% as 0.27 or

27 100

To change a percent into a decimal, simply move the decimal point two places to the left.

What is decimal point?

Look at the following number: 2.05

The decimal point is the small dot that we see between the 2 and the 0.

What about 36? Where is the decimal point?

You can always write 36 as 36.0 or 36.000 or put a million zeros after the decimal point and it would still equal to 36

Now, let us practice!

Example #1:Change 13% into a decimal

13% = 13.0%

After moving the decimal point two places to the left, the decimal point will be immediately before the 1

We get .130

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Usually, we put a zero before the decimal point, so the answer is 0.130 or 0.13

Remember that the zero after the 3 is not necessary.

Example #2: Change 68% into a decimal

Move the decimal point two places to the left to get 0.68

Example #3:Change 8% into a decimal

Write 8% as 08%

Notice that adding a zero to the left of 8 does not change the value of 8. The 0 to the left of 8 is insignificant. However, doing
that may help to see that the decimal point will not be before the 8, but before the zero.

If we put the point immediately before the 8, you will move it only 1 place, but we need to move it two places.

Therefore, the answer is 0.08

Change 4.6% into decimal

4.6% = 04.6%

Move decimal point two places to the left.

The answer is 0.046

Examples: Change 0.123 to a percent

Place the decimal point between the 2 and the 3

We get: 12.3

Add the percent symbol: %

The answer is 12.3%

Example: Change 0.50 to a percent

Place the decimal point after the 0

We get 50

Add the percent symbol: %

The answer is 50%

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Notice that there is no need to write the decimal point if it occurs at the end of the number.

Notice also that moving the decimal point to the right two places is the same thing as multiplying the number by 100.

It is the inverse of dividing by 100 to convert to a decimal when the number is given as a percent.

Example: Change 0.0000256 to a percent

Move the decimal point two places to the right

We get 0.00256

Add the percent symbol: %

The answer is 0.00256%

example #1: Find the percent of increase from 4 to 6.

Amount of increase is 6 − 4 = 2

Original amount is 4

2 / 4 = 0.50

multiply 0.50 by one hundred to get the answer as a percent.

0.50 × 100 = 50, so the answer is 50%.

To check the answer, do the following:

4 × 50% = (4 × 50)/100 = 200/100 = 2 and 4 + 2 = 6

Notice that to convert 2 / 4 as a percent, we can multiply 4 by 25 and multiply 2 by 25

(2 × 25)/(4 × 25) = 50/100 or 50 per hundred or 50%

When the denominator can divide 100, it may be easier to do it like that.

example #2: Find the percent of increase from 5 to 10.

Amount of increase is 10 − 5 = 5

Original amount is 5

5/5=1

multiply 1 by one hundred to get the answer as a percent

1 × 100 = 100, so the answer is 100%.

To check the answer, do the following:

5 × 100% = (5 × 100)/100 = 500/100 = 5 and 5 + 5 = 10

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Once again, we can convert 5 / 5 into percent by multiplying the numerator and the denominator by 25

(5 × 25)/(5 × 25) = 100/100 or 100 per hundred or 100%

Example #1: Find the percent of decrease from 6 to 4.

Amount of decrease is 6 − 4 = 2

Original amount is 6

2 / 6 = 0.3333

multiply 0.3333 by one hundred to get the answer as a percent.

0.3333 × 100 = 33.33, so the answer is 33.33%.

Example #2: Find the amount of decrease per hundred from 10 to 5

Amount of decrease is 10 − 5 = 5

Original amount is 10
5 / 10 = 0.50

multiply 0.50 by one hundred to get the answer as a percent

0.50 × 100 = 50, so the answer is 50%.

1. Exercise # 1: Find the sale price for an item that has a list price of 100 dollars and a discount rate of
25%
2.
Discount = 100 × 25% = 100 × 0.25 = 25

Sale price = List Price - Discount Price = 100 - 25 = 75 dollars.

3. Exercise # 2: Find the sale price of an item that has a list price is 24 dollars and a discount rate of
50%

Discount = 24 × 50% = 24 × 0.50 = 12

Sale Price = List Price - Discount = 24 − 12 = 12 dollars.

4. Exercise # 3: Find the sale price of an item that has a list price is 27 dollars and a discount rate of
33.33333%

Discount = 27 × 33.33333% = 27 × 0.3333333 = 8.9999999

Sale Price = List Price - Discount = 27 − 8.9999999 = 18.0000001 dollars.

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Store usually gives discount that are easily to do with math

Some discount can be 10%, 20%, 25%, 50% or 75%

10%: Divide the list price by 10 to get the discount

20%: Divide the list price by 5 to get the discount

25%: Divide the list price by 4 to get the discount

50%: Divide the list price by 2 to get the discount

75%: Divide the list price by 4 then multiply by 3 to get the discount

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