Name: ___________________
Math 8 Foundations
Date: ______________
Chapter 4- Understanding Percent Practice Test
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1. What percent is represented by this diagram if a completely shaded grid represents 100%?
a.
c.
b.
d.
2. One completely shaded grid represents 100%. What percent does this diagram represent?
a.
c.
b.
d.
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3. Express
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a. 0.03
b. 0.15
4. Which percent can be written as 0.65?
a. 0.65%
b. 6.5%
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5. Express
as a decimal.
a. 1.3
b. 1.4
6. What is 1.75 as a fraction in lowest terms?
a.
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7. Write
c. 65%
d. 650%
as a decimal.
b.
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c. 0.30
d. 0.75
c. 1.5
d. 1.6
c.
d.
as a percent.
a. 0.2%
c. 20%
b. 2%
d. 200%
8. Which fraction can be written as a percent greater than 68%?
a.
c.
b.
d.
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9. Anita earns a
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commission on a sale of $230. To the nearest cent, how much commission should she
receive for this sale?
a. $103.50
c. $1.03
b. $10.35
d. $0.10
Yuri ate 20% of a bag of pretzels. How much of the bag is left if its original mass was 400 g?
a. 180 g
c. 380 g
b. 320 g
d. 800 g
What is 165.25% of $150?
a. $24.78
c. $2478.75
b. $247.88
d. $24 787.50
A clothing store reduced the price of all suits by 40%. If the original price for a suit was $256.80, what is the
reduced price?
a. $359.52
c. $154.08
b. $216.80
d. $102.56
If GST is 5% and PST is 6.5%, what is the total tax on a shirt costing $28.50? Round your answer to the
nearest cent.
a. $31.78
c. $11.50
b. $17.00
d. $3.28
A shirt costs $25.00 plus GST of 5% and PST of 6.5%. What is the total cost of the shirt? Round your answer
to the nearest cent.
a. $36.50
c. $11.50
b. $27.88
d. $2.88
The gopher population in a pasture is 200. The following year the population increased by 10%. It increased
by another 10% the next year, and then increased by an additional 10% the year after that. What was the
gopher population after the third year?
a. 260
c. 266
b. 261
d. 267
16. Express 148% as a fraction. Express your answer in lowest terms.
17. Helen bought a scooter for $64.98 plus 5% GST and 7% PST.
a) How much tax did she pay?
b) What was the total price of the scooter?
18. A town’s population is 50 000. The population increased by 0.7% in 1 year.
a) How much was the increase in population?
b) What was the population after 1 year?
MULTIPLE CHOICE
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C
C
C
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B
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B
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B
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B
C
SHORT ANSWER
16.
The answer is
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