CHAPTER 5 FORM A
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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the
question.
Convert the percent to a fraction. Simplify, if possible.
1) 50%
3
2) 71 %
7
1)
2)
Convert the percent to a decimal.
3) 72%
3)
4
4) 5 %
5
4)
Convert the decimal to a percent.
5) 0.36
5)
6) 0.7
6)
Convert the fraction to a percent.
7
7)
10
7)
Write the percent problem as an equation.
8) 16 is 49% of what number?
8)
9) 30 is 26% of what number?
9)
10) 34.4% of what number is 44?
10)
Write the percent problem as an equation and solve.
11) What number is 40% of 700?
11)
12) 63 is 20% of what number?
12)
13) What percent of 1400 is 56?
13)
14) 370 is what percentage of 74?
14)
Write the percent problem as a proportion.
15) What percent of 91 is 7?
15)
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16) What is 6% of 63?
16)
17) 75 is 15% of what number?
17)
Write the percent problem as a proportion and solve.
18) What is 65% of 400?
18)
19) 94 is 50% of what number?
19)
20) What percent of 625 is 25?
20)
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Solve the problem.
21) 0.16 of seniors at Elmwood High School spend more than two
hours per day on the Internet. What percent of these students
spends more than two hours per day on the Internet?
21)
22) 0.0053 of all products produced at a certain factory contain defects.
What percent does this represent?
22)
23) At State University, 50% of the students are female. Express this in
decimal form.
23)
24) Matthew has $5300 invested in the stock market. This amounts to
40% of his total savings. How much has Matthew saved?
24)
25) A companyʹs profit amounted to 5% of its sales. If the profits were $
2 million, then what were the companyʹs sales?
25)
26) Students at Maple School earned $310 selling candles. They want to
accumulate $2000 for a club trip. What percent of their goal has
been reached?
26)
27) Andrew has $12 deducted from his paycheck each week for health
insurance. This amounts to 5% of his total income. What is his total
income?
27)
28) Matthew has saved a total of $39,000, of which $3900 is invested in
the stock market. What percent of his total savings is invested in the
stock market?
28)
29) Sales of frozen pizza for a club fund-raiser changed from 500 one
year to 660 the next year. What was the percent change in pizza
sales?
29)
30) Midtown Antiques has found that sales have decreased 6% from
last year. Sales this year are $171,544. Find the amount of last yearʹs
sales. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
30)
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Answer Key
Testname: CHAPTER 5 FORM A
1)
1
2
2)
5
7
3) 0.72
4) 0.058
5) 36%
6) 70%
7) 70%
8) 16 = 49% · n
9) 30 = 26% · m
10) 34.4% · p = 44
11) 280
12) 315
13) 4%
14) 500%
p
7
= 15)
91 100
16)
a
6
= 63 100
17)
75
15
= b
100
18) 260
19) 188
20) 4%
21) 16%
22) 0.53%
23) 0.50
24) $13,250
25) $40 million
26) 15.5%
27) $240
28) 10%
29) 32% increase in sales
30) $182,494
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