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CHAPTER Multiple Choice

6 Test A
Choose the best answer. 6. After all the taxes are withheld,
1. Order these numbers from greatest to Jules’s take-home pay is about 72%
4 of his total earnings. Estimate his
least: , 0.40, 4%, 38%. take-home pay if his total earnings
25
for the pay period are $240.
4
A , 0.40, 4%, 38% A $75 C $180
25
B $120 D $300
4
B 4%, , 38%, 0.40 7. In a free-throw contest, Melissa
25
makes 50 baskets in 80 tries. What
4 was her success rate as a reduced
C 0.40, 38%, , 4%
25 fraction and as a percent?
4 5 25
D 0.40, , 38%, 4% A , 62.5% B , 37.5%
25 8 40
2. Which comparison is true? 8. What percent of 80 is 16?
1 A 2% C 20%
A 5% < B 0.125 = 25%
10 B 16% D 80%
3. The bill at a restaurant is $18.79. 9. Larry read 12 books this summer. If
Estimate the amount to leave as a Kim read 125% more books than
10% tip. Larry, how many books did Kim read?
A $9.00 B $2.00 A 9 C 15
4. Estimate 97% of 82. B 12 D 21
A 80 B 60 1
10. A large bag of marbles are red,
5. Rock music accounts for 64% of the 2
CD sales of True Tones Record 10% green, and 0.25 of the marbles
Company. If next year’s production is are blue. The rest of the marbles are
planned at 300,000 CD’s, estimate white. What percent of marbles are
how many of the CD’s will be of rock white?
music? A 15% B 85%
A 150,000 C 240,000 11. $32 is 80% of what amount?
B 200,000 D 480,000 A $25.6 B $40
12. 900 is 120% of what number?
A 750 B 1080

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6 Test A, continued
13. A sample of lake water contains 150 17. If the sales tax rate is 8%, how much
grams of salt. If 30% of the water tax would Luis pay for a pair of pants
sample is salt, find the number of for $18 and two shirts for $9.99 each?
grams the entire sample weighs. A $1.44 B $3.04
A 45 C 450 18. Jake sold a total of $8400 worth of
B 50 D 500 clothing last week at his store. If his
14. Which gives the percent of increase commission is 12% of sales, how
from 60 to 75? much commission did he earn?
A 20% C 40% A $100.80 C $1008
B 25% D 50% B $700 D $70,000
15. A $900 notebook computer is 19. Jenny has $1200 in her savings
discounted 5%. What is the sale price account. If the bank pays 3% interest
of the notebook computer? per year on savings, how much
interest does she earn in one year?
A $45 C $904.50
A $36 B $360
B $855 D $945
16. Last year, Springfield Middle School 20. Find the total amount due on a
had 640 students. This year, it has simple-interest loan if the principal is
480 students. What is the percent of $3000 with a rate of 5% for
decrease? 10 years. Assume one payment is
made at the end of 10 years.
A 25% B 75%
A $1500 B $4500

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6 Test B
Choose the best answer. 6. After all the taxes are withheld,
1. Order these numbers from greatest Jamie’s pay check is about 80% of
1 his total earnings. Estimate his pay if
to least: , 0.20, 4%, 25% his total earnings for the pay period
20
are $91.25.
1
A 25% > 0.20 > 4% > F $18 H $72
20
G $68 I $81
1
B 0.20 > 25% > > 4% 7. In a free throw contest, Anna makes
20
85 baskets in 100 tries. What was
1 her success rate as a reduced
C 25% > 0.20 > > 4%
20 fraction and as a percent?
1 17 17
D > 25% > 0.20 > 4% A , 8.5% C , 85%
20 20 20
2. Which comparison is true?
17 85
3 1 B , 850% D , 8.5%
F > 74% H 35% < 20 100
4 3 8. What percent of 125 is 40?
G 0.175 > 20% I 22% = 0.2 F 12.5% H 40%
3. The bill at a restaurant is $43.89. G 32% I 80%
Estimate the amount to leave as a
20% tip. 9. Jen can type 20 words per minute. If
Kerry can type 130% faster than Jen,
A $2.00 C $9.00 how fast can Kerry type?
B $8.00 D $11.00 A 14 words per minute
4. Estimate 52% of 49. B 26 words per minute
F 2.5 H 250 C 34 words per minute
G 25 I 2500 D 52 words per minute
5. Red widgets account for 34% of the 1
sales of Acme Widget Company. If 10. A large bag of marbles are red,
5
next year’s production is planned at
12% green, and 0.25 of the marbles
180,000 widgets, estimate how many
are blue. The rest of the marbles are
of the products should be red.
white. What percent of marbles are
A 6000 C 60,000 white?
B 34,000 D 550,000 F 13% H 57%
G 43% I 87%

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6 Test B, continued
11. $80 is 25% of what amount? 17. If the sales tax rate is 7%, how much
A $20 C $400 tax would Luis pay for a $325.80
bicycle and two shirts for $9.99 each?
B $320 D $3200
A $23 B $24
12. 1200 is 150% of what number?
B 23.51 D 24.20
F 8 H 1800
18. Lateisha sold a total of $136,000 of
G 800 I 8000
office equipment last month. If her
13. A sample of ocean water contains commission is 7.8% of sales, how
7 grams of salt. If 3.5% of the water much commission did she earn?
sample is salt, find the number of
F $1061 H $11,832
grams the entire sample weighs.
G $10,608 I $106,080
A 20 C 200
19. Angie has $1032 in her savings
B 24.5 D 245
account. If the bank pays 3.5%
14. Which gives the percent of increase simple interest on savings, how
from 40 to 52? much does she earn in one year?
F 15% H 77% A $36.12 C $294.86
G 30% I 130% B $46.44 D $361.20
15. A $950 notebook computer is 20. Find the total amount due on a
discounted 15%. What is the sale simple interest loan if the principal is
price of the notebook computer? $1500 with a rate of 7% for 4 years.
A $142.50 C $935.75 Assume one payment is made at the
B $807.50 D $1092.50 end of the 4 years.

16. Last year, Springfield Middle School F $420 H $1605

had 620 students. This year, it has G $1080 I $1920
582 students. To the nearest tenth,
what is the percent of decrease?
F 6.1% H 93.9%
G 6.6% I 106.5%

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6 Test C
Choose the best answer. 6. After all the taxes are withheld,
1. Order these numbers from greatest Larry’s take-home pay is about
17 73.5% of his total earnings. Estimate
to least: , 0.82, 86%, 9%. his take-home pay if his total
20
earnings are $589.
17
A , 0.82, 86%, 9% F $150 H $520
20
G $450 I $870
17
B 86%, , 0.82, 9% 7. In a free-throw contest, Tammi
20
makes 72 baskets in 124 tries. What
17 is her success rate as a reduced
C 9%, 0.82, , 86%
20 fraction and as a percent?
17 3 18
D 0.82, , 86%, 9% A , 48.8% C , 58.1%
20 5 31
2. Which comparison is true? 19 18
B , 61.3% D , 56.7%
3 2 30 31
F < 32.5% H 60% >
8 3 8. What percent of 2800 is 154?
G 16% > 0.15 I 0.125 = 25% F 0.55% H 5%
3. The bill at a restaurant is $58.23. G 0.5% I 5.5%
Estimate the amount to leave as an 9. Jen can type 24 words per minute. If
18% tip. Kerry can type 175% faster than Jen,
A $8.00 C $12.00 how fast can Kerry type?
B $10.00 D $15.00 A 18 words per minute
4. Estimate 148% of 103. B 24 words per minute
F 50 H 200 C 42 words per minute
G 150 I 250 D 48 words per minute
5. Jazz music accounts for 23% of the 1
10. A large bag of marbles are red,
CD sales of True Tones Record 8
Company. If next year’s production is 15% green, and 0.275 of the marbles
planned at 821,000 CD’s, estimate are blue. The rest of the marbles are
how many of the CD’s will be of jazz white. What percent of marbles are
music? white?
A 200,000 C 280,000 F 15% H 55%
B 223,000 D 400,000 G 45% I 85%

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6 Test C, continued
11. $48 is 64% of what amount? 17. If the sales tax rate is 7.25%, how
A $30.72 C $75 much tax would Luis pay for a
$379.79 bicycle and two shirts for
B $68 D $112
$9.89 each?
12. 768 is 128% of what number?
A $1.43 B $28.23
F 600 H 896
B $27.53 D $28.97
G 640 I 983
18. Marisa sold a total of $18,200 worth
13. A sample of ocean water contains of clothing last week at her store. If
4.375 grams of salt. If 3.5% of the her commission is 4% of sales, how
water sample is salt, find the number much commission did she earn?
of grams the entire sample weighs.
F $728 H $7280
A 15 C 125
G $1234 I $18,928
B 25 D 437.5
19. Lisa has $6450 in her savings
14. Which gives the percent of increase account. If the bank pays 3.7%
from 84 to 112? interest per year on savings, how
F 25% H 45% much interest does she earn in one
G 33% I 75% year?

15. A store marks up its notebook A $2386.50 C $238.65

computers by 22%. What price does B $258.75 D $228.00
the store charge its customers for a 20. Find the total amount due on a
$600 notebook computer? simple-interest loan if the principal is
A $132 C $720 $17,800 with a rate of 8% for
B $528 D $732 16 years. Assume one payment is
made at the end of 16 years.
16. Last year, Springfield Middle School
had 526 students. This year, it has F $1424 H $22,784
496 students. What is the percent of G $2848 I $40,584
decrease?
F 1.07% H 6.1%
G 5.7% I 94%

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6 Test A
1. Order these numbers from greatest 7. In a free throw contest, Keith makes
7 45 baskets in 60 tries. What was her
to least: , 0.88, 9%, 90%. success rate as a reduced fraction
8
and as a percent?
_______________________________________
________________________________________
2. Write <, >, or = to complete this
1 8. What percent of 140 is 49?
statement: 27% .
4 ________________________________________

_______________________________________
9. Larry read 10 books this summer. If
Kim read 130% more books than
3. The bill at a restaurant is $15.82.
Larry, how many books did Kim read?
Estimate the amount to leave as a
10% tip. ________________________________________

_______________________________________ 1
10. A large bag of marbles are red,
4. Estimate 53% of 91. 4
10% green, and 0. 5 of the marbles
_______________________________________ are blue. The rest of the marbles are
5. Alternative music accounts for white. What percent of marbles are
85% of the CD sales of True Tones white?
Record Company. If next year’s
________________________________________
production is planned at
500,000 CD’s, estimate how many of 11. $36 is 40% of what amount?
the CD’s will be of alternative music? ________________________________________

_______________________________________ 12. 540 is 135% of what number?

_______________________________________ ________________________________________

6. After all the taxes are withheld, Dan’s 13. A sample of lake water contains
take-home pay is about 70% of his 6 grams of salt. If 20% of the water
total earnings. Estimate his take- sample is salt, find the number of
home pay if his total earnings for the grams the entire sample weighs.
pay period are $560.
________________________________________
_______________________________________

_______________________________________

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6 Test A, continued
14. Which gives the percent of increase 18. Mara sold a total of $12,000 worth of
from 90 to 120? Round your answer clothing last week at her store. If her
to the nearest tenth. commission is 4% of sales, how
much commission did she earn?
_______________________________________
15. A $850 notebook computer is ________________________________________
discounted 20%. What is the sale 19. Lonnie has $6000 in her savings
price of the notebook computer? account. If the bank pays 6% interest
per year on savings, how much
_______________________________________ interest does she earn in one year?
16. Last year, Springfield Middle School
had 900 students. This year, it has ________________________________________
750 students. What is the percent of 20. Find the total amount due on a
decrease? simple-interest loan if the principal is
$5000 with a rate of 4% for
_______________________________________ 12 years. Assume one payment is
17. If the sales tax rate is 8%, how much made at the end of 12 years.
tax would Luis pay for a $300 bicycle
and two shirts for $9.99 each? ________________________________________

_______________________________________

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6 Test B
1. Order the numbers from greatest to 7. Providence County covers 413 square
least: miles of Rhode Island. If Rhode
4 1 Island is 1045 square miles, what
, 10%, 0.3, percent of Rhode Island’s area is
25 8
Providence County? Round to the
_______________________________________ nearest tenth.
2. Write <, >, or = to complete this
________________________________________
3
statement: 60% . 8. What percent of 176 is 22?
5
________________________________________
_______________________________________
9. Jen can type 20 words per minute. If
3. The bill at a restaurant is $59.20.
Kerry can type 175% faster than Jen,
Estimate the amount to leave for a
how fast can Kerry type?
tip of 15%.
________________________________________
_______________________________________
1
4. Estimate 20% of 198. 10. A large bag of marbles are red,
5
_______________________________________ 20% green, and 0.25 of the marbles
5. A farmer has 493 acres to plant. If are blue. The rest of the marbles are
30% of the fields are to be planted in white. What percent of marbles are
corn, estimate the number of acres of white?
corn.
________________________________________

_______________________________________ 11. $45.00 is 75% of what amount?

6. After all taxes, Lisa’s take-home pay
________________________________________
is about 80% of her gross earnings.
Estimate her take-home pay if her 12. 480 is 120% of what number?
gross earnings are $79.00. ________________________________________

_______________________________________

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6 Test B, continued
13. A sample of sea water contains 17. If the sales tax rate is 6.5%, how
7.5 grams of salt. If 3% of the water much tax would Luis pay for a
sample is salt, find the number of $350.99 bicycle and two shirts for
grams the entire sample weighs. $9.99 each?

_______________________________________ ________________________________________
14. Which gives the percent of increase 18. Justin works as a car salesman. Last
from 128 to 192? Round your answer week, he had a total of $42,000 in
to the nearest tenth. sales. If his commission is 2%, how
much did Justin earn last week?
_______________________________________
15. A $1050 notebook computer is ________________________________________
discounted 30%. What is the sale 19. Mark deposited $1256 from his
price of the notebook computer? summer job in a savings account that
pays 4.5% interest. How much
_______________________________________ interest will he earn after one year?
16. A small company had profits of
$550,000 last year. This year, their ________________________________________
profits were only $484,000. What 20. Karen deposited $8500 in a college
was the percent of decrease in their savings account for her grandson.
profits? The account earns an annual simple
interest rate of 6.5%. How much
_______________________________________ money will she have at the end of ten
years?

________________________________________

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6 Test C
1. Order these numbers from greatest 7. In a free throw contest, Netti makes
5 48 baskets in 75 tries. What was her
to least: , 0.56, 5.6%, 65%. success rate as a reduced fraction
6
and as a percent?
_______________________________________
________________________________________
2. Write <, >, or = to complete this
1 8. What percent of 1875 is 120?
statement: 12% .
8 ________________________________________

_______________________________________
9. Jen can type 25 words per minute. If
Kerry can type 160% faster than Jen,
3. The bill at a restaurant is $27.64.
how fast can Kerry type?
Estimate the amount to leave as a
10% tip. ________________________________________

_______________________________________ 1
10. A large bag of marbles are red,
4. Estimate 122% of 148. 10
35% green, and 0.225 of the marbles
_______________________________________ are blue. The rest of the marbles are
5. Country music accounts for 18% of white. What percent of marbles are
the CD sales of True Tones Record white?
Company. If next year’s production is
________________________________________
planned at 350,000 CD’s, estimate
how many of the CD’s will be of 11. $141 is 47% of what amount?
country music? ________________________________________

_______________________________________ 12. 778.5 is 173% of what number?

6. After all the taxes are withheld, ________________________________________
Rich’s take-home pay is about 78%
of his total earnings. Estimate his 13. A sample of ocean water contains
take-home pay if his total earnings for 2.8 grams of salt. If 3.5% of the water
the pay period are $486. sample is salt, find the number of
grams the entire sample weighs.
_______________________________________
________________________________________

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6 Test C, continued
14. Which gives the percent of increase 18. Louie sold a total of $7800 worth of
from 49.79 to 51.29? Round your clothing last week at his store. If his
answer to the nearest tenth. commission is 7% of sales, how
much commission did he earn?
_______________________________________
15. A store marks up its notebook ________________________________________
computers by 18%. What price does 19. Jeremy has $5400 in his savings
the store charge its customers for a account. If the bank pays 4.5%
$950 notebook computer? interest per year on savings, how
much interest does he earn in one
_______________________________________ year?
16. Last year, Springfield Middle School
had 1284 students. This year, it has ________________________________________
1048 students. To the nearest tenth, 20. Find the total amount due on a
what is the percent of decrease? simple-interest loan if the principal is
$8500 with a rate of 3.2% for
_______________________________________ 5 years. Assume one payment is
17. If the sales tax rate is 7.25%, how made at the end of 5 years.
much tax would Luis pay for a
$359.59 bicycle and two shirts for ________________________________________
$9.69 each?

_______________________________________

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8. F 6. H
9. C 7. C
Chapter 6 Section B Quiz
8. G
1. C 9. B
2. H 10. G
3. C 11. B
4. H 12. G
5. C 13. C
6. G 14. G
7. B 15. B
16. F
Chapter 6 Multiple Choice Test A
17. D
1. C
18. G
2. A
19. A
3. B
20. I
4. A
Chapter 6 Multiple Choice Test C
5. B
6. C 1. B
7. A 2. G
8. C 3. C
9. C 4. G
10. A 5. A
11. B 6. G
12. A 7. C
13. D 8. I
14. B 9. C
15. B 10. G
16. A 11. C
17. B 12. F
18. C 13. C
19. A 14. G
20. B 15. D
16. G
Chapter 6 Multiple Choice Test B
17. D
1. C
18. F
2. F
19. C
3. C
20. I
4. G

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Chapter 6 Free Response Test A 9. 35 words per minute
7 10. 35%
1. 90%,0.88, ,9%
8 11. $60.00
2. < 12. 400
3. $1.60 13. 250 grams
4. about 45 14. 50%
5. Answers may vary but should be 15 $735
about 420,000. 16. 12%
6. Answers may vary but should be 17. $24.11
about $400.
18. $840
3 19. $56.52
7. ,75%
4 20. $14,025
8. 35%
Chapter 6 Free Response Test C
9. 13 books
10. 15% 5
1. ,65%,0.56,5.6%
11. $90 6
12. 400 2. >
13. 30 grams 3. $2.75
14. 33.3% 4. about 180
15. $680 5. about 70,000
16. 16.7% 6. about $375
17. $25.60 16
7. ,64%
18. $480 25
19. $360 8. 6.4%
20. $7400 9. 40 words per minute
10. 32.5%
Chapter 6 Free Response Test B
11. $300
4 1
1. 0.3 > > > 10% 12. 450
25 8
13. 80 grams
2. =
14. 3.0%
3. about $9.00
15. $1121
4. about 40
16. 18.4%
5. about 150 acres
17. $27.48
6. about $64
18. $546
7. 39.5%
19. $243
8. 12.5%
20. $9860

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