Chapter 5 Test

Multiple Choice

1. Change the percent to a decimal or mixed/whole number: 250%

  a. 25
  b. 0.25
  c. 2.5
  d. 25,000

2. Change the fraction to a percent: 7/8

  a. 87.5%
  b. 0.875%
  c. 8.75%
  d. 875%

3. Change the decimal to a percent: 0.27

  a. 2.7%
  b. 270%
0.27 c. 0.0027%
 
  d. 27%

4. Change the percent to a decimal or mixed/whole number: 0.25%

  a. 25
  b. 0.025
  c. 0.0025
  d. 2.5

5. Solve the following problem for the percentage.

120% of $12 = ______
  a. $1,440
  b. $14.40
  c. $144
  d. $14.00

6. Solve the following problem for the percentage.

0.4% of 1520 = ______
  a. 6.08
  b. 608
  c. 60.8
  d. 8.08

7. Solve the following problem for the percentage.

37.5% of 1600 = ______
  a. 600
  b. 60,000
  c. 60
  d. 0.66

8. Solve the following problem for the percentage.

125% of $42.60 = ______
  a. $5,325
  b. $53.25
  c. $532.50
  d. $5.23

9. Solve the following for the base. Round the amount to the nearest two decimal places.
25% of __________ = $4.25
  a. $17
  b. $5.88
  c. $0.17
  d. $1.70

10. Solve the following for the base. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
120% of __________ = 4.2
  a. 0.04
  b. 0.35
  c. 28.57
  d. 3.5

11. Solve the following for the rate. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
______ of 50 = 200
  a. 4%
  b. 40%
  c. 25%
  d. 400%

12. Solve the following for the rate. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
______ of $15.50 = $3.72
  a. 0.24%
  b. 26%
  c. 24%
  d. 41.67%

13. Solve the following for the rate. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
______ of $12.50 = $4.50
  a. 36%
  b. 0.36%
  c. 2.78%
  d. 27.78%

14. Solve the following for the missing value. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
127% of 460 = __________
  a. 58,420
  b. 584.2
  c. 362.20
  d. 58.42

15. Solve the following for the missing value. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
37.5% of 40,000 = __________
  a. 15,000
  b. 1,500,000
  c. 1,066.67
  d. 1,500

16. Solve the following for the missing value. Round amounts to the nearest two decimal places.
27.5% of 60,000 = __________
  a. 1,650,000
  b. 16,500
  c. 2,181.82
  d. 165

17. Compute the missing value. Manufacturing increased from 2,200 packages per day to 2,750 packages
per day; the percent increase was __________.
  a. 20%
  b. 550%
  c. 5.5%
  d. 25%

18. Compute the missing value. An increase by 90 is 15% of the base value ______.
  a. 13.5
  b. 1,350
  c. 600
  d. 6

19. Compute the missing value. The price decreased from $16.50 to $13.20; the percent decrease was
__________.
  a. 25%
  b. 3.3%
  c. 33%
  d. 20%

20. Compute the missing value. 80 homes were sold in April, but only 68 homes were sold in May. The
rate of decrease was ______.
  a. 12%
  b. 17.6%
  c. 18%
  d. 15%

21. Compute the missing value. 100 cars were sold in October, but only 80 cars were sold in November.
The rate of decrease was ______.
  a. 20%
  b. 25%
  c. 0.2%
  d. 0.25%

22. Nancy saves $120 per week which represents 8% of her total weekly salary. Find her total weekly
salary.
  a. $1,500
  b. $1,200
  c. $960
  d. $2,500

23. A video store both rents and sells DVD movies and also sells blank DVD disks. During the week
between Christmas and New Year, the store had rentals of $4,896, movie sales of $6,513, and blank disk
sales of $2,191. What percent of the total revenue was from movie rentals?
  a. 0.48 or 48%
  b. 0.16 or 16%
  c. 0.36 or 36%
  d. 0.25 or 25%

24. Wanda's restaurant buys all of its non-food items at a local warehouse store. On a recent trip to the
warehouse store, the restaurant owner spent $126.83 just for paper products. If paper products were only
22% of the entire purchase, find the total amount spent on that trip?
  a. $576.50 total spent on shopping trip
  b. $204.83 total spent on shopping trip
  c. $626.50 total spent on shopping trip
  d. $775.76 total spent on shopping trip

25. Westside Trailer Rental has 188 trailers available for rent. Last year, it had 160 available for rent.
Compute the percent increase in the number of trailers available for rent.
  a. 14.9%
  b. 15%
  c. 17.5%
  d. 22.5%

26. Before Christmas, the price of a necktie in a Patrick's Store for Men was $40. At the post-Christmas
sale, the price was $26. By what percent had the price of the necktie been reduced?
  a. 0.54 or 54%
  b. 0.35 or 35%
  c. 0.39 or 39%
  d. 0.27 or 27%

27. Before Christmas, the price of a shoe in a Heel's Store for Women was $70. At the post-Christmas
sale, the price was $35. By what percent had the price of the shoe been reduced?
  a. 0.50 or 50%
  b. 1.00 or 100%
  c. 0.45 or 45%
  d. 0.35 or 35%
28. During one work week, Darlene Davies worked a total of 45 hours, 20% of which were weekend
hours. Find the number of hours that Darlene worked on the weekend.
  a. 36 hours
  b. 12 hours
  c. 9 hours
  d. 7 hours

29. December's electricity bill of $876.60 represents 22.5% of the total December expenses for
Westcamper's Sheet Metal Fabricating. Compute Westcamper's total expenses in December.
  a. $389.60
  b. $1,970.24
  c. $38,960
  d. $3,896

30. During its second year of operation, Juan's Nursery had a 325% increase in its business revenue. If its
revenue in the second year was $2,639,000, what had been its revenue for the first year?
  a. $81,200
  b. $85,767.50
  c. $722,250
  d. $812,000

31. Karen Randolph is a marketing manager for a computer software company. When she was promoted,
she received a 111% salary increase. The new monthly salary is $5,328. What was Karen's salary before
the promotion?
  a. $480
  b. $3,200
  c. $2,575
  d. $4,800

32. Sandy Yu earns $4,800 gross pay per month. Last month Sandy received a check for $3,120. What
was the percent of her gross salary that had been deducted?
  a. 65%
  b. 35%
  c. 54%
  d. 32%

33. Architect Brian Peters spent 60% of a week's time working on drawings for a new apartment building.
If Brian spent 18 hours working on projects other than the apartment building, compute the total hours
worked.
  a. 27 hours
  b. 48 hours
  c. 58 hours
  d. 45 hours

34. A new route for bicycling to work decreased Herschel's riding time by 12.5%. If the old route took 32
minutes, how long will the new route take?
  a. 28 minutes
  b. 30 minutes
  c. 24 minutes
  d. 19.5 minutes or 19 minutes 30 seconds

35. A new route for driving to office decreased David's driving time by 15%. If the old route took 40
minutes, how long will the new route take?
  a. 25 minutes
  b. 32 minutes
  c. 34 minutes
  d. 30 minutes