Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1.
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Write
16% as a fraction in simplest form.
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2.
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Write
87% as a decimal.
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3.
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Write
the decimal 0.11 as a percent. a. | 0.0011% | c. |  % | b. | 11% | d. | 1.1% | | | | |
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4.
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Write
the fraction  as a percent.
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5.
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Find
190% of the number 185. a. | 351.5% | c. | 97.37 | b. | 35,150 | d. | 351.5 | | | | |
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A jar
is filled with jelly beans of various colors. If the jar has a total of 350 jelly beans and
approximately 36% of the jelly beans are red, how many red jelly beans are in the
jar? a. | 314 red jelly
beans | c. | 224 red jelly
beans | b. | 126 red jelly beans | d. | 12,600 red jelly beans | | | | |
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36 is
what percent of 100? a. | 0.36% | c. | 277.8% | b. | 2.78% | d. | 36% | | | | |
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82 is
90% of what number?
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9.
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Hilda
and Patrick work in a packaging store. In one day, Hilda packed 11 boxes while Patrick packed 3
boxes. If the total number of boxes packed at the store was 50, what percent of the total did Patrick
and Hilda pack? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.
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Find
the percent of change when 98 is decreased to 6. a. | 93.9% decrease | c. | 1533.3% increase | b. | 1533.3%
decrease | d. | 93.9%
increase | | | | |
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The
price of a train ticket from Los Angeles to Atlanta is normally $106.50. However, the train company
is offering a special 5% discount to children under the age of 16. What is the sale price of a ticket
from Los Angeles to Atlanta for someone under the age of 16? a. | $111.83 | c. | $101.18 | b. | $5.33 | d. | $141.65 | | | | |
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If a
bank offers a savings account that pays simple interest rate of 4% and you deposit $475.00 into this
account, how much interest will you have earned after 3 years? a. | $5,700.00 | c. | $28.50 | b. | $57.00 | d. | $3,958.33 | | | | |
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A
loan officer provides you a simple interest loan at a rate of 8%. After 4 years, you have paid the
entire principal plus $64.00 in interest. What was the original principal amount of your
loan? a. | $0.50 | c. | $2.00 | b. | $100.00 | d. | $200.00 | | | | |
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You
bought a television set on credit. The credit was based on a simple interest loan. If you paid $40.00
in interest on $400.00 of principal over 2 years, what was the rate of the simple interest
loan?
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Matching
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Match each of the following vocabulary words with its
definition. a. | interest | f. | principal | b. | percent | g. | simple interest | c. | percent of
change | h. | rate | d. | percent of decrease | i. | ratio | e. | percent of
increase | | | | |
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15.
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a
fixed percent of the principal found by using the formula I = Prt, where P represents
the principal, r the rate of interest, and t the time
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16.
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the
amount of money charged for borrowing or using money, or the amount of money earned by saving
money
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17.
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the
amount that a number increases or decreases stated as a percent
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18.
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a
percent change describing an increase in a quantity
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19.
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a
percent change describing a decrease in a quantity
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20.
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a
ratio comparing a number to 100
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21.
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the
initial amount of money borrowed or saved
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Short Answer
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Explain how to write 40% as a fraction in simplest form.
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23.
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Ahmad
borrowed $3,000 from the bank to buy a used car. He has to pay 8% simple interest on the loan. If
Ahmad repays the loan in 3 years, how much interest will he pay? Explain.
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24.
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Just
Write Book Store sells the book 10 Simple Ways to Better Math Scores for $20.00. Just Write
also offers its preferred customers a 2% discount on any purchase.
Bookends Book
Store sells the same book for $21.00 but is offering a discount of 6%.
a. | What is the price of the book at Just Write Book Store if you
are a preferred customer? | b. | Which store, after the discounts are applied, is offering the
better price on the book? | | |
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