Unit 7 Percents

Name_________________________________________________Period______________Date______________ Instructions: On a separate piece of paper, solve each problem. In complete sentences, explain how you got the right answer. HOMEWORK EXTENSION PERCENT TO DECIMAL: Change to the indicated form. Learning Goal: I can change a decimal to a percent and a percent to a decimal. 1) At one school, half of the students live within 1 mile, 78% Write the decimal as a percent. 1) 0.32 live within 2 miles, and 0.1 of the students live between 2 and 3 2) 1.5 miles from the school. Make a table to show the percent of 3) Only 0.15 of the total number of vehicles in your students who live at each distance from the school. school parking lot are buses. What percent of the a. within 1 mile b. between 1 and 2 miles vehicles are buses? c. between 2 and 3 miles d. more than 3 miles 2) Use the pie graph below: Students in an after-school enrichment program chose one of five subject areas. Write the percent as a decimal. 4) 124% a. What percent chose English or reading? 5) 9% b. What percent chose English or history? 6) About 36% of the students at a middle school are c. What percent chose math? Write the percent as a decimal. seventh graders. What percent are NOT in seventh Art 26% grade in decimal form? Math ?
History 14% Read 0.12

English 0.21

PROPORTIONS: Use a proportion to solve the problems. Learning Goal: I can solve percent problems using a proportion. 1) 55% of what number is 33? 1) You earn a score of 86.8 on a standardized exam. Your 2) What percent of 120 is 42? score is 140% higher than your friend's score on the 3) 36 is 0.8% of what number? standardized exam. What is your friend's score? 4) 48 is what percent of 64? 2) 80% of a number is x. What is 40% of the number? 5) You pay $3.69 for a gallon of gasoline. This is 3) Answer each question. 90% of the price of a gallon of gasoline one year a. What is 35% of 90x? ago. What was the price of a gallon of gasoline one b. What percent of 16x is 9x? year ago? Percent Increase and Decrease: State whether it is a percent increase or decrease and find the percent of change. Learning Goal: I can find percent of change. 1) 3.2 kilograms to 2.4 kilograms 1) The table below shows the membership of two scout troops. 2) 41 euros to 85 euros a. What is the percent of change in membership from 3) Last month you swam the 50-meter freestyle in 2010 to 2011 for Troop A? Round to the nearest tenth of a 28.38 seconds. Today you swam it in 27.33 percent, if necessary. seconds. What is your percent of change? Round to b. What is the percent of change in membership from 2010 to the nearest tenth of a percent, if necessary. 2011 for Troop B? Round to the nearest tenth of a percent, if 4) Last week 1200 burgers were served at the necessary. Burger Barn. This week 1176 burgers were served. c. Which troop has the better record in terms of the number of What is the percent of change? new members? Find the new amount. d. Which troop has the better record in terms of the percent of 5) 55 employees increased by 20% change in membership?
Year 2010 2011 Troop A 14 16 Troop B 21 24

Tips and Discounts: Find the original price, discount, sale price, selling price, markup, or cost to store. Round

to the nearest penny, if necessary. Learning Goal: Find the sale price or the selling price. 1. $99 watch with a 40% discount 2. $32 earrings marked up 80% Find the original price. 3. swimsuit discounted 65% on sale for $20.30 4. tennis racket marked up 50% to $36.75 Find the percent of discount or markup. 5. $52 sweater on sale for $31.20 6. $23 rollerblades marked up to $41.40

I can solve percent problems.

Your boss has decided to make room for new models of digital cameras by discounting old models. In order to sell them quickly, she wants to sell them at the store's original cost before markup. She asks you to change the price tags and make signs with the percent of discount. Knowing that the store's percent of markup on digital cameras is 40%, a co-worker suggests that you just mark them down by 40%. a. How would you explain to your co-worker that the store would actually lose money if you did this? b. The original price of a camera is $175.50. What was the store's original cost on this camera? c. What percent off will you write on the sign in order to sell this camera at cost? Round to the nearest percent.

Simple Interest: An account earns simple interest. (a) Find the interest earned. (b) Find the balance of the account. Learning Goal: I can solve simple interest problems. 1) You put money in two different accounts for one year each. The 1) $2600 at 3.2% for 4 years total simple interest for the two accounts is $140. You earn 6% 2) $75,000 at 8.5% for 3 months interest on the first account, in which you deposited $1000. You 3) $20,000 at 7.5% for 10 years deposited $800 in the second account. What is the annual interest rate 4) $6000 at 12% for 2.5 years for the second account? 5) You deposit $2000 in an account. The account 2) You deposit $1200 in an account. earns $120 simple interest in 8 months. What is the a. The account earns 2.7% simple interest rate. What is the balance of annual interest rate? the account after 3 months?
b. The interest rate changes, and your new balance now earns 2% simple interest rate. What is the balance of the account after the next 6 months? Round to the nearest penny, if necessary. c. The interest rate changes again, and your new balance now earns 2.6% simple interest rate. What is the balance of the account after an additional 3 months? Round to the nearest penny, if necessary.
Unit Seven Homework ANSWERS HOMEWORK ANSWERS EXTENSION ANSWERS PERCENT TO DECIMAL: Change to the indicated form. Learning Goal: I can change a decimal to a percent and a percent to a decimal. Write the decimal as a percent. 1) 1) 32% 2) 150% 3) 15% Within 1 mile Between 1 and between 2 and more than 3 2 miles 3 miles miles Write the percent as a decimal. 50% 28% 10% 12% 4) 1.24 5) 0.09 6) 0.64 2) a. 33% b. 35% c. 27%, 0.27 PROPORTIONS: Use a proportion to solve the problems. Learning Goal: I can solve percent problems using a proportion. 1) 60 2) 35% 3) 4500 1) 62 2) 1/2x 4) 75% 5) $4.10 3) a. 31.5x b. 56.25% PERCENT INCREASE AND DECREASE: State whether it is a percent increase or decrease and find the percent of change. Learning Goal: I can find percent of change. 1) decrease 25% 2) increase 107% 12. a. $63.60 b. $51 3) decrease 3.7% 4) decrease 2% c. $54.06 d. decrease of 15% 5) 66 employees TIPS AND DISCOUNTS: Find the original price, discount, sale price, selling price, markup, or cost to store. Round to the nearest penny, if necessary. Learning Goal: I can solve percent problems. 1. $59.40 a. In order to find the amount of markup, you find 40% of the cost. In order to 2. $57.60 find the amount of discount, you find 40% of the selling price. Because the 3. $31.23 selling price is larger than the cost, the amount of discount would be larger 4. $18.38 than the amount of markup. So, you would be discounting them by more than 5. 60% you marked them up, and you would lose money. 6. 56% b. $125.36 c. 29% SIMPLE INTEREST: An account earns simple interest. (a) Find the interest earned. (b) Find the balance of the account. Learning Goal: I can solve simple interest problems. 1) $332.80, $2,932.80 10. 10% 2) $1,593.75, 76,593.75 11. a. $1208.10 b. $1220.18 c. $1228.11 3) $6,000, $26,000 4) $1,800, $7,800 5) 9%