Quiz: Applications of Percents

1. What is 25% of 60?
a. 0.15
b. 1.5
c. 15
2. What is 0.8% of 150?
a. 1.2
b. 12
c. 120
3. What is equation of 50?
a. 25
b. 2.5
c. 0.25
4. What is 150% of 16?
a. 240
b. 24
c. 2.4
5. 40 is what percent of 50?
a. 8%
b. 80%
c. 125%
6. 75 is what percent of 50?
a. 150%
b. equation
c. 15%
7. 27 is what percent of 45?
a. 60%
b. 75%
c. equation
8. Which of the following does NOT have the answer 8?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
9. What is 24% of 50?
a. 48
b. 12
c. 1.2
10. 24 is what percent of 18?
a. 7.5%
b. 75%
c. equation
11. 75% of what is 40?
a. 30
b. equation
c. 187.5
12. Which is a correct proportion setup to solve the following problem?
  • 35% of what number is 10?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
13. Which is a correct proportion setup to solve the following problem?
  • 30 is what percent of 25?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
14. Which is a correct proportion setup to solve the following problem?
  • What number is 15% of 75?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
15. What is the percent increase from 12 to 15?
a. 3%
b. 20%
c. 25%
16. Jon's weight went from 160 pounds to 180 pounds. What was the percent change?
a. equation
b. 12.5%
c. 20%
17. Which is a correct setup to solve the following problem?
  • What is the percent decrease from 25 to 20?
a. equation
b. equation
c. equation
18. Mary's income dropped from $50,000 annually to $40,000 annually. What was the percent decrease in her income?
a. 10%
b. 20%
c. 25%
19. The price of a movie ticket went from $10 to $12. The cost of popcorn went from $5 to $4. Which of these had the greater percent change?
a. the price of a movie ticket
b. the cost of the popcorn
c. the percent change was the same

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