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  • Question 1:
    1 pts
    		I bought my coat in the January sales with 35\dfrac{3}{5} off the original price.What percentage was taken off the price of the coat?
    50%50\%
    60%60\%
    100%100\%
    125%125\%
  • Question 2:
    1 pts
    		Ben earns $12800\$12 800 a year. About 17%17\% is taken out for taxes. Given expression can be used to find how much is taken out for taxes. 83%⋅$1280083\% \cdot \$ 12 800
  • Question 3:
    1 pts
    		At what price must a skateboard be sold to make a 25%25\% profit if its cost price is $\$60?

    $65\$ 65

    $70\$ 70

    $75\$ 75

    $80\$ 80

  • Question 4:
    1 pts
    		A student earned a grade of 80%80\% on a math test that had 2020 problems. On the 1616 problems on this test student answer correctly.
  • Question 5:
    2 pts
    		There are 36 students in a class. Nine of those students are women. What percent are men?
    Of all students in the class there are
    men.
  • Question 6:
    2 pts
    		Ashley bought a jacket that was on sale for $16\$16 after a discount of 20%.20\%. What was the original price of the jacket?

    $14\$14

    $16\$16

    $18\$18

    $20\$20

  • Question 7:
    2 pts
    		One newspaper has 5050 ads placed last year about the exotic places. This year there was a 20%20\% increase in the number of ads. What was the increase in the number of ads placed?
    4040
    3030
    1010
    2020
  • Question 8:
    2 pts
    		The price of an article increased from $10\$ 10 to $18.\$ 18. Find the percentage increase.
  • Question 9:
    3 pts
    		Two stores are selling the same camera at a regular price of $650.\$650. During a sale, the first store offers a 14%14\% discount on the regular price, while the second store reduces the price by $130.\$130. Which store has the better deal?
    The first store.
    The second store.
    The offers are equal.
  • Question 10:
    3 pts
    		Peter earns \unicodexA39000\unicode{xA3} 9000 per year in his new job. He doesnt pay tax on the first \unicodexA33740\unicode{xA3} 3740 he earns and pay 25%25\% on the rest. How much tax does he have to pay?
    He have to pay
  • Question 11:
    3 pts
    		Mr. Peterson teaches a total of 250250 students. Of the 250250 students, 30%30\% are dancers, 10%10\% are musicians, and the rest are athletes. How many athletes does Mr. Peterson teach?

    130130

    140140

    150150

    160160

  • Question 12:
    3 pts
    		These are 8080 beads in a bag. The beads are red, yellow and blue. 40%40\% of the beads are blue, 512\dfrac{5}{12} of the rest are red. How many beads are yellow?
    1515
    2020
    2525
    2828

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