Percent Practice!

  1. Suppose a certain item used to sell for seventy-five cents a pound, you see that it’s been marked up to eighty-one cents a pound. What is the percent increase?
  2. What is 35% of 80?
  3. 45% of what is 9?
  4. What percent of 20 is 30?
  5. Find 45% of 125.
  6. The number 5.23 is what percent of 35?
  7. 32 is 40% of what number?
  8. A math class has 30 students. Approximately 70% passed their last math test. How many students passed the last math test?
  9. 54 is 60% of what number?
  10. 50.4 is what percent of 120?
  11. A local furniture store is having a terrific sale.  They are marking down every price 45%.  If the couch you have our eye on was $800 before the markdown, find the decrease and the sale price.
  12. In 2001, what was the ratio of profit of toilet paper to profit of paper cups?
  13. If the profit for napkins in 2001 was 35% lower than its profit in 2000, how much profit was made from napkins in 2000?