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1. What is 25% of 228?

0.57 5.7 57 5,700

2. What is 40% of 750?

30 300 3,000 30,000

3. The price tag (before sales tax) on an item says $100. The sales tax rate is 5%. What is the total price (including tax)?

$5 $105 $500 $2,000

4. During a sale, a dress decreased in price from $90 to $72. What was the percent of decrease?

20% 80% 120% 125%

5. An investment increases in value from $200 to $216. What is the percent increase?

8% 16% 32% 34.56%

6. A pinball machine that normall sells for $3,999 is on sale for $3,150. What is the rate of discount?

$849 21.2% 98.5% 101.6%

7. An investment of $3,000 increases in value by 4%. What is the increase?

$120 $1,200 $3,120 $4,200

8. An investment of $4,000 increases in value by 8%. What is the new value?

$320 $3,200 $4,320 $7,200

9. An investment of $5,000 decreases in value by 2.4%. What is the new value?

$1,200 .024 $3,800 $4,880 $5,120

10. An investment of $6,000 decreases in value by 2%. Then it decreases by another 5%. What is the final value?

$2,400 $5,400 $5,580 $5,586