Twelve questions built on one idea: a percentage is always a share of something, and nearly every wrong answer comes from taking it as a share of the…
12 questions • Zestly
• A theater sold six hundred tickets for a concert. Of those, 35 percent were bought online, and 40 percent of the online buyers chose the…
• In a survey of four hundred residents of Oak Creek, 15 percent said they prefer public transport. How many residents said that?
• A local charity raised twelve thousand dollars last year. This year, they raised fifteen thousand dollars. What is the percentage increase…
• The population of Pine Valley was five thousand in 2010 and dropped to four thousand by 2012. What was the percentage decrease in the…
• A share priced at fifty dollars rises by 10 percent and then falls by 10 percent. What is its price afterwards?
• A shirt priced at forty dollars is marked up by 20 percent and then discounted by 20 percent. What is the final price of the shirt?
• After a 20 percent price increase, a bicycle costs three hundred dollars. What was the original price of the bicycle?
• A jacket is on sale for 30 percent off, and the sale price is seventy dollars. What was the original price of the jacket?
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