Percentage

Question 1

A pet store regularly sells pet food at a discount of 10 percent to 30 percent from the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. If during a sale, the store discounts an additional 20 percent from the discount price, what would be the lowest possible price of a container of pet food that had a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of $20.00?

○ $10.00 
○ $11.20 
○ $14.40 
○ $16.00 
○ $18.00

Answer 1

$11.20

Question 2

Each employee of Company X is a member of precisely 1 of 3 shifts of employees. Among the 60 members of the first shift, 20 percent participate in the pension program; among the 50 members of the second shift, 40 percent participate in the pension program; and among the 40 members of the third shift, 10 percent participate in the pension program. What percent of the workers at Company X participate in the pension program?

○ 20% 
○ 24% 
○ 36% 
○ 37.5% 
○ 70%

Answer 2

24%

Question 3

In 2010, a basketball team won 30 percent of its 20 basketball games. In 2011, the team won 28 percent of its 25 basketball games. What was the percent increase from 2010 to 2011 in the number of basketball games the team won?

○ 5%
○ 14.2/7%
○ 16.2/3%
○ 23.1/3%
○ 60%

Answer 3

16.2/3%