Students will be taking a short quiz today covering percentages. The quiz will be very similar to the one they took a couple weeks ago that I did not take a grade on. Many students struggled with finding the percentage of a given number, but hopefully they have a better understanding after the last week of practice. Below are sample questions for the quiz
The word percent means _____ _____ ___________ (3 words)
Answer: FOR EACH HUNDRED
Convert 87% to a decimal
Answer: 0.87
Convert 0.43 to a percent
Answer: 43%
What is 40% of 150?
Answer: 60
Pretend you go shopping and purchase a shirt for $12.99, jeans for 24.49, and a hat for 19.99. What is your total if sales tax is 7%?
ANSWER: $61.49 (Remember to round to nearest hundredth since we are dealing with money)
