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At a local department store, slacks typically cost $20. However, due to a special, the slacks are reduced to $10. What percent of the original price has the slacks been reduced to?
50%
In one particular suburb, there are 12 families that own a maltese. If these owners make up 30% of all dog owners in this suburb, then how many dog owners are there in this neighborhood?
40 pet owners
One baseball team played 30 games throughout their entire season. If this baseball team won 20% of those games, then how many games did they win?
6 games
Nancy decided to look at new and used cars. Nancy found a used car for $14000. A new car is $20000, so what percent of the price of a new car does Nancy pay for a used car?
70%
For one Geometry test, Sara had to answer 20 questions. Of these questions, Sara answered 55% of them correctly. How many questions did Sara correctly answer on her test?
11 questions
Mike went to his local zoo that featured 22 bear exhibits. If the zoo features 40 exhibits in total, then what percent of the zoo's exhibits feature bears?
55%
At a construction job for a house there are 20 painters. Of these painters, 14 of them are painting the interior of the house. What percent of these painters are painting the interior?
70%
12 of the students in a History class passed a History test. If these students are 50% of all the students in the class, how many students are in this History class?
24 students
In a fruit basket if there are 2 dozen bananas out of which 6 are rotten, find the percentage of bananas which are in good condition?
18 good bananas
A store buys cell phones from the manufacturer for $34.40 and marks them up by 85%. How much do they charge for the phones (what is the retail price)?
$63.34
There are 625 students at Median Middle School. If there 8% of the students were absent on Tuesday, how many students were absent?
50 Students
Kathy bought a pair of jeans on sale for 30% off of the regular price. If the jeans regularly cost $75.00. How much did she pay?
$52.50
