Problem 115
Translate and solve. What percent of 215 is 86?
Problem 116
Translate and solve. What percent of 1,500 is 540?
Problem 122
Solve the applications of percents. Geneva treated her parents to dinner at their favorite restaurant. The bill was $74.25. She wants to leave 16% of the total bill as a tip. How much should the tip be?
Problem 129
Solve the applications of percents. A grilled chicken salad at a popular fast food restaurant contains 650 milligrams (mg) of sodium, which is 27% of the recommended daily amount. What is the total recommended daily amount of sodium?
Problem 130
Solve the applications of percents. The nutrition fact sheet at a fast food restaurant says the fish sandwich has 380 calories, and 171 calories are from fat. What percent of the total calories is from fat?
Problem 133
Dimple gets paid \(\$ 3,200\) per month. She pays \(\$ 960\) a month for rent. What percent of her monthly pay goes to rent?
Problem 134
Tamanika got a raise in her hourly pay, from \(\$ 15.50\) to \(\$ 17.55 .\) Find the percent increase.
Problem 136
Annual student fees at the University of California rose from about \(\$ 4,000\) in 2000 to about \(\$ 9,000\) in 2014 . Find the percent increase.
Problem 137
The price of a share of one stock rose from \(\$ 12.50\) to \(\$ 50\) .Find the percent increase.
Problem 143
From 2000 to 2010, the population of Detroit fell from about 951,000 to about 714,000. Find the percent decrease. (Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.)