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Example Question #1992 : Ssat Middle Level Quantitative (Math)
The sales tax rate for a particular locality is 9%. How much will be paid after tax for $154.92 worth of groceries?
Multiply the price of the groceries before tax - $154.92 - by the decimal equivalent of 9% , which is 0.09. Round this tax to the nearest hundredth (cents), then add to the price of the groceries.
Tax:
Price after tax:
Example Question #1 : Percentage
What is 250% of 750?
Taking 250% of a number is the same as multiplying that number by 2.5. We therefore take the product:
Example Question #1 : Percentage
The product of two whole numbers is 12. Their difference could be
The first thing to do is to determine what two numbers multiply to give you 12.
1 and 12
2 and 6
3 and 4
Now find the difference between each of those pairs.
The difference could be 1, 4, or 11. Only 4 is an answer choice.
Example Question #1 : Percentage
What is 30% of 150?
One way to go about solving this problem is to convert the percent into a decimal and multiply your whole number by that in order to get your answer. When converting a percent into a decimal, move the decimal point two spaces to the left:
30% = 0.30
Then, multiply this number times 150:
Your answer is .
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
If is
of
, what is
of
?
We can solve for with the algebraic equation:
We can then calculate of
:
Example Question #1 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
What is of
?
We can convert to
or
. We can then calculate
.
Example Question #2 : Percentage
Susan has a coupon for 10% off any one item at her favorite department store. There is also a storewide sale of 50% off all purchases.
If Susan wants to by a shirt originally priced at $42, how much will she pay?
$20.00
$18.90
$16.50
$21.00
$37.80
$18.90
The storewide sale discounts the shirt by 50%:
Susan also has the 10% off coupon, so she's really paying 90% of the cost of the shirt:
Example Question #8 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
What is of
?
of
can be rewritten as
Example Question #9 : How To Find The Part From The Whole With Percentage
What is of
?
of
is equal to:
Cross-cancel:
Example Question #1341 : Numbers And Operations
What is 8,000% of 9,000?
Taking 8,000%, as a decimal, is equivalent to multiplying it by , so 8,000% of 9,000 is equivalent to
.
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