Finding a Percent of a Number Answers

A 1-liter bottle of orange juice used to cost $2.85 at a food market. Its price has increased; the new price is 110 percent of the original price. What is the new price of the juice? Round your answer to the nearest cent.

In a recent flu epidemic, the number of flu cases increased by 40% each week. There were 3,000 flu cases during the first week of January. How many more people were affected by the flu during the third week of January than during the first week?

Last month Rudy’s Tacos sold 22 dinner specials. The next month they released a new commercial and sold 250% of last month’s dinners. How many dinner specials did they sell this month?

Marlye posted a story on her blog. On the first day there were 80 responses and on the second day there were 180 responses. What percent is the increase, 100, of the original number of responses, 80?

Joelle would like to tip her hairdresser 20%. If her haircut costs $38.00, which expression should she use to find the tip amount?

Aarti posted a comment on her blog. Each day the number of responses to her comment was 125% of the number she received on the previous day. If there were 64 responses the first day, how many were there on the fourth day?

If Zöe orders a book from Store Y, how much tax will she pay?Comparison of Online Bookstores Store XStore YCost of book$17.00$18.00Tax rate6%8%Shipping10% of cost before taxFREE

Beth bought two pairs of earrings for $12.00 each. She also had to pay 6% sales tax. What was her total bill?

If Jaime wants to find 60% of 320, which table should he use?