Meredith borrows $12,560 and pays 2 percent simple interest each year for 4 years. What is the total amount of interest that she will pay on the loan?
Which percent change represents a percent increase?




A dining set is priced at $785. If the sales tax is 7 percent, what is the cost to purchase the dining set? Round to the nearest cent if necessary.
Gene paid a deposit on a leased car. The deposit earns 2.8 percent simple annual interest. At the end of the year, the interest that is earned is $22.40. What was the amount of the original deposit?
Alec paid the bill for dinner with his clients which totaled $140 before tax and tip. If an 8 percent sales tax was added to the cost of the meal, and an automatic tip was added in the amount of $25.00, what was the total cost of the dinner?
The Bishop family celebrated a birthday by dining out at a local restaurant. Their bill was $97.45. Mr. Bishop would like to leave a 18 percent tip at the table for the server. What is the total amount that the family will pay for the dinner? Round to the nearest cent if necessary.
Arsha predicted that she would sell 225 magnets. She actually sold 240 magnets. What are the values of a and b in the table below?Percent ErrorItemApproximate valueExact valueErrorAbsolute errorRatioPercent errorMagnets225240 ab




A hardware store sells a 5-pound box of nails for $16.80. The store is having a 20 percent off sale on all merchandise. What is the sale price of one 5-pound box of nails?
Alexi’s restaurant bill is $58, and he wants to leave a 20 percent tip. Which expression represents the total amount that Alexi needs to pay?




If Allison wants to find 80% of 630, which table should she use?




The owner of a health club decides to reduce the $35 membership fee by $5. What is the approximate percent decrease in the fee?
Stella predicted that she would sell 56 sculptures. She actually sold 30 sculptures. What are the values of a and b in the table below? Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.Percent ErrorItemApproximate valueExact valueErrorAbsolute errorRatioPercent errorSculptures5630 ab




Jeremy wants to give a 20% gratuity to his cab driver. His fare is $35.50. What is the total amount he will pay the driver?
Lena told her mother that the jeans that she bought were on sale for 10 percent off and she had saved $8.25 on them. PercentsTotal10%10%10%10%10%10%10%10%10%10%100%$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25$8.25 Lena’s mother wanted to know the price of the jeans before the discount to determine if Lena was shopping for jeans that were too expensive. What was the price of the jeans before the discount?
Mason gave the waiter a $14.58 tip, which was 15 percent of the dinner bill. What was the amount of the dinner bill before he added the tip?
A pan has an original price of $32 but is marked down by 15 percent. Which equation shows the new price of the pan?




Nadal invests $5,678 at an annual interest rate of 4.5 percent for 6 years. For which variable can Nadal substitute the value 5,678 in the simple interest formula?

The following information is known about a savings account.Time = 6 yearsInterest rate = 1.9%Principal = $850What amount of total interest will be earned at the end of year 6?
Sam predicted that he would sell 15 mugs, but he actually sold 20 mugs. Which expression would find the percent error? Use the table below to help answer the question.Percent ErrorItemApproximate valueExact valueErrorAbsolute errorRatioPercent errorMugs1520–55




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