Deck 19: Percent and Percentage

Question 1

What is 15% of 110?

Answer 1

16.5

Question 2

During a 37.5-hour workweek, a technician spends 12% of the time driving to and from various jobs. How many hours are spent driving?

Answer 2

4.5 hours

Question 3

Express 0.615 as a percent.

Answer 3

61.5%

Question 4

When doing a mathematical operation with a percent, it must first be changed to a decimal number.

Question 5

The number 108 is what percent of 94? Round the answer to the nearer whole percent.

Question 6

Express 3.3% as a decimal number.

Question 7

What percent of 180 is 270?

Question 8

An air-conditioning installer works part time and has a taxable income of $15,775.00. The state income tax is 6% of the taxable income. How much money does the installer pay in state taxes?

Question 9

In a heat pump, 15% of the heat is from the heat generated running the compressor. The rest is from the exchange of heat with the air or ground. How much heat is generated running the compressor of a 2-ton heat pump? (One ton is equivalent to 12,000 Btu/hr.)

Question 10

When converting common fractions to percents, one-half would be represted by 500%.