UNDERSTANDING DECIMALS, FRACTIONS, PERCENT AND INTEREST

BETTER
A. Fill in the blanks to make the statements true.
DECIMAL FRACTION PERCENT DECIMAL FRACTION PERCENT

1. .675 = ________ = ________ 6. ________ = 37/50 = ________

2. ________ = 23/20 = ________ 7. ________ = ________ = 150%

3. ________ = ________ = 37.5% 8. .075 = ________ = ________
4. ________ = 17/15 = ________ 9. ________ = 9/13 = ________
5. 1.23 = ________ = ________ 10. ________ = ________ = 7%
B. Find the numbers asked for.
1. 25% of what number is 8 6. 5 1/2% of 840 grams is how many
2. what is 21% of 320 7. What is 125% of 75
3. What percent of 20 is 15 8. 15% of 300 is what percent of 90
4. 75% of 4.8 is what number 9. 60% of 250 is what number
5. What is 40% of 350 10. What percent of 60 is 25% of 48
C. Problem Solving
1. Thirty-six percent of the Kids for Christ members were not able to join the
celebration at Araneta Coliseum. What fraction of the members were not
able to join?
2. If Miss Giray was able to pay a 16% downpayment for a house and lot,
what part of the purchase price was her down payment?
3. Susan had 50 check-ins at the hotel yesterday. Today, she had only 20
check-ins. What was the percent decrease in the number of check-ins that
she had?
4. Minimum jeepney fare for the month of March was 7. Due to the oil price
increase, the minimum jeepney fare for June is 8.00. What was the percent
increase in the price?

5. Mr. Santiago bought a brand new car for 960 000. After a year he sold the
car at a lost of 12%. What was the selling price of the car?
6. A bag with a matching pair of shoes was marked 1,250. During a sale, it
was bought for 1025. What was the percent discount?
7. A store bought several radio-cassettes. They were marked at 860 but sold
at a discount of 15%. Still the owner gained 20%. What was the buying
price of the radio-cassettes to the nearest peso?
8. A salesman is given a basic salary of 5,000 and a commission of 5% on all
sales above 50,000. How much did he earn in a month when his sales
amounted to 235,500?
D. Simple Interest.
1. A bank charges 12% interest per annum on a loan. If Ronald made a loan of
75,000, how much interest does he have to pay after a year and a half?
2. How much money must be invested at 15.5% to earn 2500 a year?
3. An investor has 20 000 invested at 8% yearly and 15 000 invested at 6%
interest yearly. What was the total amount of the interest for a year?
Challenge!!!!

A. 1. The employees in Northview Hotel received an increase of 5%. However,

after 2 months, to prevent a lay-off, they all agreed to a 15% reduction in
their salaries. If an employee received 12,500 before the increase, how
much did he receive after the reduction?

2. The enrollment of a school increased by 35% from 2007 to 2010. If it was 3

150 in 2007, what was it in 2010? If it increases at the same rate, what
would be the estimated enrollment by the year 2 013?

3. A refrigerator marked 15 120 was offered on an installment plan of 825 a

month for 18 months and a down payment of 1700. How much would be
saved if it were bought in cash at a 10% discount? What percent on the
marked price does the amount saved represent?

4. Mang Delfin, a commission merchant, sold for a grower 280 coconuts at

20.50 each, 300 watermelons at 60 each and 12 baskets of chicos at 120
a basket.

a. How much was Mang Delfin's total gross proceeds?

b. How much did he earn if he charged 7.5% commission?
c. How much was the net proceeds that he remitted to the grower?

5. A salesman has a basic salary of 3 500 a month. In addition he gets a

commission of 6% on all sales above 50 000 and an additional commission
of 3% on all sales in excess of 100 000. How much is his total earning for
the month when his total sales amounted to 297 550?