A calculator is allowed on the following questions. If x is 50% larger than z, and y is 20% larger than 2, then x is what percent larger than y? A) 15% B) 20% ©) 25% D) 30% Veronica has a bank account that eams m% interest compounded annually. If she opened the | account with $200, the expression $200(:x)' represents the amount in the account after ¢ years. Which of the following gives x in terms of m? A)1+01m * B) tm © 1-m D} 1+100m Ina survey of 400 seniors, x percent said that they plan on majoring in physics. One university has used this data to estimate the number of physics majors it expects for its entering class of 3,300 students. If the university expects 66 physics majors, what is the value of x? 2 v ‘Questions 4-7 refer to the following information, The table below shows the number of box spring and mattress units sold over four weeks at a bedding store. Week] Box Springs Mattresses Total Total 167 219 386 33, T 38 7 5 Tar Which week accounted for approximately 32% of all the box spring units sold? A) Week 1 B) Week 2 ©) Week 3 D) Week 4 Approximately what percentage of all units sold ‘came from week 2? A) 15.8% B) 26.7% ©) 31.3% D) 47.0% Mattresses accounted for approximately what Percentage of all units sold during week 1? A) 22.0% B) 32.5% ©) 44.7% D) 55.3%CHAPTER2 PERCENT. What was the approximate percent decrease in the number of mattresses sold from week 3 to week 4? A) 37% B) 41% ©) 46% D) 58% a Eira ee The discount price of a book is 20% less than the retail price. James manages to purchase the book at 30% off the discount price at a special book sale. What percent of the retail price did James pay? A) 42% B) 43% ©) 50% D) 56% * aaa Each day, Robert eats 40% of the pistachios left in his jar at that time. At the end of the second day, 27 pistachios remain. How many pistachios ‘were in the jarat the start of the first day? A) 75 B) 80 C) 8 D) 95 Joanne bought a doll at a 10 percent discount off the original price of $105.82. However, she had. to pay a sales tax of x% on the discounted price. If the total amount she paid for the doll was $100, what is the value of x? A)2 B) 3 oa b) 5 In 2010, the number of houses built in Town A was 25 percent greater than the number of houses built in Town B. If 70 houses were built in Town A during 2010, how many were built in ‘Town B? Over a two week span, John ate 20 pounds of chicken wings and 15 pounds of hot dogs. Kyle ate 20 percent more chicken wings and 40 percent more hot dogs. Considering only chicken wings and hot dogs, Kyle ate approximately x percent more food, by weight, than John. What is x (rounded to the nearest percent)? A) 5 B) 27 ©) 29 D) 30Jane is playing a board game in which she must collect as many cards as possible. On her first turn, she loses 18 percent of her cards. On the second tur, she increases her card count by 36 percent. If her final card count after these two turns is 7, which of the following represents her starting card count in terms of n? n ’ qinom | B) (1.18) (0.64)n i 9 36 OR D) (082)(1.36)n Due to deforestation, researchers expect the deer population to decline by 6 percent every year. If the current deer population is 12,000, what is the approximate expected population size 10 years from now? . | A) 4800 B) 6460 ©), 7240 D) 7980 Kyle bought a $2,000 government bond that yields 6% in simple interest each year. Which of the following equations gives the total amount A, in dollars, Kyle will receive when he sells the | bond after t years? | A) A =2,000(1 + .06)t | B) A =2,000(1 + 0.061) ©) A=2,000(1 +0.06)* D) A= 2,000(1 + 0.06") A small clothing store sells 3 different types of accessories: 20% are scarves, 60% are ties, and the other 40 accessories are belts. If half of the ties are replaced with scarves, how many scarves will the store have? Daniel has $1000 in’a checking account and ‘$3000 in a savings account. The checking account earns him 1 percent interest compounded annually. The savings account eas him 6 percent interest compounded annually. Assuming he leaves both these accounts alone, which of the following represents how much more interest Daniel will have earned from the savings account than from the checking account after 5 years? A) 3,000(1.06)° — 1, 000(1.01)° B) 3,000(1.06)(5) — 1, 000(1.01)(5) ©) (3,000(1.06)5 — 3,000) — (1,000(1.01)5 — 1,000) D) (3,000(1.06)(5) — 3,000) — (1,000(1.01)(5) — 1,000) Kristen opens a bank account that earns 4% interest each year, compounded once every two years. If she opened the account with k dollars, Which of the following expressions represents the total amount in the account after t years? A) k(1.04)" B) (1.04)! ©) k(1.08)' 4 D) (1.08)!