percent change in price

Find the percent of change from 75 to 40 and say whether the change is an increase or decrease. => 46.66% increase or 56.66% decrease or 46.66% decrease or 75% increase..

A sofa set has a regular price of $200. It is on sale for $180. What is the discount in percent? => 20 or 10 or 5 or 15..

A bag is on sale for $150. Its original cost is $200. What is the percent of the decrease in price? => 20% or 28% or 23% or 25%..

A bookseller sells an encyclopedia at a price of $17. The actual store cost is $16. Find the markup percent. => 6% or 8% or 7% or none of the above..

The price of sugar increases by 20%, by what percent should a house wife reduce the consumption of sugar so that expenditure on sugar can be same as before? => 16.67% or 23.15% or 19.82% or 12.46%..

The enrollment at the graduation level in India has increased from 50% to 70%. Find the percent of change. => 35% or 40% or 50% or 55%..

At a special sale, 5 tickets can be purchased for the price of 3 tickets. If 5 tickets are purchased at the sale, the amount saved will be what percent of the original price of the 5 tickets? => 50% or 20% or 40% or 30%..

A sales person bought 10 shirts for $25. He sells it at a cost of $3 each. What is the percent of increase in the price of the shirts? => 15% or 21% or 25% or 20%..

Lindsay bought a sandwich that was priced at 68 cents. What is the best way to give the change by using the fewest number of coins? => 3 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel and 3 pennies or 1 quarter, 2 dimes, 1 nickel and 1 penny or 2 quarters, 1 dime, 1 nickel and 3 pennies or 1 quarte..

David sells cone ice creams. An empty cone has a vertical length of 8 cm and a diameter of 8 cm. He sells 170 ice creams on a day, and charges $2.5 for an icecream. Calculate the additional income he would earn if the dimensions of the cone were reduced by 0.5 cm each, assuming that he does not ..