Numbers - Percentage

SOURCE:COMPETITION
Number of Problems: 11. : (Book)

 

 

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Each day, Jenny ate 20\% of the jellybeans that were in her jar at the beginning of that day. At the end of the second day, 32 remained. How many jellybeans were in the jar originally?

mathrm{(A)  40 } qquad mathrm{(B)  50 } qquad mathrm{(C)  55 } qquad mathrm{(D)  60 } qquad mathrm{(E)  75 }

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A solid box is 15 cm by 10 cm by 8 cm. A new solid is formed by removing a cube 3 cm on a side from each corner of this box. What percent of the original volume is removed?

mathrm{(A)  } 4.5\%qquad mathrm{(B)  } 9\%qquad mathrm{(C)  } 12\%qquad mathrm{(D)  } 18\%qquad mathrm{(E)  } 2...

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A positive number x has the property that x\% of x is 4. What is x?

mathrm{(A)} 2      qquadmathrm{(B)} 4      qquadmathrm{(C)} 10      qquadmathrm{(D)} 20      qquadmathrm{(E)} 4...

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At Euclid High School, the number of students taking the AMC 10 was 60 in 2002, 66 in 2003, 70 in 2004, 76 in 2005, 78 and 2006, and is 85 in 2007. Between what two consecutive years was there the largest percentage increase?

	ext{(A)} 2002 	ext{and} 2003 qquad 	ext{(B)} 2003 	ext{and} 2004 qquad 	ext{(C)} 2004 	ext{and} 2005 qquad...

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Last year Mr. Jon Q. Public received an inheritance. He paid 20\% in federal taxes on the inheritance, and paid 10\% of what he had left in state taxes. He paid a total of 10500 for both taxes. How many dollars was his inheritance?

(mathrm {A}) 30000 qquad (mathrm {B}) 32500 qquad(mathrm {C}) 35000 qquad(mathrm {D}) 37500 qquad(mathrm {E}) 4...

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In a certain year the price of gasoline rose by 20\% during January, fell by 20\% during February, rose by 25\% during March, and fell by x\% during April. The price of gasoline at the end of April was the same as it had been at the beginning of January. To the nearest integer, what is x

mathrm{(A)} 12qquadmathrm{(B)} 17qquadmathrm{(C)} 20qquadmathrm{(D)} 25qquadmathrm{(E)} 35

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Makarla attended two meetings during her 9-hour work day. The first meeting took 45 minutes and the second meeting took twice as long. What percent of her work day was spent attending meetings?

	extbf{(A)} 15 qquad 	extbf{(B)} 20 qquad 	extbf{(C)} 25 qquad 	extbf{(D)} 30 qquad 	extbf{(E)} 35

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In a collection of red, blue, and green marbles, there are 25\% more red marbles than blue marbles, and there are 60\% more green marbles than red marbles. Suppose that there are r red marbles. What is the total number of marbles in the collection?

mathrm{(A)} 2.85rqquadmathrm{(B)} 3rqquadmathrm{(C)} 3.4rqquadmathrm{(D)} 3.85rqquadmathrm{(E)} 4.25r

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A carton contains milk that is 2% fat, an amount that is 40% less fat than the amount contained in a carton of whole milk. What is the percentage of fat in whole milk?

mathrm{(A)} frac{12}{5}qquadmathrm{(B)} 3qquadmathrm{(C)} frac{10}{3}qquadmathrm{(D)} 38qquadmathrm{(E)} 42

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A carton contains milk that is 2% fat, an amount that is 40% less fat than the amount contained in a carton of whole milk. What is the percentage of fat in whole milk?

mathrm{(A)} frac{12}{5}qquadmathrm{(B)} 3qquadmathrm{(C)} frac{10}{3}qquadmathrm{(D)} 38qquadmathrm{(E)} 42

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