GED Math Review: Solving Percent Problems

Questions:

A. Round answers to the nearest hundredth or cent.

1. Find 6% of $84.50.
2. Find 4% of 1,278.
3. What is 210% of $158.75?
4. What is 45%of $10.80?
   
   B. Solve.
5. During the winter, Green Art, a landscaping service, contacted 1,200 homeowners. Of these, 15% hired the company to do work at their homes. How many homeowners hired Green Art?
   
   Use the graph to answer questions 6 and 7.
   
   
6. Angelo earns $2,080 per month. What amount is deducted from his pay each month?
7. Of Angelo's $2,080 monthly earnings, how much is his take-home pay?
   
   C. solve.
8. $3.75 is 75% of what amount?
9. 15% of what number is 9.6?
10. 35% of what amount is $157.50?
11. $26.88 is 24% of what amount?
    
    D. Solve.
12. Jeff's insurance paid $7,500 for his surgery, If the insurance paid 80% of the total bill, what was the amount of the total bill?
13. Last year Florence paid 15% of her annual income in federal income tax. If her tax bill was $3,555, what was her annual income?
    
    Refer to the following information to answer question 14.
    
    
    89% of CAA Members Vote to Elect Elena Richards
14. If 178 members voted for Elena, how many did not vote for her?
    (Hint: You need to find the base, but the base is not the final answer.)

Answers:

1. $4.07
2. 51.12
3. $333.38
4. $4.86
5. 180
6. $457.60
7. $1,622.40
8. $5.00
9. 64
10. $450.00
11. $112.00
12. $9,375
13. $23,700
14. 22

Reference:

Complete Test Preparation for the GED Test 2014 by Steck-Vaughn