Ratios & Percents

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ACT Math Test › Ratios & Percents

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A store buys a shirt for $60, then marks it up by 50%, then offers customers a 20% discount off the marked up price. What price do consumers pay?

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A store buys a shirt for $60, then marks it up by 50%, then offers customers a 20% discount off the marked up price. What price do consumers pay?

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A part-time employee whose hourly wage was decreased by 20 percent decided to increase the number of hours worked per week so that the employee's total income did not change. By what percent should the number of hours worked be increased?

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Portia purchased a laptop for $480, but after checking the merchant's website realized that she had been overcharged by 20%. By how much, in dollars, was she overcharged?

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A part-time employee whose hourly wage was decreased by 20 percent decided to increase the number of hours worked per week so that the employee's total income did not change. By what percent should the number of hours worked be increased?

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Portia purchased a laptop for $480, but after checking the merchant's website realized that she had been overcharged by 20%. By how much, in dollars, was she overcharged?

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Over the course of a single week, the price of a company’s stock rose by 10%. If the following week the company’s stock rose by 10% of the new price, by what percent did the stock increase over the two week period?

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Over the course of a single week, the price of a company’s stock rose by 10%. If the following week the company’s stock rose by 10% of the new price, by what percent did the stock increase over the two week period?

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Jenna's salary last year was 80% of what it is this year. By what percent did her salary increase from last year to this year?

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Jenna's salary last year was 80% of what it is this year. By what percent did her salary increase from last year to this year?

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