A TEST IN PERCENTAGE

EXERCISES FOR PRACTICE

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Write the answers. As your teacher reads the correct answers see how many you missed. Find what per cent you had right. Study those you missed. Try again in a week and see if you can get all right.

See if you can tell what should fill each blank without making a single mistake.

1. Per cent is only another name for ———.

21. A small town increased in population from 1200 to 3600 in ten years. Find the per cent of increase.

22. If a town with a population of 1525 increases 100% in ten years, what will the population then be?

23. When one's income doubles, it has increased what per cent?

24. Frank's father said, "My salary is three times what it was ten years ago." That was an increase of what per cent?

25. Walter pays 3¢ for a paper and sells it for 5¢. What per cent of the selling price does he make?

CHAPTER VI

USE OF PER CENT IN BUSINESS

THE MEANING OF DISCOUNT

Whenever an article sells for less than a former price it is said to sell at a discount.

1. Frank's father wanted a car that was selling for $1450. The dealer offered him one that had been used 3 months for demonstration purposes, at a discount of 15%. How much would the used car cost him?

2. Find two ways of finding what the car (problem 1) cost when sold at a discount of 15%.

How

3. Donald bought a bicycle for $28.75. After using it six months, he sold it to Ralph at a discount of 20%. much did he get for it?

4. Mary's mother bought a set of furniture for the livingroom. The regular price was $385, but she bought it at a "discount sale" and got a discount of 15%. How much did the set cost her?

5. At a "clearance sale" a discount of 20% was given on any suit in the store. Ralph selected a suit that had been selling at $22.50. What did it cost him?

6. A store advertised that they would give a discount of 121% on all goods purchased during the month of January. Helen's mother purchased goods that would have cost $128 at the regular price. How much discount was she allowed? How much did she pay?

7. Helen bought a book for $1.05 that had been selling ' for $1.50. What per cent of discount did she get?

8. Frank bought a suit for $18.60 that had been selling for $24. What rate of discount did he get?

9. Ralph's father bought a used car for $1170 that sold when new for $1560. This was a discount of what per cent from the regular price?

10. In August Henry bought a canoe for $38.25 that sold for $42.50 during the early part of the summer. What rate

of discount did he get?

11. Sydney was offered a $28 bicycle at a discount of 15%. How much would it have cost him?

12. In February a dealer gave a discount of 30% on all skates, sleds, and coasters. Find the cost of a $9.75 coaster. Of a $2.80 pair of skates. Of a $3.50 sled.

13. Which is selling at the greater rate of discount and how much, a suit marked at $24 and selling for $21.50, or one marked $18 and selling for $16.50?

14. Our baseball team wants 18 suits listed at $5.75 per suit. One dealer offers a 15% discount and another offers the same suits at $5 each. How much can the team save by taking the cheaper offer?

SELLING GOODS ON A COMMISSION

SELLING GOODS ON A COMMISSION

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Without keeping a stock of goods on hand, agents for certain kinds of goods take orders for them and get a commission, or a certain per cent of the sales. Many boys and girls earn money in this way.

1. George took orders for brushes and got a commission of 40% of his sales. What was his commission on a floor brush selling for $1.25?

2. George sold Mrs. Roberts a lot of brushes. The total amount of the sale was $7.25. What was his commission?

3. During a single month he took orders amounting to $112.50. How much was his commission?

4. Emily took subscriptions for a book. One winter her orders amounted to $156. At a commission of 40%, how much did she earn?

5. Henry sold Saturday Evening Posts at 5¢ each and got a commission of 2¢ each. His commission was what per cent of the selling price?

6. Mary's father sold a house for $9500 through an agent, who charged him 21% commission. Find the agent's commission.

7. Helen's brother made part of his college expenses by selling aluminum ware during the summer vacation. One summer his orders amounted to $975. His commission was 40% of the sales and his expenses amounted to $118.50. His net earnings for the summer were how much?

8. Frank took orders for aluminum ware amounting to $1080.50 on a 40% commission. His total expenses were $108.25. Find his net earnings.