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The original price for each was X dollars. Which expression shows the new price of the watermelons?\u003Cbr>A. 100X + 0.02 B. X-1.02 C. X-0.02 D. X + (0 .02 × X) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  \u003Cbr>2. |  |  |  |\n| 2) | A cell phone company dropped the prices on their phones by 8% . Which expression shows the new price of the phones(p)?\u003Cbr>A. p-0 .08p B. p-0.08 C. p-1.08 D. 100p + 0.08 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3.   |  |  |  |\n| 3) | While clearing out some old inventory a store offered 3 percent off of any item(i) . Which expression can be used to calculate the new cost of an item?\u003Cbr>A. i -0.03 B. i -0.03i C. i -1.03 D. 100i + 0.03 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.  \u003Cbr>5.   |  |  |  |\n| 4) | Joe was earning $7 an hour before his raise. After his 5% raise he was making $7.35 an hour. Which expression shows how his new hourly rate was calculated?\u003Cbr>A. r-1.05 B. r-5 C. r-0.05 D. 7 × 1.05 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.  \u003Cbr>7.   |  |  |  |\n| 5) | An icecream bar was 704 calories. If they increased the size of the bar by 6% which expression can be used to find the new calorie count?\u003Cbr>A. 704 × 1.06 B. i -1.06 C. i -0.06 D. i -6 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8.  \u003Cbr>9.   |  |  |  |\n| 6) | Over the summer gas prices dropped 2% . Which expression shows the new price of a gallon of gas? (the old price is represented by g)\u003Cbr>A. g-0 .02g B. g-0.02 C. 100g + 0.02 D. g-1.02 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.   |  |  |  |\n| 7) | A box of cereal advertised having 25% more marshmallows. The original cereal had y cups of marshmallow. Which expression shows the how many cups of marshmallows the new cereal has? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 8) | A. 100y + 0.25 B. y-1.25 C. y + (0 .25 × y) D. y-0.25 A mall kiosk needed to buy 50 new cell phone cases at z dollars a piece. Because they were buying so many they got 11% off the price. Which expression shows how much money they saved? |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 9) | A. 0.11 × 50z B. z-1.11 C. z-0.11 D. z-11 A company was having a sale for 8% off the price of computer monitors. Which expression shows how much money you would save if you bought 30 monitors for z dollars a piece?\u003Cbr>A. z-1.08 B. 0.08 × 30z C. z-8 D. z-0.08 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 10) | Last year the price of a college textbook(b) was $271. This year the price will be 25% higher. Which expression shows the difference in price from last year to this year?\u003Cbr>A. b × 0.25 B. b-1.25 C. b-25 D. b-0.25 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |\n| 1-10 |  | 90 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 0 |\n\n[Math](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)[ www.CommonCoreSheets.com](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)[ 2](Math www.CommonCoreSheets.com 2)  \n Percent Word Problems as Decimal Expressions Name: Answer Key  \n\n| Determine which expression is the correct answer.\u003Cbr>1) A store raised the price on watermelons 2% . The original price for each was X dollars. Which expression shows the new price of the watermelons?\u003Cbr>A. 100X + 0.02 B. X-1.02 C. X-0.02 D. X + (0 .02 × X) |  |  |  |  |  |  | Answers |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.  D \u003Cbr>2. A |  |  |  |  |\n| 2) A cell phone company dropped the prices on their phones by 8% . Which expression shows the new price of the phones(p)? |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3. |  | B |  |  |\n| A. p-0 .08p B. p-0.08 C. p-1.08 D. 100p + 0.08\u003Cbr>3) While clearing out some old inventory a store offered 3 percent off of any item(i) . Which expression can be used to calculate the new cost of an item? |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4.\u003Cbr>5. |  | D |  |  |\n|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | A |  |  |\n| A. i -0.03 B. i -0.03i C. i -1.03 D. 100i + 0.03\u003Cbr>4) Joe was earning $7 an hour before his raise. 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