7th Grade Percent Problems: Tax, Tips, Discounts and Markups Quiz: 10 Questions with Explanations

7th Grade math quiz: Percent Problems: Tax, Tips, Discounts and Markups – Maths PDF

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This percent problems quiz for 7th Grade covers percent problems: tax, tips, discounts and markups (Common Core 7.RP.A.3), with a free PDF to print.

Answer all 10 multiple-choice questions on multistep percent problems: sales tax, tips, discounts, markups, commission, simple interest, percent change, and percent error. Pick the single best answer, then read the explanation to see why it is right and which common mistake each wrong choice shows. A score of 8 or more means you are ready for the test.

Grade 7 · Common Core State Standards: 7.RP.A.3

Percent problems quiz: 10 questions

Question 1

What is $30\%$ of $\$85$?

Question 2

A shirt costs $\$24$ and is $25\%$ off. What is the sale price?

Question 3

Sales tax is $8\%$. What is the total cost of a $\$50$ item?

Question 4

A price rises from $\$50$ to $\$60$. What is the percent increase?

Question 5

After a $20\%$ discount a coat costs $\$64$. What was the original price?

Question 6

Simple interest on $\$500$ at $4\%$ per year for 3 years is:

Question 7

A store buys a toy for $\$10$ and marks it up $40\%$. What is the price?

Question 8

A price goes up $10\%$ and then down $10\%$. Compared with the start, the final price is:

Question 9

A scale reads 98 pounds, and the true weight is 100 pounds. The percent error is:

Question 10

Jamal earns $6\%$ commission. How much commission does he earn on $\$3,500$ of sales?

Remember

Percent of a number: change the percent to a decimal and multiply.
Tax, tips, and markups add; discounts subtract. The base is the original amount.
Percent change = change ÷ original amount * 100%.
Simple interest is $I = prt$; commission is a percent of sales.
Percent error = |measured – actual| ÷ actual * 100%.

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Answer each question, read the explanation that appears, and keep track of your score. A score of 8 out of 10 or more means you are ready for the test.

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