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SAT Percentages practice questions
Percentages is one of the skills tested in the Problem-Solving and Data Analysis domain of the Digital SAT Math section. Below are 14 free practice questions sorted from easy to hard. Open one to answer it and see the explanation.
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Question 1
What is 35% of 240?EasyQuestion 2
A jacket originally priced at 80 is on sale for 15%$ off the original price. What is the sale price of the jacket?EasyQuestion 3
In a group of 250 people, 40% are younger than 30 years old. How many people in the group are NOT younger than 30?EasyQuestion 4
A test has 60 questions. A student answered 45 of the questions correctly. What percent of the questions did the studentEasyQuestion 5
What is 120% of 45?EasyQuestion 6
The population of a town was 18,400 in 2020 and 20,240 in 2023. By what percent did the population increase from 2020 toMediumQuestion 7
After a 20% raise, Dana's annual salary is 54,000$. What was Dana's annual salary before the raise?MediumQuestion 8
A store sets the retail price of an item by increasing its wholesale cost by 60%. If the retail price of a lamp is 72$, MediumQuestion 9
The value of an investment decreased by 20% during one year. By what percent must the value increase during the next yeaMediumQuestion 10
Of the 1,200 tickets sold for a concert, 15% were VIP tickets. Of the remaining tickets, 40% were balcony tickets. How mMediumQuestion 11
The price of a stock increased by p% in one month and then decreased by 30% the following month. At the end of the two mHardQuestion 12
The number a is 40% greater than the number b, and b is 25% less than the positive number c. The value of a is what percHardQuestion 13
In 2019, a company had 240 employees, and 35% of them were women. In 2020, the company hired additional employees, all oHardQuestion 14
A shirt is discounted by 30%, and then an 8% sales tax is applied to the discounted price. The final cost of the shirt iHard
What is 35% of 240?EasyQuestion 2
A jacket originally priced at 80 is on sale for 15%$ off the original price. What is the sale price of the jacket?EasyQuestion 3
In a group of 250 people, 40% are younger than 30 years old. How many people in the group are NOT younger than 30?EasyQuestion 4
A test has 60 questions. A student answered 45 of the questions correctly. What percent of the questions did the studentEasyQuestion 5
What is 120% of 45?EasyQuestion 6
The population of a town was 18,400 in 2020 and 20,240 in 2023. By what percent did the population increase from 2020 toMediumQuestion 7
After a 20% raise, Dana's annual salary is 54,000$. What was Dana's annual salary before the raise?MediumQuestion 8
A store sets the retail price of an item by increasing its wholesale cost by 60%. If the retail price of a lamp is 72$, MediumQuestion 9
The value of an investment decreased by 20% during one year. By what percent must the value increase during the next yeaMediumQuestion 10
Of the 1,200 tickets sold for a concert, 15% were VIP tickets. Of the remaining tickets, 40% were balcony tickets. How mMediumQuestion 11
The price of a stock increased by p% in one month and then decreased by 30% the following month. At the end of the two mHardQuestion 12
The number a is 40% greater than the number b, and b is 25% less than the positive number c. The value of a is what percHardQuestion 13
In 2019, a company had 240 employees, and 35% of them were women. In 2020, the company hired additional employees, all oHardQuestion 14
A shirt is discounted by 30%, and then an 8% sales tax is applied to the discounted price. The final cost of the shirt iHard