True or false: percents

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Percent means per one hundred.

2. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   The sale price is above the original price.

3. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Mark-up is a percent of the wholesale price.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   The principal is the amount invested.

5. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Percent problems can never be set up as proportions.

Instructions

Tap True or False for each statement.

Explanation