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A shirt costs 250 pounds wholesale and is marked up by 100 pounds. Compared with half the wholesale price, that mark-up is:

AExactly half
BTwice as much
CMore than half
DLess than half
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Less than half
1. Half of 250 is 125. 2. The mark-up is only 100. 3. It is less than half. _Source: OpenStax Prealgebra 2e, Chapter 6, Percents._
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