GMAT Percents and Ratios Questions with Answer

GMAT Practice Questions 1. If a discount of 20% off the retail price of a desk saves Mark $45, how much did he pay for the desk? A. $145 B. $160 C. $180 D. $210 E. $215 2. A customer pays $1,100 in state taxes on a newly purchased car. What is the value of the car if state taxes are 8.9% of the value? A. $9.765.45 B. $10,876.90 C. $12,359.55 D. $14,345.48 E. $15,745.45 3. How many years does Steven need to invest his $3,000 at 7% to earn $210 in simple interest? A. 1 year B. 2 years C. 3 years D. 4 years E. 5 years 4. Sabrina's boss states that she will increase Sabrina's salary from $12,000 to $14,000 per year if she enrolls in business courses at a local community college. What percent increase in salary will result from Sabrina taking the business courses? A. 15% B. 16.7% C. 17.2% D. 85% E. 117% 5. 35% of what number is 70? A. 100 B. 110 C. 150 D. 175 E. 200 6. What number is 5% of 2000? A. 50 B. 100 C. 150 D. 200 E. 250 7. What percent of 90 is 27? A. 15% B. 20% C. 30% D. 33% E. 41% 8. Jim works for $15.50 per hour for a health care facility. He is supposed to get a 75 cent per hour raise at one year of service. What will his percent increase in hourly pay be? A. 2.7% B. 3.3% C. 133% D. 4.8% E. 105% 9. If 45 is 120% of a number, what is 80% of the same number? A. 30 B. 32 C. 36 D. 38 E. 41 10. How long will Lucy have to wait before her $2,500 invested at 6% earns $600 in simple interest? A. 2 years B. 3 years C. 4 years D. 5 years E. 6 years 11. What is 35% of a number if 12 is 15% of a number? A. 5 B. 12 C. 28 D. 33 E. 62 12. A computer is on sale for $1600, which is a 20% discount off the regular price. What is the regular price? A. $1800 B. $1900 C. $2000 D. $2100 E. $2200 13. A car dealer sells a SUV for $39,000, which represents a 25% markup over the dealer's cost. What was the cost of the SUV to the dealer? A. $29,250 B. $31,200 C. $32,500 D. $33,800 E. $33,999 14. After having to pay increased income taxes this year, Edmond has to sell his BMW. Edmond bought the car for $49,000, but he sold it for a 20% loss. What did Edmond sell the car for? A. $24,200 B. $28,900 C. $35,600 D. $37,300 E. $39,200 15. At a company fish fry, ½ in attendance are employees. Employees' spouses are 1/3 of the attendance. What is the percentage of the people in attendance who are not employees or employee spouses? A. 10.5% B. 16.7% C. 25% D. 32.3% E. 38% 16. If 6 is 24% of a number, what is 40% of the same number A. 8 B. 10 C. 15 D. 20 E. 25 17. 25% of 400 = A. 100 B. 200 C. 800 D. 10,000 E. 12,000 18. 22% of $900 = A. 90 B. 198 C. 250 D. 325 E. 375 19. Which of the following percentages is equal to 0.45? A. 0.045% B. 0.45% C. 4.5% D. 45% E. 0.0045% 20. Which of these percentages equals 1.25? A. 0.125% B. 12.5% C. 125% D. 1250% E. 1250.5% Answer Key 1. C 2. C 3. A 4. B 5. E 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. A 10. C 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. E 15. B 16. B 17. A 18. B 19. D 20. C