Found problems: 145
2010 AMC 10, 2
Makayla attended two meetings during her 9-hour work day. The first meeting took 45 minutes and the second meeting took twice as long. What percent of her work day was spent attending meetings?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 15 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 20 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 25 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 30 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 35$
2005 USA Team Selection Test, 3
We choose random a unitary polynomial of degree $n$ and coefficients in the set $1,2,...,n!$. Prove that the probability for this polynomial to be special is between $0.71$ and $0.75$, where a polynomial $g$ is called special if for every $k>1$ in the sequence $f(1), f(2), f(3),...$ there are infinitely many numbers relatively prime with $k$.
2007 AMC 8, 6
The average cost of a long-distance call in the USA in $1985$ was $41$ cents per minute, and the average cost of a long-distance call in the USA in $2005$ was $7$ cents per minute. Find the approximate percent decrease in the cost per minute of a long-distance call.
$\textbf{(A)}\ 7 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 17 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 34 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 41 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 80$
1996 AMC 8, 19
The pie charts below indicate the percent of students who prefer golf, bowling, or tennis at East Junior High School and West Middle School. The total number of students at East is $2000$ and at West, $2500$. In the two schools combined, the percent of students who prefer tennis is
[asy]
unitsize(18);
draw(circle((0,0),4));
draw(circle((9,0),4));
draw((-4,0)--(0,0)--4*dir(352.8));
draw((0,0)--4*dir(100.8));
draw((5,0)--(9,0)--(4*dir(324)+(9,0)));
draw((9,0)--(4*dir(50.4)+(9,0)));
label("$48\%$",(0,-1),S);
label("bowling",(0,-2),S);
label("$30\%$",(1.5,1.5),N);
label("golf",(1.5,0.5),N);
label("$22\%$",(-2,1.5),N);
label("tennis",(-2,0.5),N);
label("$40\%$",(8.5,-1),S);
label("tennis",(8.5,-2),S);
label("$24\%$",(10.5,0.5),E);
label("golf",(10.5,-0.5),E);
label("$36\%$",(7.8,1.7),N);
label("bowling",(7.8,0.7),N);
label("$\textbf{East JHS}$",(0,-4),S);
label("$\textbf{2000 students}$",(0,-5),S);
label("$\textbf{West MS}$",(9,-4),S);
label("$\textbf{2500 students}$",(9,-5),S);
[/asy]
$\text{(A)}\ 30\% \qquad \text{(B)}\ 31\% \qquad \text{(C)}\ 32\% \qquad \text{(D)}\ 33\% \qquad \text{(E)}\ 34\%$
2003 AMC 8, 3
A burger at Ricky C's weighs 120 grams, of which 30 grams are filler. What percent of the burger is not filler?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 60\%\qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 65\% \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 70\%\qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 75\% \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 90\%$
1961 AMC 12/AHSME, 18
The yearly changes in the population census of a town for four consecutive years are, respectively, $25\%$ increase, $25\%$ increase, $25\%$ decrease, $25\%$ decrease. The net change over the four years, to the nearest percent, is:
${{ \textbf{(A)}\ -12 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ -1 \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 0 \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 1}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 12} $
2006 AMC 8, 12
Antonette gets $ 70\%$ on a 10-problem test, $ 80\%$ on a 20-problem test and $ 90\%$ on a 30-problem test. If the three tests are combined into one 60-problem test, which percent is closest to her overall score?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 40 \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 77 \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 80 \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 83 \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 87$
2012 AMC 8, 8
A shop advertises everything is "half price in today's sale." In addition, a coupon gives a $20\%$ discount on sale prices. Using the coupon, the price today represents what percentage off the original price?
$\textbf{(A)}\hspace{.05in}10 \qquad \textbf{(B)}\hspace{.05in}33 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\hspace{.05in}40 \qquad \textbf{(D)}\hspace{.05in}60 \qquad \textbf{(E)}\hspace{.05in}70 $
2012 Purple Comet Problems, 3
While Peter was driving from home to work, he noticed that after driving 21 miles, the distance he had left to drive was 30 percent of the total distance from home to work. How many miles was his complete trip home to work?
1990 AMC 8, 9
The grading scale shown is used at Jones Junior High. The fifteen scores in Mr. Freeman's class were:
\[ \begin{tabular}[t]{lllllllll}89, & 72, & 54, & 97, & 77, & 92, & 85, & 74, & 75,\\ 63, & 84, & 78, & 71, & 80, & 90. & & &\\ \end{tabular} \]
In Mr. Freeman's class, what percent of the students received a grade of C?
\[ \boxed{\begin{tabular}[t]{cc}A: & 93-100\\ B: & 85-92\\ C: & 75-84\\ D: & 70-74\\ F: & 0-69\end{tabular}} \]
$ \text{(A)}\ 20\%\qquad\text{(B)}\ 25\%\qquad\text{(C)}\ 30\%\qquad\text{(D)}\ 33\frac{1}{3}\%\qquad\text{(E)}\ 40\% $
1950 AMC 12/AHSME, 36
A merchant buys goods at $ 25\%$ of the list price. He desires to mark the goods so that he can give a discount of $ 20\%$ on the marked price and still clear a profit of $ 25\%$ on the selling price. What percent of the list price must he mark the goods?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 125\% \qquad
\textbf{(B)}\ 100\% \qquad
\textbf{(C)}\ 120\% \qquad
\textbf{(D)}\ 80\% \qquad
\textbf{(E)}\ 75\%$
1959 AMC 12/AHSME, 1
Each edge of a cube is increased by $50 \%$. The percent of increase of the surface area of the cube is:
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 50 \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 125\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 150\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 300\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 750 $
1995 AMC 8, 1
Walter has exactly one penny, one nickel, one dime and one quarter in his pocket. What percent of one dollar is in his pocket?
$\text{(A)}\ 4\% \qquad \text{(B)}\ 25\% \qquad \text{(C)}\ 40\% \qquad \text{(D)}\ 41\% \qquad \text{(E)}\ 59\%$
2014 AIME Problems, 1
Abe can paint the room in 15 hours, Bea can paint 50 percent faster than Abe, and Coe can paint twice as fast as Abe. Abe begins to paint the room and works alone for the first hour and a half. Then Bea joins Abe, and they work together until half the room is painted. Then Coe joins Abe and Bea, and they work together until the entire room is painted. Find the number of minutes after Abe begins for the three of them to finish painting the room.
2012 Purple Comet Problems, 14
At the 4 PM show, all the seats in the theater were taken, and 65 percent of the audience was children. At the 6 PM show, again, all the seats were taken, but this time only 50 percent of the audience was children. Of all the people who attended either of the shows, 57 percent were children although there were 12 adults and 28 children who attended both shows. How many people does the theater seat?
2006 AMC 12/AHSME, 4
Mary is about to pay for five items at the grocery store. The prices of the items are $ \$$7.99, $ \$$ 4.99, $ \$$2.99, $ \$$1.99, and $ \$$0.99. Mary will pay with a twenty-dollar bill. Which of the following is closest to the percentage of the $ \$$20.00 that she will receive in change?
$ \textbf{(A) } 5 \qquad \textbf{(B) } 10 \qquad \textbf{(C) } 15 \qquad \textbf{(D) } 20 \qquad \textbf{(E) } 25$
2009 Purple Comet Problems, 5
A train car held $6000$ pounds of mud which was $88$ percent water. Then the train car sat in the sun, and some of the water evaporated so that now the mud is only $82$ percent water. How many pounds does the mud weigh now?
2019 PUMaC Combinatorics A, 6
The Nationwide Basketball Society (NBS) has $8001$ teams, numbered $2000$ through $10000$. For each $n$, team $n$ has $n+1$ players, and in a sheer coincidence, this year each player attempted $n$ shots and on team $n$, exactly one player made $0$ shots, one player made $1$ shot, . . ., one player made $n$ shots. A player's [i]field goal percentage[/i] is defined as the percentage of shots the player made, rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent (For instance, $32.45\%$ rounds to $32.5\%$). A player in the NBS is randomly selected among those whose field goal percentage is $66.6\%$. If this player plays for team $k$, the probability that $k\geq 6000$ can be expressed as $\tfrac{p}{q}$ for relatively prime positive integers $p$ and $q$. Find $p+q$.
2012-2013 SDML (Middle School), 4
If $10\%$ of $\left(x+10\right)$ is $\left(x-10\right)$, what is $10\%$ of $x$?
$\text{(A) }\frac{11}{90}\qquad\text{(B) }\frac{9}{11}\qquad\text{(C) }1\qquad\text{(D) }\frac{11}{9}\qquad\text{(E) }\frac{110}{9}$
2011 Purple Comet Problems, 9
A jar contains one quarter red jelly beans and three quarters blue jelly beans. If Chris removes three quarters of the red jelly beans and one quarter of the blue jelly beans, what percent of the jelly beans remaining in the jar will be
red?
2017 AMC 12/AHSME, 4
Jerry and Silvia wanted to go from the southwest corner of a square field to the northeast corner. Jerry walked due east and then due north to reach the goal, but Silvia headed northeast and reached the goal walking in a straight line. Which of the following is closest to how much shorter Silvia's trip was, compared to Jerry's trip?
$\textbf{(A)}\ 30 \%\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 40 \%\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 50 \%\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 60 \%\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 70 \%$
2013 AMC 12/AHSME, 3
A flower bouquet contains pink roses, red roses, pink carnations, and red carnations. One third of the pink flowers are roses, three fourths of the red flowers are carnations, and six tenths of the flowers are pink. What percent of the flowers are carnations?
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 15\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 30\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 40\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 60\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 70 $
1993 AMC 12/AHSME, 5
Last year a bicycle cost $\$160$ and a cycling helmet cost $ \$ 40$. This year the cost of the bicycle increased by $5\%$, and the cost of the helmet increased by $10\%$. The percent increase in the combined cost of the bicycle and the helmet is
$ \textbf{(A)}\ 6\% \qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 7\% \qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 7.5\% \qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8\% \qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 15\% $
2008 Purple Comet Problems, 2
A canister contains two and a half cups of flour. Greg and Sally have a brownie recipe which calls for one and one third cups of flour. Greg and Sally want to make one and a half recipes of brownies. To the nearest whole percent, what percent of the flour in the canister would they use?
2012 AMC 12/AHSME, 4
Suppose that the euro is worth $1.30$ dollars. If Diana has $500$ dollars and Etienne has $400$ euros, by what percent is the value of Etienne's money greater than the value of Diana's money?
${{ \textbf{(A)}\ 2\qquad\textbf{(B)}\ 4\qquad\textbf{(C)}\ 6.5\qquad\textbf{(D)}\ 8}\qquad\textbf{(E)}\ 13} $