7th Grade Applications of Percents Task

Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
Applications of Percents -A
1. Wayne is mixing paint. He makes six quarts of brown paint by mixing
equal quantities of yellow paint and violet paint. The violet paint is made
from one-third red paint and two-thirds blue paint.
a. How much red paint does he use?
Answer: ___________________________
quart(s)
b. How much blue paint does he use?
Answer: ___________________________
quart(s)
c.
What percentage of the brown paint is made from blue paint?
Explain how you figured this out.

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Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _________

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Item #1 adapted from:
http://www.insidemathematics.org/common-core-math-tasks/7th-grade/7-2003%20Mixing%20Paints.pdf
2. The tires Mary wants to buy for her car cost $200 per tire. A store is
offering the following deal.
Buy 3 tires and get the 4th tire for 75% off!
Mary will buy 4 tires using the deal. The sales tax is 8%. How much money
will Mary save by using the deal versus paying full price for all 4 tires?
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________

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3. Consider a circle that has a circumference of 28

(Remember, the circumference formula is C=d .)
centimeters (cm).
a. What is the radius of the circle described above?
b. What is the area, in cm 2 , of this circle? Show all work necessary to

justify your response. (The area formula is A= r 2 . )
c. What would be the measure of the radius, in cm, of a circle with an

area that is 20% greater than the circle in Part A? Show all work
necessary to justify your response.
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________

4. ABC Electronics was having a one day sale on Presidents Day. During
the sale, a laptop was marked down 15% from its original price of $900.
a. What was the sale price of the laptop?
b. Eva, an employee at ABC Electronics, makes a commission of 4.5% on

each sale. She sells 5 laptops during the Presidents Day sale. How
much commission does she make during the sale?
c. George, another employee at ABC Electronics, needs a laptop for

college. He decides to buy a laptop during the Presidents Day sale.
Employees get an additional 20% discount on any items purchased,
even if the item is already on sale. How much will George pay for the
laptop?
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
5. Answer the following multiple-choice questions. Please show all work

or explain, in words, how you found your answer.
I.
The population of a city in the year 2000 was 4,400. In 2010, the
population was 5,060. Find the percent increase in the population
from 2000 to 2010.
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 15%
d. 20%
Show your work/Explain your answer:
II.
The price of a family dinner was $48.00. A sales tax added 5% to

the final bill. The family then left a $10.08 tip. If the family included
the sales tax when calculating the tip, what percent tip did the
family leave?
a. 2%
b. 10%
c. 18%
d. 20%
III.
Lillian buys a jacket for j dollars. She must pay 7% sales tax on her
purchase. Which expression represents how many dollars she will
pay in all, including sales tax?
Name: _______________________________________________
a.
b.
c.
d.
Date: _________
1.7j
1.07 j
7j
j + 0.07
Applications of Percents
Expectations
(5 points)
Did not address
that part of the
task or shows
very little
understanding
Using fractions to
divide quantities.
Question 1
Finding the sale
price.
Questions 2 & 4
Solving problems
involving
commission and
tax.
Questions 2, 4, &
5.
Applying
properties of
circles to find area
and
circumference.
Question 3.
Using percents to
solve problems.
Question 1c, 3c,
4c, & 5.
Levels of Proficiency
(10 points)
(15 points)
Some elements of
task are correct or
shows some
understanding.
Shows
understanding
with minor
flaws.
OR
Math is correct
but reasoning is
weak.
(20 points)
Complete,
correct, and
thorough
understanding.
Name: _______________________________________________
Teacher Comments:
Date: _________
Score:
Level
69
Level
79
Level
89
Level
100
1: 602: 703: 804: 90-
Self Reflection: Which parts of this task did you have trouble with and why do you
think they made you struggle? Were there any parts of the task that you found easy?
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Peer Evaluation: Comment on the math work your classmate completed on this task.
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Applications of Percents -B
1. Wayne is mixing paint. He makes six quarts of brown paint by mixing
equal quantities of yellow paint and violet paint. The violet paint is made
from one-third red paint and two-thirds blue paint.
a. How much yellow paint does he use? How much violet paint?
Answer: ___________________________ quart(s)

yellow
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
Answer: ___________________________ quart(s)

violet
b. Out of the violet paint, how much is blue?
Answer: ___________________________
quart(s)
c.
What percentage of the total, 6 quarts of brown paint, is made from

blue paint?
Explain how you figured this out.

__________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________
http://www.insidemathematics.org/common-core-math-tasks/7th-grade/7-2003%20Mixing%20Paints.pdf
2. The tires Mary wants to buy for her car cost $200 per tire. A store is
offering the following deal.
Buy 3 tires and get the 4th tire for 75% off!
a. Mary will buy 4 tires. How much would it cost her without the deal?
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
b. How much will it cost Mary using the deal? Remember: the 4 th tire is
75% off.
c. How much money will Mary save by using the deal versus paying full
price for all 4 tires?
3. Consider a circle that has a circumference of 28

(Remember, the circumference formula is C=d .)
centimeters (cm).
a. What is the diameter of the circle described above?
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
b. What is the radius of this circle?

r = _______________
c. What is the area, in cm 2 , of this circle? Show all work necessary to
justify your response. (The area formula is A= r 2 . )
d. What would be area of a circle with an area that is 20% greater

than the circle in Part A? Show all work necessary to justify your
response. (You must add the additional 20% on to the original
measurement.)

4. ABC Electronics was having a one day sale on Presidents Day. During
the sale, a laptop was marked down 15% from its original price of $900.
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
a. What was the sale price of the laptop?
b. Eva, an employee at ABC Electronics, makes a commission of 4% on

each sale. She sells 5 laptops during the Presidents Day sale. How
much commission does she make during the sale?
c. George, another employee at ABC Electronics, needs a laptop for

college. He decides to buy a laptop during the Presidents Day sale.
Employees get an additional 20% discount on any items purchased,
even if the item is already on sale. How much will George pay for the
laptop?
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________
5. Answer the following multiple-choice questions. Please show all work

or explain, in words, how you found your answer.
I.
The population of a city in the year 2000 was 4,400. In 2010, the
population was 5,060. Find the percent increase in the population
from 2000 to 2010.
a. 5%
b. 10%
c. 15%
d. 20%
You may want to use the formula:
II.
The price of a family dinner was $48.00. A sales tax added 5% to

the final bill. The family then left a $10.08 tip. If the family included
the sales tax when calculating the tip, what percent tip did the
family leave?
a. 2%
b. 10%
c. 18%
d. 20%
III.
Lillian buys a jacket for j dollars. She must pay 7% sales tax on her
purchase. Which expression represents how many dollars she will
pay in all, including sales tax?
(Remember: The sales tax, .07, gets added to the original amount of
the jacket.)
a. 1.7j
b. 1.07 j
c. 7 j
d. j + 0.07
Name: _______________________________________________
Date: _________

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Name: _______________________________________________

What percentage of the brown paint is made from blue paint?

Explain how you figured this out.

Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _________

Item #2 adapted from:

3. Consider a circle that has a circumference of 28

a. What is the radius of the circle described above?

b. What is the area, in cm 2 , of this circle? Show all work necessary to

c. What would be the measure of the radius, in cm, of a circle with an

Item #3 adapted from:

b. Eva, an employee at ABC Electronics, makes a commission of 4.5% on

c. George, another employee at ABC Electronics, needs a laptop for

5. Answer the following multiple-choice questions. Please show all work

The price of a family dinner was $48.00. A sales tax added 5% to

1: 602: 703: 804: 90-

Answer: ___________________________ quart(s)

Answer: ___________________________ quart(s)

What percentage of the total, 6 quarts of brown paint, is made from

Explain how you figured this out.

3. Consider a circle that has a circumference of 28

a. What is the diameter of the circle described above?

b. What is the radius of this circle?

d. What would be area of a circle with an area that is 20% greater

Item #3 adapted from:

a. What was the sale price of the laptop?

b. Eva, an employee at ABC Electronics, makes a commission of 4% on

c. George, another employee at ABC Electronics, needs a laptop for

5. Answer the following multiple-choice questions. Please show all work

Show your work/Explain your answer:

The price of a family dinner was $48.00. A sales tax added 5% to

Show your work/Explain your answer:

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