1.   Students at Appleton Middle School recently voted for a school mascot. The results are shown in the circle graph below. Which mascot received 30% of the votes?
   
    A. tiger B. lion
    C. bull D. stallion
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  2.   Find 12% of 50 by changing the percent to a decimal.
    A. 600 B. 60
    C. 0.06 D. 6
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  3.   What is 25% of 12?
    A. 3 B. 12
    C. 6 D. 9
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  4.   Darnell answered 13 out of 16 questions while playing a trivia game. About what percent of the questions did he answer correctly?
    A. 60% B. 55%
    C. 80% D. 75%
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  5.   Mary bought supplies at a hardware store that cost $41.75. If she paid sales tax of $1.67, what was the sales tax rate?
    A. 4.5% B. 4%
    C. 5.5% D. 5%
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  6.   Forty percent of what amount is $6,000?
    A. $1,500 B. $24,000
    C. $2,400 D. $15,000
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