Math Graded Assignment Answer Key Semester A Test, Part 2
(Score for Question 3: ___ of 11 points)
3. Mario spent $65 at the store. He bought new jeans for $35, a new shirt for $25, and socks for $5.
(a) What fraction and percent of Mario's total purchase was spent on socks? Write your fraction in
simplest form. Show your work.
(b) What fraction and percent of Mario's total purchase was spent on jeans? Write your fraction in
simplest form. Show your work.
(c) Write a ratio showing the cost of the socks to the cost of the jeans. Simplify your answer. Write a
sentence that explains what the simplified ratio means.
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