Book title : Basic Mathematics Book author : Brian Goetz, Graham Smith, John Tobey Questions Convert the

e answer into percent notation if necessary. 1. What is 60% of 50? 2. 300 is 15% of what number? 3. Your computer can store 160GB of information. If you use 100GB, what percent of the storage capacity have you used? 4. Daryls checking account had a principal investment of $15,450. If the account earned 1.5% in simple interest each year, how much interest did the account earn in 3 years? 5. Yolko invests $40,000 in a bond account. If she earns $800 a year in simple interest, what is the interest rate?

Book title : Basic Mathematics Book author : Brian Goetz, Graham Smith, John Tobey Questions Convert the answer into percent notation if necessary. 1. 100 is what percent of 80? 2. When Maria purchased a new microphone, the 8% sales tax came to $5.44. How much did the microphone cost before the sales tax was added? 3. Ken sells hair care products. This month, he sold $25,000 in products. If he earned $1,750 for these sales, what was his commission rate? 4. Ringos credit card company charges 24% simple interest each year. If he spends $1,300 on his card, how much interest will be charged for the first month? 5. Chantal sells appliances at a home improvement store. She earns a commission rate of 4%. If she sells a washing machine for $1,100, what commission will she earn?

Book title : Basic Mathematics Book author : Brian Goetz, Graham Smith, John Tobey Questions Convert the answer into percent notation if necessary. 1. Microsoft decreased the production of its Xbox game from 18 million to 12 million. By what percent did Microsoft decreased Xbox game production? 2. If you answered 95% of 40 questions correctly, how many questions did you answer correctly? 3. Kaleko earns a 5% commission rate for running a friends e-Bay store. If Kaleko earned $680, what were the sales? 4. If someone earning a $26,000 salary receives a 2% cost-of-living raise, what is the change in salary? 5. Last year, Ellis car insurance cost $600. This year, her insurance decreased by $150. By what percent did Ellis insurance decrease?

Book title : Basic College Mathematics Seventh Edition Book author : Margaret L. Lial, Stanley A. Salzman, Diana L. Hestwood Questions 1. 677.6 miles is 140% of what number of miles? 2. What percent of 380 pairs is socks is 36 pairs? 3. Scientists tell us that there are 9600 species of birds and that 1000 of these species are in danger of extinction. What percent of the bird species are in danger of extinction? 4. Our mail carrier, Norm, saw his route expand from 481 residential stops to 520 residential stops. Find the percent od increase. 5. The mileage on a car dropped from 32.8 miles per gallon to 28.5 miles per gallon. Find the percent of decrease.

Book title : Basic College Mathematics Seventh Edition Book author : Margaret L. Lial, Stanley A. Salzman, Diana L. Hestwood Questions 1. Only 88% of the door keys cut will operate properly. If there are 1280 keys cut, find the number of keys that will operate properly. 2. 649 tulips bulbs is what percent of 1180 tulip bulbs? 3. Attendance at the homecoming game decreased from 5760 fans last year to 4320 fans this year. Find the number of decrease. 4. Tom, a real-estate agent, sold two properties, one for $125,000 and the other for $290,000. After all of his expenses, he receives a commission of 1% of total sales. Find the commission that he earned. 5. Jim invests $16,850 at 10% for 9 months. Find the amount of interest earned.