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Question 538082: express each percent as a fraction or a mixed number in the simplest form.
a.)125% b.)580%
I know how to do this if the numbers are below 100, but I'm not for sure how to do this if they are over 100
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Question 539282: What are 2/3, 0.65, and 6/10 in order from least to greatest??
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Question 539712: if you role a dice in 8 times in 30 seconds, how many minutes should it take her to roll the dice 150 times?
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Question 540489: in 20 people how much percentage is 6?

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Question 540932: 17 is what percent of 161
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Question 540983: Hi! I really need help with this math problem, and I don't even know where to start! Please explain how to do this problem, with all the work. Thanks!
Kwan Lee budgets 28% of her income for food. In a circle graph for her budget, what is the measure of the central angle for food?
Thanks for helping me! :)
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Question 541048: how do you find the increase or decrease between two number in percent?
for example: original amount:1500
new amount:1725
the question asked me to find the percent of increase or decrease. what should i do for this problem?
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Question 541990: In a medical study of pregnant women with 'poor' diets, 40 women, or 10% had babies in good or excellent health. How many women was in the original study?
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Question 542042: Amy paid $80.61for a pair of running shoes during a 30%-off sale. What was the regular price?
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Question 542358: 9 is what percent of 660
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Question 543694: 0.37% CONVERT TO A DECIMAL AND FRACTION TO THE LOWEST TERMS

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Question 543852: You just found a game you want to purchase for $29.95. The sales tax rate is 8%. How much sales tax would be added to your cost for the game?
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Question 543905: My final has 180 questions and I need an 80% on it to pass. How many questions do I need to answer correctly to attain that?
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Question 544603: what number increased by 30% equals 260
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Question 544603: what number increased by 30% equals 260
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Question 544984: convert 0.044 to a decimal
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Question 545066: What is the percent of 60=12
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Question 545838: a fund drive announces that it has raised 5075, which is 29% of its goal. How much more must be raised?
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Question 546118: what percent of 320 is 180
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Question 546416: After a 30% reduction, you purchase a new sofa on sale for $315. what was the original price of the sofa?
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Question 547017: if 60 answers are wrong out of 250 questions, what is the percentage of right answers?
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Question 547146: This year, 75% of the graduating class of Harriet Tubman High School had taken at least 8 math courses. Of the remaining class members, 60% had taken 6 or 7 math courses. What percent of the graduating class had taken fewer than 6 math courses?
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Question 547545: I am trying to find the original price of a sweater that was reduced by $5.00 because of a 30% off sale. How do i find this?
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Question 547855: 46 is what percent of 230
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Question 547855: 46 is what percent of 230
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Question 547981: 16 is what percent of 54? I need to know how to put this into a formula plz
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Question 548193: write the percent of the fraction 11%
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Question 548273: I have a base number of 171,939. I want to know what percentage is 4,067 of 171,939.Please show how to get the answer. Thank you,

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Question 548665: a clock shows 12 noon on this monday..
if it loses 1/2% time in the first week and 1/4% time in the next week.
then what will be time after 2 weeks on monday
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Question 548663: a clock shows 12 noon on this monday..
if it loses 1/2% time in the first week and 1/4% time in the next week.
then what will be time after 2 weeks on monday
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Question 548941: 472 books is 130% of what number of books?
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Question 548878: Katie paid 1.35 sales tax on a blouse that was marked 18.00. At the same rate, how much sales tax would she pay for a pair of 34.00 pair of pants?
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Question 549054: with is 260.00 (out of 320.00) in percentage terms ? trying to figure out what my grade is
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Question 549352: Received $21,000.00 in rent which includes 6% tax. What is the tax amount?
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Question 549976: if the volume of a right circular cone increases by 33.1% to form a similar cone, find the percentage increase in its height
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Question 550054: what percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 has 1 or 9 in the units digit
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Question 550058: Eggs cost 90 cents a dozen. Peppers cost 20 cents each. An omlette consists of 3 eggs and 1/4 of a pepper. How much will the ingredients for 8 omlettes cost ?
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Question 550057: As bank balance is 20% less than twice Bs bank balance. If As bank balance is $24,000 find Bs bank balance
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Question 550057: As bank balance is 20% less than twice Bs bank balance. If As bank balance is $24,000 find Bs bank balance
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Question 550047: If John Gets 90% Of Total Marks And Ken Gets 90% Of Marks Obtained By Jon, Ken gets 405 marks, What Are The Total Marks
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Question 550509: Peter bought a computer that normally costs $1,500. The computer is on sale for 15% off. Peter paid 7% sales tax on the sale price of the computer. How much did peter pay for the computer?
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Question 550654: My problem is Bill won $200,000 in a state lottery. He first paid income tax of 30% on the winnings. Of the rest, he invested some at 8.5% and some at 7%, making $10,700 interest per year. How much was invested at each rate?
So far I have taken out the income tax which was 60,000 and have 140,000 left. Then i get stuck on trying to set up the equation.
I think its .085x + .07y = 10,700 but im not sure what to do...
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Question 551081: HUANG invested $9000 in mutual funds and bonds. the mutual fund earned 11% simnple interest. the bond earned 6% simple interest. at the end of one year, he had earned $815 in interest. how much did he invested each rate?
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