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Question 413599: 5th grade
why is 33.5% of 60 =20.1 and not 2010.0
I counted the decimal places. How do I know where to put it?
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Question 327487: On the first day of school, the percentage of boys in a particular class is 60%. During the school year, six girls move away, and are replaced in the class by six boys; this makes the class roster 75% boys. Find the number of boys and girls in the class on the first day of school.
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Question 327991: The question I have is write 37.2% as a reduced fraction.
please explain the answer. my book is saying 93/250 but I just don't understand.
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Question 414613: If you are giving a customer an authorized discount of 20% on a $69.95 order, what will the new price be?
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Question 414617: a customer wants to cash a tax refund check for $1000. If the fee is 3%, how much would the customer get back after taking out the fee?
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Question 415140: In making an analysis of grass seed, a technician found 6.942 grams of pure seed and .178 grams of weed seed. What is the percent of pure seed in the sample?
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Question 415231: This yea's salary, $50,220, is an 8% increase over last year's salary. What was last years salary?
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Question 415568: What number is 18% of 70
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Question 416389: sherry is marking down merchandise 33% in a store. She marked down a blouse to 10.40. to the nearest 5 cents, what was the original price of the blouse?
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Question 416428: How much pure acid should be mixed with 2 gallons of a 40% acid solution in order to get an 80%acid solution

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Question 416497: I actaully have 3 questions and I need the steps to the solutions explained, not just the answers
1.For arbor day, students in bevs class planted 8 trees. That was 20% of the total number of trees planted, what was the total number of trees planted?
2. Shirley has 35 photos on the walls in her home. 21 of these photos are of family. What perecnt is this?
3. Teresa's class was collecting paper for a recycling drive. They collected 253.5 pounds, which was 84.5% of their goal, what was their goal?
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Question 416694: a company recently downsized its number of employees by 205. If there are still 80 employees how many employees were there before the layoff
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Question 416657: Charles scored 75% on a test and got 6 questions wrong. How many questions were on the test?
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Question 417067: Identify as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of increase or decrease. If necessary, round to the nearest percent.
Original: 180
New: 190
___% increasing or decreasing?
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Question 417080: Find the amount of simple interest earned for depositing the given principle in an account.
P= $9700
r= 5.5%
t= 2 months
Simple interest: $
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Question 417087: A department store holds a year-end clearance sale that includes a 15.6% discount on cosmetics. Find the sale price of a bottle of perfume if its original price was $47.7.
$
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Question 417070: Use the given information to find the new price. Round to the nearest cent.
Original Price: $27
Markup Rate: 11%
______$
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Question 417077: Find the commission. Round to the nearest cent.
Sale: $7500
Commission rate: 13.5%
Commission amount: $
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Question 417082: All property tax in Wyoming is based on the assessed value of the property being taxed. For county revenue, the tax rate cannot exceed 1.5% of the assessed value. Suppose that the assessed value of a hotel is $113,000 and the tax rate is 1.5%. What is the property tax?
Property tax: $
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Question 417076: Find the amount of tax and the tax rate. Round to two decimal places.
Cost of item: $142
Selling price: $160.44
Tax amount: $
Tax rate: %
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Question 417075: Find the amount of tax and the selling price. Round to the nearest cent.
Original Price: $58.57
Sales tax rate: 23%
Tax amount $
Selling price $
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Question 417081: The FAA now figures the average checked bag to weigh 15 pounds. This is up from a previous figure of 13 pounds. Find the amount of increase and the percent of increase.
Amount increase: pounds
Percent of increase: %
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Question 417163: Cask’n’Cork wine shop has a markup rate of 17.3%. What price will the shop charge for a bottle of zinfandel wine that costs $13.75 wholesale?
$
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Question 417167: A salesperson receives a 17.5% commission on her sales. If her total sales for the month are $8600, what is her commission?
Commission amount: $
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Question 417532: Identify as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of increase or decrease. If necessary, round to the nearest percent.
Original: 110
New: 160
%
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Question 417531: Identify as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of increase or decrease. If necessary, round to the nearest percent.
Original: 110
New: 60
%
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Question 417525: The sales tax rate for the state of Washington was 5.8%.
What is the state sales tax on a $5,700 car in Washington?
$
What is the final cost of the car, including tax?
$
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Question 417533: Identify as an increase or decrease. Then find the percent of increase or decrease. If necessary, round to the nearest percent.
Original: 60
New: 110
%
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Question 417530: Use the given information to find the new price. Round to the nearest cent.
Original Price: $28
Discount Rate: 27%
$
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Question 417528: Use the given information to find the new price. Round to the nearest cent.
Original Price: $76.75
Discount Rate: 24%
$
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Question 417529: Use the given information to find the new price. Round to the nearest cent.
Original Price: $78.37
Markup Rate: 21%
$
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Question 417527: Find the amount of tax and the selling price. Round to the nearest cent.
Original Price: $83.66
Sales tax rate: 28%
Tax amount $
Selling price $
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Question 417884: working with percentages as fractions. find the total. 23 is 3% of the total
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Question 417884: working with percentages as fractions. find the total. 23 is 3% of the total
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Question 417952: 91 is 100% of what
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Question 418057: how to i work this problem out?
if my weight is 201 lb and i want to loss 5% of that, what and how do i get the answer?
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Question 418057: how to i work this problem out?
if my weight is 201 lb and i want to loss 5% of that, what and how do i get the answer?
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Question 418062: 800 is 2% of what number?
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Question 418450: 460 is what % of 808
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Question 418670: If an investment of $25,000 earns 9% annual interest, approximate the value of the investment after 24 years

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Question 418927: I was hoping you could help me with a problem I encountered in my Algebra Class,
I need to know If something costs $2.36 then gets raised to $2.53 How do you find the percentage of how much it was raised?
Thanks in Advance, Marty B.
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Question 419658: 23/8 write as a percent
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Question 419897: Could someone pleas show me how to do this problem?
You have a monthly budget of $5,000 and labor cost is $1835
What percentage of the total monthly budget is spent on labor?
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Question 420895: 3% of 200
Do you divide, add, subtract or what combo to get the answer for 3 into 200?
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Question 421277: In the year 1981 there were 13 students per teacher in our universities. In ten
years the number of students had increased 37.3% and the number of teachers 20.6%.
How many students were there per teacher in the year 1991?
ITRIED THIS AND FOUND (13*1.373)/1.206 = 15 student per teacher ?
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