Exam 3: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

A residential property is assessed for tax purposes at 45% of its market value. The residential property tax rate is 3 2/3% of the assessed value and the tax is $1300. a)What is the assessed value of the property? b)What is the market value of the property?

In a local school, 450 of the students are male, which makes up 62 % of the entire school population. How many students go to this school?

Ali's company earned $576 000 and will allocate all of these earnings to its three branches: sales, customer service, and R&D. The departments earn , and , respectively. How much of the total earnings will each department get?

Solve: : = : t

In an army barracks in Afghanistan the mess consumes 1.2 kg of flour per person. They have enough flour for 4200 soldiers having regular meals for 32 days. Some soldiers are reassigned to a different location and the same amount of flour becomes sufficient for 42 days at a rate of 1.6 kg per person . How many soldiers were reassigned?

What is the price of gasoline per litre in Canadian dollars if a U.S. gallon of gasoline costs $2.90 U.S.? One U.S. dollar is worth $1.0372 Canadian, and one U.S. gallon is equivalent to 3.8 litres.

After real estate fees of 7.5% had been deducted from the proceeds of a property sale, the vendor of the property received $188 090. What was the amount of the realtor's fee?

You bought a car and got a 7.35% discount from the original price. If you purchase price is $24063, what was the original price?

Departments, A, B, and C occupy floor space of 60 m,90 m, and 300 m, respectively. If the total rental for the space is $125 200 per month, how much rent should Department C pay?

Mr. Duckworth owned 3/8 of a store. He sold 2/3 of his interest in the store for $37 000. What was the value of Mr. Duckworth's share of the store?

After a reduction of 8 1/3% of the marked price, a snowboard sold for $400.00. What was the marked price?

$14.35 is 1/3% of what amount?

Solve: 15 : 6 = 30 : x

What sum of money decreased by 16 2/3% will equal $475?

A perfume is sold at Target Canada for $79.99 plus HST (13%). The same perfume is sold at Target USA for $74.99 plus 8% Value Added Tax (VAT). By what percentage (based on Canadian price)is perfume cheaper in the United States? Use the exchange rate of US$0.966 per C$.

What percent less than $90 is $81?

A law firm has 3 partners. The first partner owns of the business, the second partner owns of the business and the third partner owns of the business. The business is worth $1.5 million. A new partner is introduced who contributes an additional $300,000 and owns of the total value of the new business. What are the new values for the first to the third original partners?

28% of Wendy's monthly salary is deducted for withholding. If those deductions total $455, what is her salary?

SDM sells eggs at $2.80/dozen. How many eggs can be bought for $2.10?

Carol, Clara and Nancy decide to buy LOTTO 649 tickets, agreeing to share any winnings in a ratio of , which is in the same ratio as they spent on tickets. If they end up winning $1147.00, calculate how much each should receive from the winnings.