Exam 3: Decimals

The portion can never be larger than the base.

Earl Miller receives an annual salary of $30,000. Today, his boss, Jay, informs him he will be getting a $3,500 raise. What percent of his old salary is the $3,500 raise? (Round answer to nearest hundredth percent.)

9.15% in decimal is equal to:

The rate can be found by dividing the base into the portion.

Alvin's Bookstore ordered 300 marketing texts. To date only 30 texts have arrived. What percent has been received?

A percent is the result of a number being expressed as a fraction of 100.

Convert 14/15 to a percent (round to hundredth percent):

900 is what percent of 3,600?

Convert the following decimal to percent: .9

Mel Company has a net income, before taxes, of $95,000. The treasurer of the company estimates 45% of net income will have to be paid for federal and state taxes. The tax for both federal and state is:

The portion is equaled to the base divided by the rate.

At the end of the season, the Marblehead Indians had 18 wins and 4 losses. What percent of the games did the team win? (Round to the nearest hundredth percent.)

The price of a hamburger increased from $1.10 to $1.59. What percent did the price increase? (Round to nearest hundredth or hundredth percent as needed.)

To convert a percent to a decimal, drop the percent sign and move the decimal point two places to the left.

93/100 converted to percent equals:

1,200 is 55 1/4% of _____?

Lee Wong receives an annual salary of $65,000 from CVS Pharmacy. Today his boss informs him that he will be getting a $3,000 raise. The percent increase rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent is:

.65 converted to percent is:

To calculate a percent increase, the portion is the missing element.

The base of the portion formula represents the whole or 100%.