Exam 3: Percents

Solve the problem. -A hotel in the process of renovating states that 50% of guest rooms are updated. If 27 rooms are not yet updated, find the total number of rooms in the hotel. Round to the nearest whole number.

Solve the problem. -The Ramiros have saved $31,500 for a down payment. If a 5% down payment is required, what price house can they buy? Round to the nearest dollar.

Solve the problem. -Brand X copier has improved its copier so that it produces 24% more copies than its old model. If the old model ran 490 copies per hour, how many copies would the new model run? Round to the Nearest whole number.

Write as a decimal. -

Write as a decimal. -800%

Solve the problem. -The First Commerce Bank pays % interest per year on savings accounts. What is the annual income on a savings account of $76,600? Round to nearest dollar.

Write as a percent. -1.1

Solve the problem. -Midtown Antiques collects 5% sales tax on all sales. If total sales including tax are $1,448.11, find the portion that is the tax amount. Round to the nearest cent.

Solve for rate in the problem. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. -59.9 yards is % of 7 yards.

Solve the problem. -After spending $1,650 for tables and $2,150 for chairs a convention center manager finds that 30% of his original budget remains. Find the amount that remains. Round to the nearest dollar.

Solve for part in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary. -120% of 358 cartons

Provide the proper response. -A homework problem was "Find of $1,400." Student answers were $2.33, $23.3, $233, and $2,330. Which is correct? What mistakes were made in getting the answers that are wrong?

Solve the problem. -In a local election, 21,600 people voted. This was a decrease of 6% over the last election. How many people voted in the last election? Round to the nearest whole number.

Solve the problem. -Carlson has saved $656 at the bank. He wants to save $3,890 for a trip to California. What percent of his goal has been reached? Round to the nearest tenth when necessary.

Solve for base in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary. -566 cartons is 11.1% of cartons.

Solve the problem. -The cost of an appliance is $436 and the customer is offered a trade-in allowance of $130. Sales tax of 5.06% is charged on the price of the new appliance. Find the final cost to the customer after his Trade-in.

Solve the problem. -Cruising magazine published 34 freelance articles last year. If freelance articles are 11% of the total articles, how many articles were published? Round to the nearest whole article.

Solve the problem. -Paint 'n Panel claims that of its 6,164 items in inventory, 5,452 items are paint, while the rest are non-paint. What percent of total inventory is non-paint? Round to the nearest tenth.

Solve for rate in the problem. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. -$906 is % of $1,936.

Supply the missing numbers. Round decimals to the nearest thousandth and percents to the nearest tenth of a percent. -