Exam 3: Ratio, Proportion, and Percent

Solve: 1.15 : 2.30 = k : 1.30

What is the rate percent if the base is 88 and the percentage is 65?

An article was sold for $212.00. The amount paid included a sales tax of 6%. Find the amount of sales tax on the article.

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

Betty calculated her 2011 taxable income to be $133 450. How much federal income tax should she report if she is in the top tax bracket, which is taxed at $26 879.92 plus 29% of income over $127 021?

The price of milk was $3.00 in 2001 for a 4 L bag and $3.97 in 2013 for the same bag. Compare the two prices to create an index number?

Use the 2010 federal income tax brackets and rates listed below to answer the following question. Taxable Income In early 2010, Juan's gross pay increased from $35 000 per year to $43 000 per year. a) What was the annual percent increase in Juan's pay before federal income taxes? b) What was the annual percent increase in Juan's pay after federal income taxes were deducted?

$32 is what percent of $26?

Use the 2010 federal income tax brackets and rates listed below to answer the following question. Taxable Income a) Sean had a taxable income of $42 500 in 2011. How much federal income tax should he report? (assuming tax rates remain the same) b) Sean expects his taxable income to increase by 150% in 2012. How much federal tax would he expect to pay in 2012(assuming tax rates remain the same).

Lorraine, Estelle, and Frances own a business jointly and share profits and losses in the same proportion as their investments. How much of a profit of $14 500 will each receive if their investments are $14 000, $16 000, and $15 000 respectively?

Daniel started working for Oracle Canada 2 years ago. In 2012, his compensation was $78 624. Compute his federal tax using Table 3.3 in the book.

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?

Franco, Maria and Gomez entered into a partnership to buy a steel manufacturing plant. They agreed to distribute profits in the same proportion as their respective capital investments in the partnership. How will recent period's profit of $287 800 be allocated to Maria, if Franco's capital investment shows a balance of $34 million, Maria's shows $49 million and Gomez's shows $54.5 million?

In order to encourage Canadians to avoid cross border shopping, Walmart Canada is striving to keep the price of electronics in Canada equivalent to the price of electronics in its US stores before taxes. If a TV is sold for $700 in US stores, what should be the sale price of the same TV in Canadian stores? Use the exchange rate of US$0.966 per C$.

Ms. Rose pays 37 1/2% of her monthly salary as rent on a townhouse. If the monthly rent is $750, what is her monthly salary?

Suppose it costs $363.50 Canadian to purchase $350.00 U.S. a) What is the exchange rate? b) How many U.S. dollars will you receive if you convert $925 Canadian into U.S. dollars?

$750 is 33.3% of what amount?

Franco, Maria and Gomez entered into a partnership to buy a steel manufacturing plant. They agreed to distribute profits in the same proportion as their respective capital investments in the partnership. How will recent period's profit of $287 800 be allocated to Franco, if Franco's capital investment shows a balance of $34 million, Maria's shows $49 million and Gomez's shows $54.5 million?

Solve: 7 : 5 = x : 40

225% of what amount is $310?