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A collection agency specializing in collecting past–due commercial invoices charges $27 as an
application fee plus 14% of the amount collected. What is the total charge for collecting $3400
past–due commercial invoices?
The First Commerce Bank pays 53
4% interest per year on growth fund accounts. What is the annual
income on a growth fund account of $70,800? Round to nearest dollar.
Supply the missing numbers. Round decimals to the nearest thousandth and percents to the nearest tenth of a percent.
fraction decimal percent
42.9%
fraction decimal percent
12
5
After using a new order of typewriter ribbons, John’s Office Services found that a new ribbon could
be used to type 76 pages. This was a decrease of 15.5% of pages from the old ribbons. How many
pages could John’s Office Services type with an old ribbon? Round to the nearest whole number.
Solve for base in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
Midtown Antiques has found that sales have decreased 3% from last year. Sales this year are
$133,425. Find the amount of last year’s sales. Round to the nearest dollar.
Money magazine published 30 freelance articles last year. If freelance articles are 5% of the total
articles, how many articles were published? Round to the nearest whole article.
Solve for base in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
169 rolls is 33% of rolls.
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Solve for rate in the problem. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Steel ingot and bar production this week decreased by 3.5% from last week. If the decrease
amounted to 6960 tons, what was the production last week? Round to the nearest tenth, if
necessary.
In a local election, 29,800 people voted. This was a decrease of 10% over the last election. How
many people voted in the last election? Round to the nearest whole number.
West Electronics claims that of its 6861 items in inventory, 6456 items are computer, while the rest
are non–computer. What percent of total inventory is non–computer? Round to the nearest tenth.
Solve for rate in the problem. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
93.4 yards is % of 9 yards.
Solve for part in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
Write the number as a decimal.
Supply the missing numbers. Round decimals to the nearest thousandth and percents to the nearest tenth of a percent.
fraction decimal percent
150%
fraction decimal percent
1.571
fraction decimal percent
0.5
Solve for base in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
71 crates is 50% of crates.
After receiving a discount of 13.5% on its bulk order of typewriter ribbons, John’s Office Supply
pays $3633. What was the price of the order before the discount? Round to the nearest dollar.
Write the number as a decimal.
Solve for part in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
An Epson HR1000 printer priced at $526 is sold for $465. What was the percent of price reduction?
Round to the nearest tenth when necessary.
Solve for the base. Round to the nearest cent.
Part: $8.81 Rate of decrease: 13%
A retail store had monthly sales of $104,000 and spent 16% of it on legal fees. How much was spent
on legal fees?
Students at East Central High School earned $360 selling candles. They want to make $2670 for a
club trip. What percent of their goal has been reached? Round to the nearest tenth when necessary.
Solve for the base. Round to the nearest cent.
Part: $787.00 Rate of increase: 16%
Solve for part in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
Solve for base in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
31% of miles is 76 miles.
Solve for rate in the problem. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent.
Betina Gregory owns bank CDs valued at $20,000, which is 13% of her total investments. What is
the value of her total investments? Round to the nearest dollar.
Supply the missing numbers. Round decimals to the nearest thousandth and percents to the nearest tenth of a percent.
fraction decimal percent
2
5
Solve for base in the problem. Round to the nearest hundredth, if necessary.
41
7% of boxes is 56 boxes.
Brand X copier advertises that its copiers run 13% longer between service calls than its competitor.
If Brand X copiers run 67,100 copies between services, how many copies would the competitor run?
Round to the nearest whole number.
Write the number as a decimal.