579 Answered Questions for the topic Percentage

03/26/16

real world math problem

A school district's property tax rate rises from 2.5% to 2.7% to cover a $300,000 budge deficit (shortage of money). What is the value of the property in the school district to the nearest dollar?... more
Percentage

03/23/16

percent of students

at a community college, 2000 incoming freshmen are enrolled in basic college mathematics. if this is 16% of the total students, how many students attend this community college?
Percentage

03/20/16

According to the graph 14,100 visited china town on Saturday and 4080 visited on Sunday what percentage visited china town on sunday

I need the percentage of people visited in sunday
Percentage Arithmetic Problems

03/16/16

A supermarket gives a 10% discount on the marked prices of all item during a sale. Find the amount of discount given if the marked price is $45

 Find the amount of discount given if the marked price is $45  
Percentage

03/07/16

where did i mess up

i need help, im trying to figure out the percentage of 35 using 40.  the answer i got wasnt right. this is what i did.    35=x --   -- 40  100      35(100)=40x                   3,500=40x    ... more
Percentage

03/07/16

percentage

if a state treasuary collects $350,000,000 IN TAX REVENUE AND THEN PUTS $138,750,000 TWORGDE EDUCATION, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF ITS REVENUE IS GOING TWORDGE EDUCATION?
Percentage

03/06/16

finding the percent.

Three hundred people were surveyed about their favorite fruit. 25 of them said apple. what percent of people chose apples?
Percentage

02/27/16

The cost price of 24 articles is the selling price of 15 articles. Find the gain percent.

based on percentage. The answer is 9%
Percentage

02/22/16

What is 5/8 equal to in decimal form

what is 5/8 in decimal form?
Percentage

02/18/16

My total medical bill was $2.448.00. My portion after insurance is $904.00. What percentage did the insurance company pay?

My total medical bill was $2,448.00.  My portion after insurance is $904.00.  What percentage did the insurance company pay>
Percentage Math

02/04/16

Percentage

Brady needs to cut a piece of paper 12 centimeters long.  He cuts pieces of the following lengths: 10.2 cm,  11.2 cm, 13.8 cm, and 18.0 cm.  Which cut results in a percent error of 15%? Select all... more
Percentage Math Fractions Math Help

02/01/16

What argument might the principal at East present to the sponsors to convience them to give the award to her school?

Marathon City held a walkathon to raise money for charity. Of the 500 students at East Middle School,200 participated in the walkathon. At West Middle school,150 of the 325 students participated.... more
Percentage Algebra

01/26/16

By what percent did the actual cost exceed the initial estimate?

A library expansion begun in 2002 and was expected to costb$127 million . By 2006 library officials estimate the cost would be $25milliom over budget. By what percent did the actual cost exceed the... more
Percentage

01/26/16

Ok, please help me out again. Seems like I will NEVER remember how to do this! How to reconfigure nine weeks on Edline?

The discounted price of a coat is 70% of the original price. This is a savings of $18.  How much was the original price of the coat?
Percentage

01/21/16

If 12% = 1050, what is 100%

Just can't wrap my head around it.   Thanks

01/13/16

The half-life of carbon-14 is 5,730 years.

  Assuming you start with 100% of carbon-14, what is the expression for the percent, P(t), of carbon-14 that remains in an organism that is t years old and what is the percent of carbon-14... more
Percentage

01/12/16

percentage

Yesterday, the high temperature was 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Today,  the high temperature was 75 degrees Fahrenheit. What is the percent decrease in the high temperatures from yesterday to today?
Percentage

01/12/16

PERCENTAGES

Rihana measured the width of her dining room. Her percent error was -5%. The actual length of her dining room is 120 inches. What length in inches,  did Rihana measure? Explain your answer.
Percentage

01/11/16

3/5 of the students in my class have dark hair. What percentage does not have dark hair?

3/5 of students in my class have dark hair. What percentage does not have dark hair?
Percentage

01/08/16

In an examination, 96% of the candidates passed and 25 failed. How many candidates appeared for the examination?

Please give method too

01/07/16

Percentage Question

you are making cupcakes for bake sale. 24 are vanilla, 36 chocolate. you want chocolate cupcakes to make up 70 percent of total number of cupcakes. Write and solve proportion to find number of... more
Percentage

01/02/16

what is the percentage of 84-14=70

If you have 84 and subtract 14 it equals 70 so what would the percentage be ?  

12/30/15

if 75% of a number is 60, what is the number?

math, number, percent 

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