579 Answered Questions for the topic Percentage

Percentage Chemistry Deviation

01/29/18

Percent Deviation from Ideality

Using the Ideal Gas equation I calculated a temperature of 162K, and with the Van der Waals equation 177K. I need to find the percent deviation from ideality.   Is this correct?   177-162    x... more
Percentage

01/29/18

A running club has 270 members. There are 25% more men than women in the running club. How many men are there in the running club?

Word problem based on the topic of percentages
Percentage

01/29/18

A running club has 270 members. There are 25% more men than women in the running club. How many men are in the running club?

Word problem about percentage 
Percentage

01/21/18

A half-cup of pancake mix has 5% of the total daily allowance of cholesterol. The total daily allowance of cholesterol is 300mg.

How much cholesterol does a half-cup of pancake mix have?     Explain your work please. Thank you so much.
Percentage

01/21/18

Chloe and her sister bought $25 dollars worth of food

A) If they wanted to leave their waiter an 18% tip how much should their tip be?   B) What is their total bill for lunch including the tip?       Please explain the answer. Thank you so much.
Percentage

01/21/18

Laura got a $6 discount off a pair of tennis shoes. This was 12%off of the original price. What was the original price?

Please explain the answer. Thank you so much.
Percentage

01/16/18

What is the best overall grade your friend can earn?

A friend has a 78% average before the final exam for a course. That score includes everything but the final, which counts for 30% of the course grade.
Percentage

01/15/18

. How fast does the little brown bat flat its wings as a percent of the Pipistrelle bats wings flap rate?

Little brown bats flat their wings about 3/4 as fast as Pipistrelle bats do. How fast does the little brown bat flat its wings as a percent f the Pipistrelle bats wings flap rate?

01/14/18

i have made a calculation which is wrong i would like to know if anyone can figure out where i have gone wrong below is the calculation:

30% of £268 = £80.40 £268 - £80.40 = £187.6   some how I got the final answer of £167.80
Percentage Word Problems

01/14/18

Increase of 4% to 19084 what is the price before increase

Williams annual salary has increased by 4%to 19084 what was his annual salary before the increase
Percentage

01/14/18

Percentage of form 1

The cost price of a filing cabinet is $200. It is sold at a discount of 30% and the percentage profit is 5%. The marked price of the cabinet is?
Percentage

01/09/18

Percentage increase word problem

Alex sells 100 watermelons per month. She has a 1% increase every month. How many watermelons will she be selling on the month of the three year mark?
Percentage

01/08/18

how many vehicles did he sell?

Mr.Redding sells vehicles to 20% of the people that come to the sells lot. If 65 people came to the lot last month, how many vehicles did he sell?
Percentage

01/07/18

Solve for x (x)15%=

solve (x)15%=145 what is x?  

01/06/18

A managers salary increases from 48,000 to 51,360. What is the rate of increase

I need help on this, we are working on percentages and stuff in class. I tried to solve this and I got the answer 70%, which I know is wrong.
Percentage

01/06/18

A got 20% more marks than B. the percentage of B's marks in terms of A's marks is?

 its a percentage question   
Percentage Percentages Percents

01/05/18

A stereo is marked down $75. If this is a 15% decrease what is the sale price.

I have no clue how to find this answer. My teacher gave it to me as a practice problem please help.
Percentage

01/04/18

To find the number of students playing football.

In a school,42% students liked to play football and 24% liked to play tennis. The rest of the students chose swimming,how many students liked to play football?
Percentage

01/03/18

calculating percentage / problem

Hi,Can anyone help with my problem? I'm trying to figure out how they arrived to get 7% of actual magnesium is in 334.482 of magnesium orotate. And then how I can calculate the how much magnesium... more
Percentage

12/10/17

What is my final grade

If my teacher says our tests are 95% of the total class grade and I have an 88% and our decision boards are 5% of the grade where I received 100%what will my final grade be in the class?
Percentage Value

12/05/17

Gabriel just retired, and has $640,000 to invest

Gabriel just retired, and has $640,000 to invest. A very safe Certificate of Deposit (CD) account pays 2.5%, while a riskier bond fund pays 8.5% in interest. Gabriel figures he needs $42,000 a year... more
Percentage

12/04/17

Juan invests $4000 in two different accounts.

Juan invests $4000 in two different accounts. The first account paid 10 %, the second account paid 13 % in interest. At the end of the first year he had earned $436 in interest. How much was in... more
Percentage

12/03/17

Calculating % of salt in a solution

A scientist has two solutions, which she has labeled Solution A and Solution B. Each contains salt. She knows that Solution A is 40% salt and Solution B is 90% salt. She wants to obtain 80 ounces... more

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