379 Answered Questions for the topic Percentages

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I have $300,000 to disburse among 8 different stocks. The interest earned are 343%, 36%, 35%, 32%, 9%, 9%, 6% and 3%. The amount invested in each needs to be determined, which will vary in... more Percentages Fractions Decimals 10/18/21 #### Fair, or Not Fair, that is the Question? ﻿ The Blackman Bears are competing in a grueling 12-mile relay race. Coach Thompson met with the four-member team and gave them the following instructions: Martin will run 25 % of the entire... more Percentages Math 06/24/21 #### What is 2 more than 20% of 80? 05/04/21 #### There are 16 Students in a class There are 16 students in a class and two people missed a recent quiz. The class average before the two absent students made up the quiz was 92%. When the two students made up the quiz, one earned a... more Percentages Accounting Finance Maths 01/10/20 #### Averaging percentages How do you find the average for 3 percentages? Percentages Algebra Ratios Mixtures 01/03/20 #### How to change mixture for a solution with a given ratio? I have a mixture with 70% of one composite element and 30% of another composite element. I want to change the mixture to 50%/50% and the total weight to be 1kg or 1,000g.How much of the 30%... more Percentages Math Prealgebra 09/27/19 #### Help me settle an argument If I loan my friend 26 cents and he uses that 26 cents to buy a 10,000 yacht, how much of that yacht will I own? Percentages Math Numbers Middle School 09/12/19 #### What is 128.1 as a percentage of 91.5. Percentages Chemistry Geology 07/13/19 #### Rock age by finding using elements and percentages Certain element has a half life of 2.5 billion years..15% of the original element remains. The other 85% decayed into lead. How old is the rock? Analysis of another rock shows that it contains 65%... more Percentages Math Precalculus Algebra 07/13/19 #### How to determine interest and payment sizes? Jennifer borrowed$3000 from the bank in order to buy a new jacuzzi. She will pay it off by equal payments at the end of each week for 4 years. The annual interest rate is 8.05%. ﻿Determine the... more
Percentages Algebra 1 Division

06/12/19

#### Any reason to use division while finding a percentage?

6960.66 + 4% = 7,239.09I was told this is wrong and I should have done the math like this:6960.66 divided by .96 = 7250.68Why is this? Is the person who is telling me this wrong? I've never... more
Percentages Prealgebra

05/26/19

Hi can you help me solve this question? It goes like this I think I'm not fully sure thoughA man imports models from china it costs him $5.95 per model, he also has to pay 5% tax per import. He... more Percentages Elementary Math 05/24/19 #### Working out different day rates? If I have a pot of money worth £110,000 how do I work out the exact cost of:7 full day rates28 days charged at 50% of a full day rate 12 days charged at 25% of a full day rate Percentages Prealgebra Maths 05/13/19 #### Percentages question that I am stuck on One day at a school 70% of the students wore a polo shirt. 80% of the students wearing polo shirts were boys.What percentage of the students were boys who wore polo shirts? Percentages Algebra 1 04/03/19 #### Percentages/Conversion A video merchant sold 24 cases of tapes, which was 20% of what he had left. What percent of tapes did he sell? Percentages Math Psat 04/02/19 #### PSAT question ( help please) last week benjamin spent$82.80 on groceries and \$132.48 on bills. The amount he spent on groceries was %15 of his paycheck , What percent of his paycheck did benjamin spend on bills?I need to know... more
Percentages Chemistry

04/01/19

#### An alloy of brass is composed of 84.6% copper, 5.20% tin, 6.70% lead, and zinc. The number of pounds of zinc required to make 520.0 pounds of alloy is "_____"

Obviously this is a homework question for my trade school. What I don't get about this is the wording. The zinc equals 3.5% of an alloy from what I put together. I don't understand though. Do these... more
Percentages Gre Gre Exam

03/27/19

#### Percentage evaulation Queestion from GRE?

A question from GRE book says: A candidate who gets 30 percent marks in an examination fails by 30 marks,but another candidate who gets 42 percent marks get 42 more marks than necessary for... more

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