390 Answered Questions for the topic Percentages

Percentages

03/02/17

32101 is 5% of what number?
 I need help with a statistic. Please answer quickly!  
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02/27/17

word problem percentages (7th grade math)
the official world record for the man's marathon is 2 hrs 3 mmin 59 sec. the maraton was 42195kilometers. what was his average speed in meters per second. round to nearest 10th
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Percentages Markups

02/22/17

Why does adding 10% and 5% of the same number together yield a different result that adding 15% of that number?
This is a markup question. I am trying to add 10% overhead and 5% profit to a construction job and get different results and can not understand why?
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Percentages

02/20/17

if a number is 20% more than the other, how much percent is the second number less than the first?
options a.37/3% b.50/3% c.49/3% d.none
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02/15/17

percentages
The population of Centerville is 16,400; 75% of the people live in urban areas and 25% of the people live in rural areas. The population of Centerville is expected to increase 5% in the next 10... more
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02/10/17

last year I sold 35 hats. This year I sold 210 hats. What percent of increase did I have?
thank you!
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02/06/17

The annual interest on a $10,000 investment exceeds the interest earned on a $2,000 investment by $640. The $10,000 is invested at a 0.4% higher rate of interes
what % is invested at $10,000? what % is invested at $2,000?
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Percentages

02/02/17

a store held a going out of business sale where everything was 35% off. Jackson spent a total of $98.93. What would he spent on the same items if there had been
this is a problem that is considered a percent problem. This percent problem is a multistep problem. Its from my 7th grade post test review. You have to find out what the orginial price was from... more
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Percentages

02/01/17

in a bag of marbles,7 are green, 20 are red and 8 are blue what percentage of the marbles are green
I GOT A HOMEWORK QUESTION AND I'M  USUALLY SO GOOD AT MATHS ESPECIALLY PERCENTAGES BUT THIS ONE JUST KNOCKED ME TO THE GROUND I'M NOT SURE IF I WANT THE ANSWER BUT I NEED TO KNOW THE WORKING OUT... more
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Percentages

01/31/17

Having a problem with my 6th grader's math problem. Would you please help?
Mrs. Ramey ordered donuts for her class. She ordered 12 glazed, 15 sprinkled and 11 Chocolate-dipped. What percent of the total donuts were glazed, sprinkled and chocolate-dipped?
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Percentages Sale Price

01/31/17

Find original price
After a 80% reduction, you purchase a new DVD player on sale for $108. What was the original price of the DVD player?
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01/28/17

Find the new amounts.
8 meters increased by 25% 50 points decreased by 26% 15 liters increased by 60% 25 penalties decreased by 32%
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01/25/17

The number of passengers in 1993 was 5% higher than in 1992.The number in 1994 was 5% higher than in 1993.
What was the increase of percentage increase in the number of passengers from 1992 to 1994?
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01/19/17

Percentages
If you spin a spinner 400 times, about how many times will the spinner land on a number less than 4. Will it land on a number less than 4 exactly this number of times or about this number of times.
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01/14/17

complementary angles
The ratio of the measures of two complementary angles is 4 to 5. The smaller measure is increased by 10%. By what percent must the larger be decreased so that the two angles remain complementary? 
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01/12/17

there are 125 girls in a school and 215 boys. find he percentage of students at the school who are boys.
please help thank you
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01/04/17

Work out the percentage of children that don't have free school meals
27 children have free school meals. 9 of the children have free school meals. Work put the percentage of childrwn that don't have free school meals  
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12/30/16

Loren's snack mix
Loren made 20 ounces of a snack mix that was 2/5 peanuts, 25% raisins, and 4 ounces of chocolate chips. The rest was granola. How many ounces of granola were in Loren's snack mix?
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12/30/16

Luis petition
Luis signed a petition with x signatures on it. The next day, the number of petition signers was 1.35X. Which expression is another way to describe the change in the number of signers?
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12/30/16

Darealle's Christmas
Darealle buys Christmas presents for her whole family at once. She buys 2 bags of candy for $7.12 each, and 5 tablets for 150.00 each. The sales tax rate in Inglewood is 7.6%. How much will she... more
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12/29/16

Percentage
In Chinatown, Kevin offered a salesperson $150 for a coat. The offer included the 7.5% sales tax. If the salesperson accepts the offer , what would be the price of the coat, to the nearest dollar,... more
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12/27/16

Television percent
At a certain store, 48 televisions sets were sold in November. The manager at the store wants to encourage the sales team to sell more TVs by giving all the sales team members a bonus if the number... more
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12/27/16

Charger on sale
A phone charger is marked down 33% off the original price. The original price was $39.59. What is the sales price of the charger before sales tax?
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12/27/16

Finding the mistake
Mark solved  the following problem as shown below: Gas prices are projected to increase by 124% by April 2016, a gallon of gas currently cost $2.90. What is the projected cost of a gallon of gas... more
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12/27/16

How much Avery kept?
Avery received $80 in cash for mowimg lawns. She did the following with the $80. Put 20% of the $80 into a bank account, spent 1/4 of the $80, and kept the rest of the $80 in cash. How much of the... more
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