Percentage Question

In 2008, 19 million people in australia were born in australia and the rest, 7.8 million were foriegn born. What percentage of the population in Australia was foriegn born?

Percentages

Pam and mark are considering jobs where they will be paid strictly on commissions. The commissions is expected to be 5% on all sales of house water filters they close. Pams goal is to earn a gross...

Owen lived half of his life in Toronto and 1/3 of his life in in Niagra. He then moved to Brampton. If he has lived in Brampton for 4 years, how old is he now?

1/2 of his life in Toronto, 1/3 of his life in Niagra falls, 1/6 of his life in Brampton 

Percentage questions

you can now purchase 5 more bananas with tk.75 due to a reduction in the price by 20%. Calculate the price of one dozen of bananas. 

Dr. Hawk works in an allergy clinic, and his patients have the following allergies

Dr. Hawk works in an allergy clinic, and his patients have the following allergies: 65 are allergic to dairy products, 89 are allergic to pollen, 90 are allergic to animal dander, 29 are allergic...

A sporting goods shop received 600 pairs of shoes that costs 420. If the cost of doing business was 180 of the sales what percent net was realized?

I'm a bit confused computing for the net percentage profit. Kindly show me how to solve the word problem

Reduction of the outcome by a set percentage

I am trying to achieve a consistent reduction by 4% of the outcome using this formula 1/(1-h/e) e is a big number, but it doesn't really matter what it is (it's 2^52) h is a random...

5 students in a class of 16 earned A's. what percentage of students does that represent?

percentage

gina recently got a 10% raise on her salary. If gina used to make $25 an hour, what is her new salary?

I really need help on this problem it is very confusing  

16 laptops is 11% of what number of laptops?

Math word problem. Including percentage. Round to the nearest tenth unless otherwise indicated 

This year 40 more children joined a football league than joined last year.children in this year’s league is 110% of the number in last year’s league.

This year 40 more children joined a football league than joined last year. The number of children in this year’s league is 110% of the number in last year’s league. How many children played in the...

finding percent

If I have 5 apples and Steve has 130 what percentage more than me does Steve have?

Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the 27 red ones which make up 60% of his collection. How many toy cars does Samuel have?

This problem is a basic algebra percentage problem.Samuel has a collection of toy cars. His favorites are the 27 red ones which make up 60% of his collection. How many toy cars does Samuel have?...

Math Help? *MULTIPLE CHOICE*

A value added to a variation that is proportional, is known as a/an _______. A. extra B. addend C. constant D. subtend

Find the percentage of loans that are 30 year fixed, 15 year fixed, or adjustable after 2 years from the following table.

In 1992, many homeowners refinanced their mortgages to take advantage of lower interest rates. Most of the mortgages could be classified into three groups: 30 year fixed rate, 15-year fixed rate,...

An item costs $500 before tax, and the sales tax is $25. Find the sales tax rate.

Round your answer to the nearest tenth

how can I figure out market share growth rate? or value of %?

Current number of prescriptions would be....40 with a market share of 16% My competitions looks like this.... XYZ = 15 scripts at 9% market share  ABC= 90 scritps at 50% market share BOB=...

you perchase a case containing 24 canisters of tennis balls for $ 60.

You in turn charge $ 4 for each canister. How much is the price of each case of tennis balls marked up?

In 2000 77% of instructional classrooms had internet access. In 2005, 94% of classrooms has Internet access.

In 2000 77% of instructional classrooms had internet access. In 2005, 94% of classrooms has Internet access.   (a) Find a linear function that fits the data.  (b) In what year...

A ring cost $799.99 but it was reduced to $ 375.99. Find the percent of the reduction in the price.

Percent of reduction