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Pourcentage 2008-06-02
ferdjoukh pose la question :
un article passe de 12 euros à 10 euros. quel est le pourcentage de réduction? et quelle est l'opération à faire pour obtenir le résultat? merci
Antoine Letarte lui répond.
Arithmétique modulaire 2008-01-10
hausknecht pose la question :
ma grand mère a entre 60 et 80 ans.il y a un an son âge était un multiple de 3.dans deux ans son âge sera un multiple de 2,de 3 et de 9.cette année , c'est un multiple de 5.quel est l'âge de ma grand mère?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Le pourcentage en +ou en- que représent la diférence de 2 nombres 2007-04-29
Jean pose la question :
pouvez vous me donner la formule pour trouver le pourcentage en +ou en- que représent la diférence de 2 nombres ex: 8594 et 7634
Claude Tardif lui répond.
équations avec les ages 2006-11-06
Ruffin pose la question :
Sébastien dit a Aurélie: vous avez 36 ans et j'ai deux 2 fois l'âge que vous aviez quand j'avais votre âge. Quel âge a Sébastien?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
le prix de départ 2006-09-10
un élève pose la question :
Une jupe coûte 36 euros après une démarque de 20% quel est le prix de départ moi j'ai trouvé 45 euros mais je n'ai pas la formule de calcul exacte
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Une énigme échelle/échafaudage(ou boite) 2005-11-08
Christian pose la question :
J'ai un problème & souhaite demander votre aide pour résoudre une énigme échelle/échafaudage(ou boite)
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Partages inégaux 2005-09-29
Un eleve pose la question :
Alex et julie ont ensemble 4728 .- euro Si Alex donne 538.- euro à Julie, ce dernier aurait alors le triple de Julie. Quelle est la somme possédée de chacun?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
J'ai deux fois l'âge que tu avais quand 2004-12-03
Un eleve pose la question :
Julien dit à Nicolas:"J'ai deux fois l'âge que tu avais quand j'avais l'âge que tu as.Quand tu auras l'âge que j'ai la somme sera égale à 63".A toi de trouver l'âge de Julien et de Nicolas.
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Point de partage 2000-02-21
Sebastian Murciano pose la question :
J'aurais besoin de savoir où je peux trouver de l'informations, ou est-ce que vous pouvez me donner de l'information sur : Point de partage d'un segment étudié en Secondaire 4.
Claude Tardif lui répond.
15 films 1999-11-09
Hebert pose la question :
Un touriste revient de vacnces avec 15 films:
  • 2 films de photos d 'Italie
  • 8 films de photos de Grèce
  • 5 films de photos de Turquie.
Aucune marque distinctive ne permet d'identifier les films. Pour des raisons financières le touriste ne fait développer à son retour que 11 de ces 15 films qu'il choisit au hasard.NB : on donnera les résultats sous forme décimale approchée à 10-4 près.
  1. Combien y a t il de choix différents possibles de 11 films parmi les 15 ?
  2. Quelle est la probabilité que , parmi les 11 films développés, il y ait:
  3. ...

Claude Tardif lui répond.
How to calculate percentage change 2007-08-03
Galland pose la question :
I am working on graphs and I need to find the percentage of increase from one figure to another. How do I do that? For instance staff hours for 2006 were 28011 and for 2007 were 31230. How do I find the percentage of increase?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Calculating the area (acreage) of a four sided lot 2007-07-18
A property owner pose la question :
I have a real estate property and the lot size is something I need to find out. I know the lengths of the four sides, but it isn't a rectangle, it is an odd shape. How do I find the acreage?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How to convert fractions to percentages 2007-07-05
Anita pose la question :
How do I turn 1 3/20 to a percent?
Stephen La Rocque and Melanie Tyrer lui répond.
30 % off 2021-09-07
Corrine pose la question :
When I am shopping for clothing that is for sale, the advertisement may say the item is 30% off. The original price was $70. How much would it now be? (how do I figure that out?) Thank you!
Penny Nom lui répond.
A word problem 2021-07-28
Isaac pose la question :
The average mass of a group of children is 50 kilograms. Todd, who has a mass of 62 kilograms, then joins the group. This raises the average mass of the group to 52 kilograms. How many children were in the original group
Penny Nom lui répond.
2.5 percent of 1.5 billion 2021-05-13
Anish pose la question :
What is the 2.5 percent of 1.5 billion?
please state if there are any general formulae of this calculation.

Thank you
Penny Nom lui répond.
Word problem 2021-05-07
Donelle pose la question :
Freddy is three times as old as Mary. Mary is twice as old as Jack. Jack is 11 years old. How old is Freddy?
Penny Nom lui répond.
my prcentage of years on earth is 2020-09-21
Bill pose la question :
This Tuesday is my birthday and I will be 69. and I just wanted to know life ear is say earth is 6 billion years old I'm just curious to what percentage does my existence on earth reptresent I do realize that it's a flash in the pan
Penny Nom lui répond.
why percents can be helpful 2020-07-02
THERESA pose la question :
why percents can be helpful
Penny Nom lui répond.
390 as a percentage of 800 2020-06-18
Yug pose la question :
What percentage is 390 grams of 800 grams?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage profit 2020-05-30
jaheem pose la question :
A shopkeeper buys an article for 80cents and sold it for $1. Calculate the percentage profit.
Penny Nom lui répond.
10 of 24 hours as a percentage 2020-05-27
Larzy pose la question :
what is 10 of 24 hours in percentages
Harley Weston lui répond.
Aaron and Bill's ages 2020-03-12
Heather pose la question :
My granddaughter had this third grade math problem. Aaron is 4 times as old as his brother Bill. In ten years Aaron will be twice Bills age. What are their ages?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Is there an equation to find what percent of 0 is 1? 2020-03-09
Asher pose la question :
Question: Is there an equation to find what percent of 0 is 1.

I remember learning quite a long time ago that the answer inst 0 and it isn't infinity. I'm pretty sure it was something like %=0 approaching infinity or %=1 approaching infinity. And I know it depends what value you assign the numbers i.e. dollars or temperature. Furthermore, is asking "what percent 1 dollar is of 0 dollars" the same question as "what percent profit do you make from selling something worth 0 dollars for 1 dollar."

Thank you for your time and consideration -Asher
Penny Nom lui répond.
What was the original price? 2020-02-01
Gracie pose la question :
If you buy something for $6.30 and it’s 30%off what was the original price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Dividing the tips 2020-01-02
Pat pose la question :
trying to figure out division of tips I have 3 full time employees 40 hrs a week and 1 part time worker 12 hours a week what percentages do i give them to give them appropriate tips :-)
Harley Weston lui répond.
Sabrina's age 2019-12-31
Nakyi pose la question :
The sum of Sabrina’s age and twice her sister’s age is equal to their mom’s Age. If Sabrina’s sister is two years older than her and their mom is 37, how old is Sabrina?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Caleb age and Juliet age add up to 25 years. 2019-11-22
tolulope pose la question :
Caleb age and Juliet age add up to 25 years. eight years ago,Caleb was twice as old as Juliet. how old are they now.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The sum of the ages of Ruth and her mother is 77 years. 2019-11-06
Lydia pose la question :
The sum of the ages of Ruth and her mother is 77 years. The difference in their ages is 27 years. How old is each?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Increasing your average mark 2019-11-01
Elena pose la question :
After 9 weeks Mikayla has an average ark of 5 out of 10 in the weekly spelling tests. What is the minimum number of extra weeks now required to raise her average to 7?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Average savings 2019-09-06
Puchu pose la question :
A student was saving an average of £2 per week for 25 weeks. He then found a part time job and after total of 45 weeks his average savings rose to £9 per week How much did he save over 20 weeks after finding job?
Penny Nom lui répond.
David Is 6 years older than his sister Delia 2019-08-27
Abigail pose la question :
David Is 6 years older than his sister Delia. In 10 years the sum of There age 52. how old are David and Delia today
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average height of a wall 2019-08-15
Jeff pose la question :
Trying to figure the average height of a sloped foundation wall.
The lowest point is 24 inches or 2 feet.
The highest point is 116 inches or 9’ 8 inches.
Can this be figured without the degree of slope or can we assume it is Equaled sloped from point a to point b. Thanks
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the original price? 2019-05-15
Tyler pose la question :
if 45% of an item is $90.00, then what is the original price
Penny Nom lui répond.
Why Mean? 2019-05-08
Jill pose la question :
A group of teachers were trying to figure out why the”mean” is called mean - do you know??
Penny Nom lui répond.
If 45% of an item is 90.00 2019-05-01
Gavin pose la question :
If 45% of an item is 90.00 what is the original price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Three friend's ages 2019-04-25
Lemicio pose la question :
Janet is 10 years older than Karin, who is twice the age of Josef. If their combine age is 55, how old is each one now?
Penny Nom lui répond.
80% of an item is $200.00 80% of an item is $200.00 2019-04-25
kayla pose la question :
if 80% of a item is $200.00 what is the original price
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change in refractive error 2019-04-04
Ammara pose la question :
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how a paper I'm looking at has found a percentage from the numbers below. its a paper comparing two lenses. it says that the new lenses 'slowed the progression of refractive error by approximately 50%'.

the refractive error with the old lenses was -2.26 after two years it was -3.28

the refractive error with the new lenses was -2.24 after two years the refractive error is - 2.75
Thank you so much for your help it is most appreciated!
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentages 2019-03-30
Mari pose la question :
I am trying to find out what percentage of our worlds population does the youtuber Pewdiepie have for subscribers? So he has 91 million subscribers and there are roughly 7.53 Billion people in the world. So what percent of our worlds population does Pewdiepie have for subscribers? Am I asking this correctly? I am just curious for marketing reasons and how much of the worlds market share does Pewdiepie have for his youtube channel? I just do not know how to set up the problem to find the answer?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Slope and percentage 2019-03-19
Tom pose la question :
I need a slope of 2 Inches every 30 feet what is the percentage to put on my pipe lazer. thank you
Penny Nom lui répond.
Numbering pages 2019-01-20
chungus pose la question :
It takes 852 digits to number the pages of a book consecutively. How many pages are there?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Sale price and employee discount 2019-01-18
Margaret pose la question :
What is the formula to find the 75% off full price item that was already marked 30% off?
Penny Nom lui répond.
0.025% of 575 billion 2018-11-28
JoAnne pose la question :
What is .025% of 575 billion dollars?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage markup 2018-11-17
Sher pose la question :
Cost price is $32,500 and selling price was $ 85,495.25, what percent markup was made?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The original cost when you only know a percentage 2018-11-13
john pose la question :
I was wonder how to find the Original cost when you don't know original cost

The amount paid was 13.82 that is suppose to represent 20% because Insurance pays 80% Thank You
Penny Nom lui répond.
Splitting a commission 2018-09-13
Beth pose la question :
If Sales Prices is $170975 and commission is 6% but listing agent gets 60% of the 6% and selling agent gens 40% of the 6% what is the actual percentage that each would actually receive?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Working with percentages 2018-08-26
Kenneth pose la question :
16 is 4% of what amount? The answer can be determined by the following unusual manner: 4% = 16 1% = 4 100% = 400 Can the following solutions for the following be determined by using the same type of calculation? 16 is ?% of 400 ? is 4% of 400 I thank you for your reply.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many students passed the test? 2018-07-20
florian pose la question :
In Mr. Edgecomb's math class, 30 students took an exam on statistics. If the average passing grade was 84, the average failing grade was 60, and the overall average was 80, how many students passed the test?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Pre tax and post tax percentages 2018-05-22
Tom pose la question :
Hi,
I work in a clothes shop which can also do mail-orders. My Head Office has sent a report with which we can check the records we keep in store tally with those at HO.

According to that report we have taken £2578.25 in orders, excluding VAT (20%), which would therefore be £3093.91 including VAT (2578.25+20%=3093.91).

According to my records, we have taken £3179.32 including VAT, which would be £2543.45 excluding VAT (3179.32-20%=2543.45).

Why is it that the difference between the VAT inclusive figures (3179.32-3093.91) is +£85.41, but the difference between the VAT exclusive figures (2543.45-2578.26) is -£34.81?

Now, I can see from the report that 1 order has not been recorded by HO, and I know that our average order value is around £30, so the -£34.81 makes sense. But surely both figures should be a minus, regardless of whether they include VAT?

I'm sure there is an obvious answer, but I just cannot see it! Any help would be gratefully received.
Thanks,
Tom
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many pet dogs? 2017-09-26
Michelle pose la question :
In 2016 there were about 135 million households in the United States. 36.5% of the households own at least one dog. On average, these households have 1.6 dogs. How many millins of pet dogs were in the United States in 2016?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Average price 2017-09-15
Annette pose la question :
If I sold a widget at $15.50 17.5% of the time and $16.50 88.5% of the time what is the algebraic expression for that. How do I arrive at an average price
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage did I take? 2017-06-14
david pose la question :
you have $5.85 I took $1.06 from you,what percentage did I take? and the formula to solve it. Thank you
Penny Nom lui répond.
Canada's population as a percentage 2017-05-11
bethmarie pose la question :
What percentage of the world population (7.5 billion) is Canada's population (36 million). Thank you very much!
Penny Nom lui répond.
Faster than as a percentage 2017-03-18
Maximilian pose la question :
Hi, i have a strange issue with the phrase "faster than" in percentage, ie. if i have a 10MB/s connection, and somebody has a 7MB/s connection, is it 30% faster or 50% faster.- which ( affirmation, phrase, sentence ) is the right one:

a:) My 10MB/S connection is 50% faster than the 7MB/s ?
or
b:) My 10MB/S connection is 30% faster than the 7MB/s ?

Thanks in Advance, and please if you can teach me why !
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change in productivity 2017-03-15
Sunni pose la question :
I'm working on a graph and I need to find the percentage of increase from one figure to another. How do I do that? For instance our department started with a workload of 1773 in Jan and ended with 341 in Dec. In addition to that we received 2088 new items from Jan - Dec with an average of 5 workers. How do I find the percentage of increased productivity if any?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The ratio of two ages 2017-03-15
Angel pose la question :
The sum of Keith's age and Alan's age is 36. Four years ago, the ratio of Keith's age to Alan's age was 4:3. Find the ratio of their present age
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average rate of change of cot(t) 2017-01-18
Brianna pose la question :
Hello! It's been a while since I've taken a math course, and I'm stuck on a problem in my calculus course.
The question is this:

Find the average rate of change of the function over the given interval.
h(t)=cot(t) a) [5pi/4, 7pi/4]
Penny Nom lui répond.
A mixed number as a percent 2016-10-18
Jayda pose la question :
how go you change a mixed number into a percent

Ex. 3 3/4
Penny Nom lui répond.
The ages of 10 children 2016-08-17
Diann pose la question :
Sum total of the ages of 10 children 10 children is 110, what are their ages if all are 2 years apart?
thank you
Penny Nom lui répond.
One million is six percent of what number? 2016-04-26
Colleen pose la question :
One million is six percent of what number?
Thanks!
Penny Nom lui répond.
15.86 acres 2016-04-21
Ronald pose la question :
If a rectangular piece of land is 1320 ft. on one side, how many feet would be required on the other side to equal 15.86 acres?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A percentage problem 2016-03-02
jehanzaib pose la question :
if x is a percentage: e.g. 40% than what does "x/(1+x)" = 29%. what is the explanation.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Converting a fraction to a percentage 2016-02-22
Preitty pose la question :
How can I turn fractions into percentages when the denominator is not a number that can multiply to 100?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A bonus of 8% of sales 2016-02-22
Barghavi pose la question :
A man earns $325 per week plus an additional 8% on any sales over $500. If he makes $6,250 in sales, how much money in total does he earn that week? thank you!
Penny Nom lui répond.
38 is what percent of 400? 2016-02-07
chris pose la question :
38 is what percent of 400?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage reduction 2016-01-30
Kuuku pose la question :
The daily production targets in 2000 was 60,000 units this declined to 48,000 units in 2001 but was projected that further 300units reduction would be experienced in 2002. Calculate the percentage reduction by 2002.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two increases of 20% 2016-01-27
Z pose la question :
How do I find how many books are in a library given a problem like this... The number of books increase after buying 20% more in May. The number increased again by 20% after they were given 300 books. How many books did it start with?.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two increases of 20% 2016-01-27
Z pose la question :
How do I find how many books are in a library given a problem like this... The number of books increase after buying 20% more in May. The number increased again by 20% after they were given 300 books. How many books did it start with?.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Three discounts 2016-01-10
Tiffany pose la question :
Khairul wants to buy a sofa set. He is offered 3 successsive discounts of 10%,20% and 25%, and he can arrange them in any order he wants. Which order will benefit him the most? Explain your answer.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Book sales 2015-12-30
Sandra pose la question :
Your finance text book sold 56,500 copies in its first year. The publishing company expects the sales to grow at a rate of 20.0 percent for the next three years, and by 8.0 percent in the fourth year. Calculate the total number of copies that the publisher expects to sell in year 3 and 4.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How can he raise his average to 90? 2015-12-29
Raj pose la question :
Harris has an 87 in a class where daily works count 20%, quizzes count 20% and tests count 60%.
If there are only two test scores what must the score on his second test to raise his average to 90?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A troublesome word problem 2015-12-28
Linda pose la question :
James is now 3/5 John's age. Three years ago, he was 1/2 John's age. Three years from now, he will be 2/3 John's age.
How old are they now?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Converting a fraction to a percent 2015-12-22
Sharon pose la question :
How do you turn a fraction into a percentage? I'm beyond confused with this. Even though I think of myself as a good math student doing 8th grade math at a young age, this just makes me want to scream! I get the way you turn 1/4 into 25%, but when it comes to something like 7/9 = ? I just can't figure out the answer.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A word problem with percentages 2015-12-05
Caedryn pose la question :
After giving 25% of her stickers away, May had 50% as many stickers as Rose. If they had 200 stickers altogether at first, how many stickers did Rose have?
Penny Nom lui répond.
20 million as a percentage of 7.3 billion 2015-11-18
Nick pose la question :
Based on the estimate of the worlds current population (7.3 billion people), I'm trying to work out what percentage of that figure 20 million people would amount to?

(Apologies in advance that I've no idea if the 7.3 billion figure is an American Billion or UK billion)

Thanks for any help.

Nick.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Roof Square footage 2015-11-11
Todd pose la question :

Question from Todd:

Good Day.
I have to figure out the square footage of a quonset style roof that's not playing by the rules The building dimensions (rectangular) are 63'x135' the height of the roof is 9.25'. It not an entire Quonset, It's that style of roof,(curved). There are concrete block walls 10' up to the metal roof.

Thank you!

Todd


Harley Weston lui répond.
The area of two lots 2015-10-13
Lynn pose la question :
I have 2 lots that have mobile homes on them... I was told they were 100 x 200 lots.. I have tried to calculate it on here but was not able to understand how to exactly do it. I would like to know if I have a 1/2 acreage or exactly what the 2 lots are?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two price reductions and a coupon 2015-09-16
Suszanne pose la question :
Mary purchased an item for 45% off the original price, plus an additional 20% off the sale price.She also had a $5 off coupon, which the salesclerk applied after these two discounts. Mary's final purchase price for the item was $50. She paid no sales tax, what was the original price of the item?
Penny Nom lui répond.
An increase in savings 2015-09-06
A student pose la question :
A man spends 80% of his income. His income increases by 40% and his expenditure also increases by 25%. Find the percentage increase in his savings?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A tangent line to a circle 2015-09-03
Jamie pose la question :
Use the Greek method to find an equation of the tangent line to the circle x^2+y^2-4x+6y+4=0 at the points (3,2square root 2-3.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Average rate for a return trip 2015-03-14
Michael pose la question :
Jeffrey drove to a town 25 miles away at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. The return trip along the same route took 20 minutes longer than the trip to town. Determine the average speed in miles per hour for Jeffrey's round trip.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Commission 2015-03-13
Rose pose la question :
A shopkeeper receives 12.5% (12 1/2 %) commission on the sale of books from the publisher. In a certain month,he receives a commission of rs.250 from the publisher. How much was his sale for that particular month??
Penny Nom lui répond.
The definition of percent ( % ) 2015-03-07
Kenneth pose la question :
Hello:

I saw this definition online from the Free Dictionary (The Free Dictionary.com) regarding the definition of percent (%):

"Noun 1. a percent sign - a sign (`%') used to indicate that the number preceding it should be understood as a proportion multiplied by 100."

What is this "proportion" multiplied by 100?

When I think of a proportion, I think of a/b = c/d. How can a number preceding the percent sign be understood as a proportion X 100? I thank you for your reply!
Chris Fisher and Claude Tardif lui répond.
The length of a ramp 2015-03-05
Jaylynn pose la question :
Hi, I've been trying to figure out how long my ramp would have to be in order to reach a height of 3.5 feet at a 30 degree angle for a sugar glider enclosure?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A train from Vancouver to Whistler 2015-02-02
Tea pose la question :
Serena and Nina are taking a train from Vancouver to Whistler, a 160km trip. If the average speed is decreased by 16km/hr, the trip will be 1/2 hours longer. What is the average speed of the train? Thanks :)
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change 2015-01-14
Jim pose la question :
When using a scale e.g. 0-10, what is the formula for calculating percentage change. For example when someone answers a questionnaire where a question has a 0-10 scale, and they score a 4 first time, and then they answer the same questionnaire a different day, and they score an 8, how do I calculate the percentage change.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Rates, percentages and units 2014-12-30
Kenneth pose la question :
Hello:

If percentages have no units, why are some percentages called rates, as in interest rate, or perhaps a tax rate of 7% as an example? A rate has units of different quantities.

I thank you for your reply.
Robert Dawson lui répond.
30% profit 2014-12-05
Lyn pose la question :
I would like to know a formula that I would use on a standard calculator to calculate a 30% profit margin on an item. If I purchased an item at $7.70 how would I calculate 30% profit for me, not just 30% mark up?
Penny Nom lui répond.
An age related word problem 2014-11-18
Cole pose la question :
Susan and Russell are brother and sister. Susan says that in two years she will be twice Russell's current age. Russell says that he's only three years younger than Susan. How old is each of the siblings?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentages in a mixture 2014-10-02
viola pose la question :
Hi there

can you help me convert the below so it makes 100% (individual %)

400 gr =
100 gr =
50 gr =
50 gr =
20 gr =
2 gr =
1 gr =
1 gr =

Be great to hear back from you

Thank you

V
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average of 9 numbers is 45 2014-09-12
rizza pose la question :
The average of 9 numbers is 45. If 90 and 88 are added to the set of numbers. What will be the resulting average?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average age of a group of 10 students 2014-09-11
sujan pose la question :
The average age of a group of 10 students was 20. The average age increased by 2 years when two new students joined the group . What is the average age of the two new students who joined the group?
Robert Dawson and Penny Nom lui répond.
Water usage in Ames 2014-08-29
Abigail pose la question :
The City of Ames water treatment plant treats 7 million gallons of water per day on average to meet water demands. Hypothetically, if water is withdrawn from a groundwater system with an area of 51.6 square miles (approximate area of Ames and surrounding area), what is the depth of water in inches that would have to be added to the groundwater system annually to replace the water that is withdrawn by the city?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A price increase and a consumption decrease 2014-08-16
sujan pose la question :
If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Rajesh intends to spend only 15% more on petrol then by how much % should he reduce the quantity of petrol he buys?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage of 317 million is 1.2 million? 2014-08-13
Danielle pose la question :
I would like to know what percentage of 317 million is 1.2 million.
Tyler Wood lui répond.
Ratios ond percents 2014-08-13
aswathi pose la question :
if the ratio of cost price and selling price of an article is be as 10:11,the percentage of profit is
Tyler Wood lui répond.
What is the average of first 100 even numbers? 2014-08-02
Faizan pose la question :
What is the average of first 100 even numbers?
Chris Fisher lui répond.
A word problem concerning averages 2014-07-26
Bernie pose la question :
The average weight of a team of children is 50kg, Todd who weighs 56 kg then joins the team. The average weight of the new team is 51. How many children in the original team?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Buying shoes on sale 2014-06-30
Willa pose la question :
So, I have this question from my summer packet: "Gwen buys 3 identical pairs of shoes at store a. She pays $110.25 after the discount what is the regular price of each pair? ( 40% off)"
Penny Nom lui répond.
Mary's height as a percentage of Michael's height 2014-05-11
Lauren pose la question :
Mary is 1.4m tall and her brother Michael is 1.2m tall.
Express Mary's height as a percentage of her brother's.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change 2014-05-09
hi pose la question :
the hw club had 46 members in sept. in april, the club had 24 members. what was the percent of change in the hw club's membership from sept. to apan increase or decrease in membership? ril? what is
Penny Nom lui répond.
How fast did Jessica grow? 2014-04-10
jasmine pose la question :
when she was 14 jessica was 5 feet, 4inches tall . at 18 she is now 6 feet, 2inches tall .how fast did jessica grow during this time
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Percentage increase of the population of a town 2014-03-28
hunter pose la question :
The population of a certain town in 1984 was 2900 people. The percent increase was 2.5% each year. What is the town's population in 2002?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Paycheck after deductions 2014-02-23
Louise pose la question :
So I got a paycheck for 89.02 they took out in deductions 15.69. I want to know the percentage they are taking out so that I can figure my take home pay each week before I get it. So I know what to expect for pay each week so I can budget my bills from now on a weekly basis. If I know the percentage than I can just figure out the percentage through how many hours in the week I worked and multiply my gross pay and know what my take home will be
Penny Nom lui répond.
Three investment partners sharing the profit 2014-02-22
Ayatullah pose la question :
Hello;

We are three partners and bought a property at 2050000 and sold at 2300000.
Details of investment of the partners
X= 1500000
Y= 400000
Z = 150000

My questions are
1) How could i calculate percentage of investment of each partner?
2) How could i deduct 30% commission from each partner in profit?
3) How could i distribute the profit amongst the partners?


Thanks in advance
Penny Nom lui répond.
2.3% of $17.3 trillion 2014-02-21
C pose la question :
What is the annual interest on $17.3 trillion at a rate of 2.3%. Thank you
Penny Nom lui répond.
A bizarre percentage problem 2014-01-29
matthew pose la question :
by what percent was the child's sodium level beneath the normal range? the child's sodium level was 107 where the normal is 136-145
Harley Weston lui répond.
Profit as a percentage 2014-01-04
Dane pose la question :
If i brought a card for £5 and sold it for £10 what is my profit percentage? 50% or 100%
Penny Nom lui répond.
4 children 2013-12-31
hope pose la question :
4 children; Peter is 7 years old & is 4 years younger than Dave. Dave is 9 years older than Paul. Paul is 11 years younger than Frances. Please list the children in order from oldest to youngest?! thank you and anxiously await your answer, Hope
Penny Nom lui répond.
A sale price for a TV 2013-11-28
tom pose la question :
a TV can be purchased for $278 normally is $328. what is the percent of the present cost of this TV will you be saving?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Solve for x 2013-10-12
Megan pose la question :
X\2400. Times 100=40%. What is x?!
Penny Nom lui répond.
A question on markup 2013-09-08
ezile pose la question :
if the gross profit for the previous year was R125000 and for the new year its R195000 the mark up achieved was 95%....whats the new mark up
Penny Nom lui répond.
1760 as a percentage of 5000 2013-09-05
ken pose la question :
how do I express 1760 as a percentage of 5000
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent is 50 of 4.5 billion? 2013-08-08
Bobby pose la question :
What percent is 50 from 4.5 billion?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A mixture problem 2013-07-29
Lucy pose la question :
Hi, For the following question:

Ten pounds of mixed nuts contain 50 percent peanuts. How many pounds of peanuts must be added so that the final mixture has 60 percent peanuts?(A) 2.5 (B) 5 (C) 6 (D) 10 (E) 12.5,

my math book gives my the following explanation: Try choice (C): 6 pounds of peanuts. The original 10-pound mixture contained 50 percent peanuts, or 5 pounds. Now you have 11 pounds of peanuts in a 16-pound mixture, more than 60 percent. This result automatically eliminates choices (D) and (E) as well.Why would this result automatically rule out D and E? How can you tell? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question.
Robert Dawson and Penny Nom lui répond.
GST and PST 2013-07-22
Bev pose la question :
Total sales revenues are 116391.38 this amount includes 5% GST and 80% of this amount includes a 7% provincial tax. The other 20% is PST exempt. GST is included in all. How do I figure the PST I owe?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent and percentage point 2013-07-19
Kenneth pose la question :
Hello:

Does 0.01 represent both one percentage point and one percent in decimal form?

What is, for example, 2/100 of one percentage point, and what is 2/100 of one percent?

Are the answers the same.

I thank you for your assistance.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How much does Sara get to take home 2013-06-05
Jessica pose la question :
Sara gets paid $15.00 an hour. She worked 80 hours during the pay period. If 28% of what she earned is deducted for taxes, how much does Sara get to take home?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent change in sales 2013-06-04
Sui pose la question :
Hi,

I would like to ask your favor for reviewing the following percent change in sales calculation, did I do it right? I am surprise/wondering with the big amount of the percentage result. Your assistance and guidance would be highly appreciate.

Sales for month of August 2000: 5,198,750 IDR Sales for month of October 2000: 62,291,700 IDR Difference = 62,291,700 IDR - 5,198,750 IDR = 57,092,950 IDR Percentage change = 57,092,950 IDR : 5,198,750 IDR = 10.98 X 100 = 1,098%

Sales for month of February 2008: 1,664,800 IDR Sales for month of August 2008: 161,715,307 IDR Difference = 161,715,307 IDR - 1,664,800 IDR = 160,050,507 IDR Percentage change = 160,050,507 : 1,664,800 = 96.14 X 100 = 9,614%

Thanking you,
Sui
Penny Nom lui répond.
A pump is operating at 70% 2013-06-03
Abdel pose la question :
Hi I was wondering if you could help me out on a question I recently got on an aptitude test.

A pump operates at 70% if it is pumping out 4500 gallons then how much will it pump out at 85%?
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many acres does a 4.5 mi strip 52 inches wide make? 2013-05-21
Aaron pose la question :
How many acres does a 4.5 mi strip 52 inches wide make?
Lorraine Dame lui répond.
The dimensions of my property 2013-05-21
Mr. pose la question :
My property is 196 feet wide an I own 2 1/2 acres how many feet in depth is it
Lorraine Dame lui répond.
The square footage of a 17 inch by 17 inch tile 2013-05-18
Leroy pose la question :
How do I calculate the square footage of a 17inch by 17 inch tile
Penny Nom lui répond.
Inverting fractions and percentage 2013-05-18
Carlos pose la question :
If I calculate the percentage change between two fractions, say, 1/100 and 2/100, I get 100% change. Now, if I flip denominator and numerator, 100/1 and 100/2, and repeat the calculation, I get a 50% change. Why are the percentages different?
Thank you very much
Penny Nom lui répond.
The percentage of fat in a container of yogurt 2013-05-17
Katy pose la question :
There is a question that I' having trouble with. It says: "A container of yogurt contains 228 g of water, 54 g of carbohydrates, 12 g of protein and 6 g of fat, what percentage of the yogurt is fat?" How do you convert 6 g into percentage?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Water use in a rectangular flush tank 2013-05-10
milo pose la question :
A rectangular flush tank 22" by 71/4 contains water to depth of 17" how many gallons of water will be saved if a conservation device reduces the capacity to 3/5 of this amount? And reduced to the nearest tenth
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent profit: State exam question 2013-03-12
tony pose la question :
which is the correct way to figure 30% profit?
1)
1000 product
500 labor
50 permit
1550 total cost
1550x1.3=2015

2)
1000 product
500 labor
50 permit
1550 total cost
1-.3=.7
1550/.7=2214
Harley Weston lui répond.
state exam question 2013-03-12
tony pose la question :
which is the correct way to figure 30% profit?
1)
1000 product
500 labor
50 permit
1550 total cost
1550x1.3=2015

2)
1000 product
500 labor
50 permit
1550 total cost
1-.3=.7
1550/.7=2214
Harley Weston lui répond.
Increasing and decreasing sales 2013-03-06
Meghan pose la question :
Pace Design's sales increased by 30% in the first year, increased by 60% in the second year, decreased by 60% in the third year and increased by 90% in the fourth year. What was the cumulative change in sales over the 4 years?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the subtotal & GST? 2013-03-04
REBECCA pose la question :
Hi, I have a total of $300. What is the subtotal & GST? How do I work backwards?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup and discount to get a sale price 2013-03-02
Warren pose la question :

If you are an ardent shopper you will be aware of the discount (% decrease) marketing strategy to produce the sale price. I began to wonder just how much mark-up (% increase) was added initially to an item in order to deliver the discounted sale price.

It was simple to construct a formula to convert one to the other.

For example a 30% (mark down) decrease in price required a 42.86% (mark up) to increase the price initially to Tag price. However when I started apply the formulae to a number of circumstances I noticed some very interesting circumstances associated with this relationship

For example a 99.999999% decrease is numerically equal to a 9,999,999,925% increase (huge ratio difference) while conversely a 0.1% decrease is numerically equal to a 0.10010010% increase (Infinitesimally small ratio difference) so the patterns appears logarithmic not linear.

However what really caught my attention was this pattern

See http://www.ozsmart.com/doc/percentage.htm

My questions is why does the decline in the ratio of increases in required mark up (%) price peak at 50 and 51% precisely and then expand again as the percentage move higher

Any explanation would be appreciated


Harley Weston lui répond.
Percent as a fractional relationship 2013-01-14
Kenneth pose la question :
What does the following indicate?

"A percent is another way of expressing the ratio or fractional relationship of two numbers."

I know what a ratio is, but the term "fractional relationship" confuses me.

I thank you for your reply.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How much should I price the earrings? 2012-11-13
Sharon pose la question :
I want to sell some earrings and make a $12.00 profit on them I have to pay a 35% commission on them. How much should I price the earrings?
Penny Nom lui répond.
GST in New Zealand 2012-10-10
Colleen pose la question :
I work out my claimable gst each month but need to know the total sales or purchases amounts for filling in my six monthly paper work. How do I do that. I tried doing the opposite of calculating the gst i.e. x3 and /23 but it is slightly different to my total.
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent of her monthly take home pay are her monthly expenses? 2012-09-19
tina pose la question :
a girls monthly take home pay is 1932.00. her monthly expenses total 1910.00. What percent of her monthly take home pay are her monthly expenses?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A profit of 35% 2012-09-07
Jack pose la question :
If a product cost me $10.00 and I want a profit of 35% what is my sell price? How do I figure the sale price to make a 35% profit on the sale?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Adding speeds 2012-08-26
Roy pose la question :
May I ask if it is correct to add the following with units included? Some tell me that the units cannot be included in the addition because we cannot add speed.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Changing a decimal or a number to a percent 2012-08-10
Kenneth pose la question :
When a decimal or a number is changed to a percent, the decimal or number is multiplied by 100 and then a percent sign (%) is attached.
Why is it necessary to multiply by 100?
What is the reasoning or logic for using this calculation?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
A garden in the back yard 2012-08-04
Lucy pose la question :
Your boss says that his wife has put an 18 × 51 foot garden in along the whole back end of their back yard. He says that this has reduced the back-yard lawn area by 24%. What are the total dimensions of his back yard? What are the dimensions of the remaining lawn area? I found this question on purplemath(http://www.purplemath.com/modules/percntof3.htm). I still don't understand how to solve it. Can you walk me through the process please? Thank you in advance for taking the time to answer my question.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2012-08-01
Jay pose la question :
When calculating percentage growth, why is (y-x)/x the same as (y/x)-1 ??? (I seem to be stuck on the simple algebra here)...

e.g. 2011, toy was £5, 2012, toy is £10. What is the percentage increase? So, (10-5)/5 = 1 (i.e. 100% increase), AND, (10/5)-1 = 1 (i.e. also 100% increase).

Thanks in advance.
Penny Nom lui répond.
What was the class average? 2012-04-20
olwale pose la question :
a class which consist of 15 boys and 10 girls sit for a test. the average score of the boys is 20 and the girls' is 25. find the average score of the class.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change 2012-04-19
Christine pose la question :
For my intermediate macroeconomics class, there is a question about percent change. The numbers are:
Quantities of oranges in 2010: 104
Quantities of oranges in 2009: 100
How would I calculate to find the percentage change in quantities?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A Performance Appraisal 2012-03-06
Reuel pose la question :
Hello:

I'm looking for an answer to this one:

If I have 428 staff for Performance Appraisal the year 2011 my suggestions for rating their rankings would be:
5% can be no. 1 which would mean 21 employees
15% can be no. 2 which would mean 64 employees
60% can be no. 3 which would mean 257 employees
15% can be no. 4 which would mean 64 employees
5% can be no. 5 which would mean 21 employees
However, what I have received is this:
5% are no. 1 which would mean 20 employees
22 % are no. 2 which would mean 94 employees
60% are no. 3 which would mean 270 employees
15% are no. 4 which would mean 41 employees
5% are no. 5 which would mean 3 employees

Now my question is how do I find the percentage difference between both the scenarios of should be versus reality? I don't think it is normal subtraction, is it? any help would be appreciated.

Best Regards,
Reuel
Harley Weston lui répond.
[Difference between percentages and percentages] 2012-03-06
Reuel pose la question :
Hello:

I'm looking for an answer to this one:

If I have 428 staff for Performance Appraisal the year 2011 my suggestions for rating their rankings would be:
5% can be no. 1 which would mean 21 employees
15% can be no. 2 which would mean 64 employees
60% can be no. 3 which would mean 257 employees
15% can be no. 4 which would mean 64 employees
5% can be no. 5 which would mean 21 employees
However, what I have received is this:
5% are no. 1 which would mean 20 employees
22 % are no. 2 which would mean 94 employees
60% are no. 3 which would mean 270 employees
15% are no. 4 which would mean 41 employees
5% are no. 5 which would mean 3 employees

Now my question is how do I find the percentage difference between both the scenarios of should be versus reality? I don't think it is normal subtraction, is it? any help would be appreciated.

Best Regards,
Reuel
Harley Weston lui répond.
Tina is older than Catherine by 1 year and 7 months 2012-03-03
jennifer pose la question :
Tina is older than Catherine by 1 year and 7 months. Karen is younger than Tina by 2 years and 11 months. If Karen is 7 years and 2 months old, find out Catherine's age.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of water in a soil sample 2012-03-01
avi pose la question :
what i need is the formula in getting the percentage from gram. situation:
i need to know how many percent will i declare in getting the moisture of a soil sample i weighed 2,000 grams of soil before i dried it out in the oven, after few hours the recovery of the dried out soil is 1,700 grams. How many percent will be the water content? kindly send me a formula in computing this.
thank u very much!
Penny Nom lui répond.
38/50 as a percent 2012-02-06
2 pose la question :
38/50 in a percent
Penny Nom lui répond.
Ten percentage of 24 hours 2012-01-23
robin pose la question :
Hai.. Myself Robin.. May i know the ten percentage of 24 hours? Pls help me.. Thank you.
Penny Nom lui répond.
75% of 12.5 2012-01-05
Jennifer pose la question :
75% of 12.5

Please explain how you got your answer cause I don't understand how to do this
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 46% increase 2012-01-03
kabilan pose la question :
increase a price of £8.24 by 46% and give the answer to the nearest penny
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Mean and Average 2012-01-03
john pose la question :
what is the difference between average and mean
Robert Dawson lui répond.
The average age of 300 cars 2011-11-22
Jason pose la question :
I have 300 used cars built from 1970 to 1980, I would like to know the average age by total volume. If I provide the qty built per year, can I determine the average age of the lot (300) by total volume?
Total built 50 56 30 10 30 25 64 9 12 14
Year built 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980

Thanks
Penny Nom lui répond.
The acreage covered by a berm 2011-11-21
Katherine pose la question :
I need to know how to figure the acreage a berm might cover. Berm size is 815 ft. long with a 5' height average at a 3:1 slope It will have a 4 ft. top.

Also how do you figure how wide a base would be for a berm at a 3:1 slope? I am thinking for every 3 ft horizontal I need to go 1 foot vertical starting from the center out. Is this only half the berm and need to mirror it for the other side to get a total base width?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average speed for the whole journey 2011-10-30
Shahzad pose la question :
a train travels 68 Km at an average speed of 51Km/h. It then travels another 20Km at an average speed of 40Km/h before reaching its destination. Calculate the average speed for the whole journey?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 6% commission 2011-10-15
Tamara pose la question :
if you earned a gross wage of $810, which includes a salary of $90 and a 6% commission how much is the net sales?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Eight percent 2011-09-22
Michelle pose la question :
Hello. I need help with a math problem please. I have not done this in so long.
This is a 40% margin
360X8%=
Penny Nom lui répond.
Draping a room with fabric 2011-05-19
Maria pose la question :
I need to drape an entire room with fabric. The width of the fabric is 120 inches. How many yards of fabric do I need if the room is 4000 sq ft. (50 x 80 ft) and the ceiling is 12 ft. high.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A pipe in a ditch 2011-05-19
Jim pose la question :
How many cubic feet of stone will it take to fill to six inches around a 4 inch pipe in a ditch 128 ft long x 20 in wide?
Penny Nom lui répond.
3% commission 2011-04-01
bertha pose la question :
A real estate broker’s base annual salary is $18,000. She earns 3% commission on total sales. How much must she sell in real estate value during the year to earn $65,000? Set up an equation and solve. Show all work to receive full credit. Round final answer to the nearest dollar.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Find his income on the fourth week of August. 2011-03-22
Abeth pose la question :
The average weekly income of MJ for the first three weeks of August was 3,600 and his average weekly income for four weeks is 3950. Find his income on the fourth week of August.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 15% increase 2011-03-22
Abeth pose la question :
Bobby dela Cruz is the purchasing agent for school supplies of a certain university. Because of new research projects, Bobby ordered an additional 32,500 worth of supplies this month. This is a 15% increase from last month. What was the value of the school supplies that Bobby ordered last month?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Average speed 2011-03-07
West pose la question :
Calculate the distance (in km) that Larry runs if he maintains an average speed of 8km/hr for 45 minutes
Penny Nom lui répond.
6685 is 67.5% of the total number 2011-02-22
Donna pose la question :
I know 6685 is 67.5%. How do I calculate the total number.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit as a percentage 2011-01-17
Connie pose la question :
I am trying to determine the profit margin on selected items. ex: A bottle of juice costs me $.70, I sell it at $3.75. How can I determine what my profit percentage is?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit as a percent 2010-12-19
gaurav pose la question :
In the following, which calculation is right to calculate the profit percent.
if profit is 20%- 100*1.2 = 120
if profit is 20%- 100/0.8 = 125?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The percent-day method 2010-12-04
Kenneth pose la question :
I read about this method in an old business mathematics book and was curious about how it works to produce the correct answer.

“Percent-day method is based on 360 days’ time and 1% interest. Any interest rate multiplied by any number of days is equal to so many %-days.”
Example: 82 days at 5% equals 410%-days.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 35% profit 2010-11-19
Ana pose la question :
You have a stamp collection and make a 35% profit by selling it on E-Bay for $2700. Find the original cost of the collection by using the formula:New value × 100 / 100 + percent change = Original value
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
I want to make a 50% profit 2010-10-29
Debbie pose la question :
If my cost on an item is $32.00 and I want to make a 50% profit- What would the retail be?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Area on a dart board 2010-10-11
Robert pose la question :
A dart board consists of concentric circles and line segment. the radius of the bull's eye is 4 inches and each ring surrounding the bull's eye is 3 inches wide.
a) what is the area of the bull's eye
b) what percent is the bull's eye.

hint there are 4 rings and the bull's eye is divided into 4 (90) degree angles (meaning 1/2 up and down) (1/2 left to right.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
An investment of 500$ 2010-09-27
georgia pose la question :
if you invest 500$ at a 7% annum and the balance at a 10% annum and your interest earned is 44$ annum how much was invested in the 7% and how much in the 10%.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of Revenue Generated 2010-09-22
Jeri pose la question :
Hi! I am trying to fill out the government form for obtaining a business license and this is all new to me...it wants to know the estimated percentage of revenue that my product generates. An easy formula to figure this out would be greatly appreciated!
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The new diameter is 50 per cent larger than the original. 2010-09-04
mahwish pose la question :
. A circular logo is enlarged to fit the lid of a jar. The new diameter is 50 per cent larger than the original. By what percentage has the area of the logo increased?
Tyler Wood lui répond.
Percentage improvement 2010-08-26
shahrukh pose la question :
Hi...

We had a web page that was taking 12 secs to load. Now it loads in 3 secs. What is the percentage of improvement or how much faster is it working now. TO me it looks like it is working 3 times faster or there is a 300% improvement in the loading time. However my client says its ((12-3)/12*)100 = 75% improved. Which seems illogical on the face of it.

Thanks for your help
Shahrukh
Robert Dawson and Chris Fisher lui répond.
$1579 is 20% of what number? 2010-07-22
Luis pose la question :
Question: $1579 is 20% of what number?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
The tonnage of some gravel 2010-07-22
Gregory pose la question :
i have a road that is 8 miles long 20 feet wide and 4 inches deep what is the tonnage for gravel i would need
Penny Nom lui répond.
Selling price, cost and profit 2010-06-22
Alex pose la question :
The profit on a certain television set is 16.5% of the cost price. If the profit is $330, Find:
a) the cost price
b)the selling price of the television
Penny Nom lui répond.
A loan 2010-06-16
melody pose la question :
LOAN: 1000
TERM: 2 years
INTEREST: 2% (per month)
AMOUNT: ???

what is he formula of solving this and what is the answer..
Robert Dawson lui répond.
What is 13% of $5.99? 2010-06-15
Paige pose la question :
What is 13% of $5.99 ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Comparing percentages 2010-06-14
Anouska pose la question :
In category A, Annie gave 5 out of 6 responses. I make this 83% I the same category, Adam gave 4 out of 10 responses. I make this 40%

Does this mean that Annie gave 43% more responses in this category than Adam?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
A comparative report 2010-05-27
jo pose la question :

Question from jo:

I have a comparative report and I was confused about how to get the percentage of the current 1st quarter vs. last year 1st quarter, vs. last year of the same month. I hope you could help me, thank you.
Example: Food sales: 3Day Sale Event

TY: 1,352,293.58 May (Back to School)
LY: 1,205,614.31 April (Summer Sale)
LY: 1,065,693.40 May 2009


Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of Group B's score 2010-05-22
Carolyn pose la question :
If the CONTROL Scorer A scored 5 minutes of Stage 1 sleep, and the compare Scorer B scored 7 minutes of Stage 1 sleep out of the same sample, what is the % similar/same is Scorer B to the Control Scorer A?
Tyler Wood lui répond.
Percentage increase 2010-05-20
Rebecca pose la question :
Question from Rebecca:

In 2008 my land was valued at $84,000. In 2009 my land was re-valued at $235,000.00. What is the percent increase between the two values? I want to be able to express "the value was increased by x%."
Harley Weston lui répond.
One in twenty as a percentage 2010-04-27
jim pose la question :
Please advise how I work out a gradient of say 1-20 one in twenty as a percentage %
Penny Nom lui répond.
Commission 2010-04-24
TAHIR pose la question :
I want to pre-determine the amount of commission on sale of my product which will be the amount that I shall have to pay .
For example, the price is $ 600and commission 5% .
1) I calculate commission on 600 @ 5% = $ 30
When added $ 600 the retail price = $ 630
2) But on $ 630, 5% commission = $ 31.50
So we make a loss of $ 1.50 .
3) Again if we add this $ 1.50 to $ 630 the price = 631.50
But the commission when calculated does not tally
and we make a loss of $ 0.075.
Please let me know how to determine the commission beforehand so that it matches our accounts.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit 2010-04-21
joyann pose la question :
a Raleigh road runner 16" unisex bike which cost $892 was sold for $1052.56 calculate
A. the profit made on the bike
B. the percentage profit
Penny Nom lui répond.
Splitting the mortgage payment 2010-04-09
Jodi pose la question :
What percentage of $2,500.00 (monthly mortgage payment)would I pay per month - if I make $2,200.00 per month and my partner makes $6000.00 per month? Thank you.
Tyler Wood lui répond.
Total tax 2010-03-31
Keli pose la question :
if the gst in Ontario is 5% and the pst is 8% the total tax would be 13%. How come the total tax is 1.13? Shouldn't it be 0.13?
Robert Dawson and Tyler Wood lui répond.
A 25% discount 2010-03-29
Susan pose la question :
If something costs 1.00/per lb. and that price includes a 25% discount. How do you calculate what the price was before the discount?
Penny Nom lui répond.
I want to add 4.3% 2010-03-10
Brandy pose la question :
I am trying to find out a total. I have 7,118.00 and I want to add 4.3% to that total. How do I do that.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many people in total came to the museum that day? 2010-03-05
simon pose la question :
1354 people attended exhibition A and 1427 people attended exhibition B. 79% of people attended both exhibitions. How many people in total came to the museum that day
Penny Nom lui répond.
An octagon garbage storage bin 2010-03-02
sharon pose la question :
I am trying to make a octagon garbage storage bin and i need to know the measurement of the outer and iner sides i can't get them to fit together what am i doing wrong
Penny Nom lui répond.
15% profit 2010-02-21
daviann pose la question :
calculate the cost price,given
selling price=$304
percentage profit=15%
what is the answer?
Penny Nom lui répond.
23 correct out of 28 as a percentage 2010-02-05
Renay pose la question :
What is the correct way to figure a percentage like 23 correct out of 28?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A decrease in travel time 2010-01-30
Mike pose la question :
if a 100 mile trip averages 50 miles per hour, how much distance does one need to travel at 90 miles per hour to decrease travel time by 10%
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
A 20% markup 2010-01-22
barbara pose la question :
i ran across the same question using 10%, my question is this, I have $751,400, which has been marked up 20%. I want to know the original amount prior to mark up.... can you give me the formula.?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average over two semesters 2010-01-20
edy pose la question :
6 courses have an average of 100 in the first semester 5courses have an average of 90 in the second semester what is the average of the two semester , method of calculation , how come to have 95.4545
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage am I reducing it by? 2010-01-13
Lynda pose la question :
I need to calculate the percentage of a total number.

If my total is 2.9 million and I take out 187,000 what percentage am I reduing it by?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase from a negative to a positive 2010-01-12
Greg pose la question :
If a company had a net lost in 2005 of $11,234 and net income of $3231 in 2006, what is the percentage annual growth in income between the two years?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
How many 4x4 tiles would I need for 10 sq ft? 2010-01-04
Chris pose la question :
how many 4x4 tiles would I need for 10 sq ft
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Percentage reduction 2009-12-15
John pose la question :
Please explain how I should calculate the percentage of £676 billion reduced to £498billion
Harley Weston lui répond.
Deducting 10% from £100 2009-11-17
Steve pose la question :
What is the correct way of deducting 10% from £100?
Would it be £100 multiplied by 0.1 and then deduct to leave you £90; or
Would it be £100 divided by 1.1 to give you £90.91?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A markup and a discount 2009-11-15
joe pose la question :
I have a product that cost $ 300.00 I want a 25% markup and give a 15% discount but keep 25% markup.
300 + 25% = 375
300 + 40% = 420
420 - 15% = 357
what am i doing wrong????
Harley Weston lui répond.
Find the original price 2009-11-06
Cyndy pose la question :
Find the original price of a pair of shoes if the sale price is $98.00 after a 30% discount.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Jill and Bill 2009-11-04
Lisa pose la question :
Jill and Bill are two members of the Hill family. Jill is 8 years old and Bill is 9 years old. What will Bill's age be when the total of the digits in both their ages is once again 17?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Commodity price increase 2009-11-04
bharat pose la question :
if price of a commodity increases by x% the to keep the expenditure same the decrease in consumption should be (x/(x+100))*100, why?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Acreage calculation 2009-10-29
Angela pose la question :
I am appraising a small portion of property for a right of way for a new sewer line. I have appraised many similar projects in the past; however the engineer always calculated the exact acreage and/or dimensions of the parcel being taken. My survey states the following: "141 linear ft. of 25' permanent R/W. I divided the linear feet x 12 and mult. by 25 to get the square footage, but it just doesn't seem right. Any suggestions? Am I missing something?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
The volume of a garbage bag 2009-09-28
Steve pose la question :
I have often wondered how a garbage bags is determined in gallons - many different manufactures of these type bags often have different sizes stating they are a (for example) a 55 gallon bag - also I see some that show a range (20-30 gallon) yet is a specific size (16 x 14 x39 or a 30 x 36) I have searched and search but have been unable to find a formula
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Sandra's age 2009-09-24
cindy pose la question :
Sandra is more than 20 years old and less than 60 years old. You can count by 7's to reach Sandra's age. Next year you will be able to count by 5's to reach Sandra's age. How old is Sandra?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Grams to percent 2009-09-20
brandy pose la question :
how do you convert 1.5 grams to a percent
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Average speed 2009-09-11
john pose la question :
Sally travels by car from one city to another. She drives for 20.0 min at 68.0 km/h, 40.0 min at 37.0 km/h, and 51.0 min at 77.0 km/h, and she spends 12.0 min eating lunch and buying gas.

What is the average speed for the trip?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 30% markup 2009-09-02
Lisa pose la question :
Ok i want to mark a products up 30%, I would take 5.00X3o%,but my boss does it another way I have yet to figure out he takes cost divided by 70% or something like that I am so lost can you help? PLEASE
Victoria West and Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage price change 2009-08-27
alicia pose la question :
what is the percentage price change between R66-R10 if the answer between the two is R56
Penny Nom lui répond.
Average speed 2009-08-20
Christina pose la question :
We ran 3.4 miles in 40 minutes. What was our average speed?
Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
Susan's RRSP 2009-08-05
Polly pose la question :
Susan contributed $500 every 6 months for 14 years into a RRSP earning interest @ 7.5% compounded semi-annually. Seven years after the last contribution Susan converted the RRSP into a RRIF which is to pay her equal 1/4 payments for 16 years. If the first payment is due 3 months after the conversion into the RRIF and the interest on the RRIF is 9% compounded 1/4, how much will Susan receive every 3 months?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage decrease 2009-08-04
Bill pose la question :
How to calculate the Percentage Increase or Decrease of a $ value.
Example -
Site Spend for 01-01-2008 thru 07-31-08 was $ 3,465,660
Site Spend, 2009 YTD as of 07-31-09, was $ 1,673,405
Site Spend down what % between these two amounts ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A degreaser for a fish tank 2009-07-23
charlie pose la question :
I have a tank that is 10 feet in diameter that I want to put floating degreaser in.The rate for the degreaser is 1/2 gallon per square foot of surface water.How do I figure out how many gallons I need?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit as a percentage 2009-07-15
Jay pose la question :
If I buy an item for $3.00 and sell it for $6.00. What is my percentage of profit?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The retail price for an ice cream scoop 2009-07-05
Patricia pose la question :
Hi - I am trying to figure out the fairest retail price for an ice cream scoop. We have an ice cream parlor and the cost of the ice cream we buy by the bulk container has recently been increased so now we must charge more for our scoops. We pay a wholesale price of $25.40 for 242 ounces of ice cream. The cost per ounce is $0.105. What is the formula for figuring out how much to charge retail per scoop? This is probably so simple but confusing to me. Please help. Thank you!
Harley Weston lui répond.
17.5% of 500 2009-07-05
b pose la question :
what is 17.5% of 500
Harley Weston lui répond.
Descending Percentages 2009-07-02
Chris pose la question :
Hi I'm having a problem working out the percentage target achievement, when i'm calculating a descending indicator. For example, if you take something like the number of contracts cancelled. You might give your retentions team the task to make sure that no more than 2 customers cancel a contract wihin a particular month. If exactly 2 customers cancel their contract, that should represent 100% achievement of the target, but i'm really struggling to work out what that percentage would be if 1 or 3 customers cancelled. Chris
Janice Cotcher lui répond.
Averaging percentages 2009-06-14
Alan pose la question :
Can you add percentages and then divide them by the number of percentages to get the average percentage. I.E day 1 100% day 2 100% day 3 95% average= 98.3%

is the above possible or is it not done, I have a dispute with a work colleague over this.

many thanks
Harley Weston lui répond.
How much more volume is needed to reach a certain % 2009-05-29
Chris pose la question :
I am trying to figure out how much more volume is needed to reach a certain %. For example if I sell 15,182 of unit X out of 43,241 total units. Then I know that unit X is 35.1% of units sold. However, I need to get unit X to be 46.3% of total units sold. I need to figure how many more units of X I need to sell to reach this %. Of course if I sell more units of X then this increases the denominator. Can you please help? Thank you for your time.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit margin 2009-05-26
andreya pose la question :
what is the profit margin of a business that spends $200 in order to make $1000
Penny Nom lui répond.
Driving to school and back 2009-05-17
marylyne pose la question :
suppose you are late for school and you drive from your house at a constant rate of 70 mph.when class is over, you drive home at a more leisurely 50mph. what is your average speed?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A car loan 2009-05-06
Cindy pose la question :
A person takes out a car loan in the amount of $11,170.00 @ 4.5% interest. The person makes 17 payments of $500.00, then for the 18th payment (this person 'finds' some $) and pays off the whole thing. How much was their last (18th) payment? How much overall did they pay in principle? and interest?

The person who made the initial loan then takes $11,156.25 and places it into a High Interest Savings Account @ 2.25% annually on Nov 18, 2003. How much is now in the High Interest Savings Account if no futher funds have been added to the account and no withdrawls have been made?

Thanks for your help with this. I have been trying on and off for 3 years to figure this out.

C
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Mean 2009-05-02
debra pose la question :
a hot dog sales per week monday, 100 = tuesday,87 = wednesday, 95 = thursday, 125 = friday, 210 = saturday, 250 = sunday, 57 = what is the mean sales per day?
Penny Nom lui répond.
12% of 4 trillion 2009-04-25
ROBERT pose la question :
WHAT IS 12% OF FOUR TRILLION
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent increase from a negative number to a positive number 2009-04-21
Brian pose la question :
I have no problem calculating year over year net profits but am having trouble when it comes to a negative.
2007 Net Profit = -110,333.00
2008 Net Profit = 66,054.00

Brian
Harley Weston lui répond.
Interest rate over two periods 2009-04-12
Kenneth pose la question :
Hello:

How is the average determined for the following amount if it earns compound interest?

Here are my calculations, but I'm not certain that they are correct: Initial amount invested $500.00:

$500.00 @ 5% = $525.00.

$525.00 @ -2% = $514.50.

$14.50/$500.00 = 2.9% divided by 2 equals an average of 1.45%.

If this average, 1.45%, is correct, how can I use 5% and -2% to determine the same average? Is it possible?

I thank you for your reply.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Actual Food Cost is 3% or more above Projected Food Cost 2009-04-07
Kam pose la question :
Your store guidelines states that when Actual Food Cost is 3% or more above Projected Food Cost, immediate corrective action be taken by the Unit Manager. In January, your Actual Food Cost was $11,000, and your Projected Food Cost was $10,850. To find out what percentage the difference is do I divide the difference ($150) by Actual Food Cost ($11,000) or Projected Food Cost ($10,8500)? What would be the answer? Thanks
Harley Weston lui répond.
Payroll deductions 2009-03-29
Jim pose la question :
I want to set up a spread sheet where i can enter my hourly pay or gross income, and calculate my tax deductions. I have my old pay stubs but I am stuck when I take the amount of the deduction and try to figure out the % used to calculate the amount

for example gross pay $1359, EI= $64, Fed Tax=$129, Prov tax = $35

these numbers I have provided are random but I think you can get the idea
Penny Nom lui répond.
A trip at two different speeds 2009-03-28
A student pose la question :
Good afternoon!

An automobile travels 4 hours at an average speed of 42MPH. How much longer must the truck travel at an average speed of 55MPH so the average speed for the total trip will be 50MPH?

Thank you for your assistance!
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit as a percent 2009-03-26
Danny pose la question :
If I have something that cost me .38 and I want to sell it for $1.00 what is my profit % on this item
Robert Dawson lui répond.
How do I calculate to find what 100% is? 2009-03-21
Kathy pose la question :
If $13.50 is 32% of a number, how do I calculate to find what 100% is?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Find the retail price 2009-03-18
Allie pose la question :
If you have food that costs $0.75 per portion and your food cost is 16.5% how would you find the retail price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
0.0007 as a percent 2009-03-18
Shelly pose la question :
I need to know how to divide 0007 by 100 and soon! and I have no idea how I can get 100 to go into a number like that! here's the question this problem originated from:

change the decimal into a percent:
0.0007 _________

How do I change THAT number into a percent?

How do I change 12.455 and 92.348 and 29.005 into percents as well? I know how to change numbers like 0.6 and 0.70 into percents but not the numbers I told you I'm having problems with. Please someone explain this to me and also please focus mainly on the first number I asked about but don't forget the others please. Please reply ASAP I need to know this in about a week or less!
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage is £2,407.33 of £9,352.41? 2009-03-16
Joanne pose la question :
Could you show me how to work out what percentage £2,407.33 is of £9,352.41 in very basic terms.
Thank you very much
Joanne
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent commission does Aaron earn? 2009-03-09
Jerry pose la question :
Aaron works part time as a salesperson for an electronics store. He earns $4.75 per hour plus a percent commission on all of his sales. Last week Aaron worked 20 hours and earned a gross income of $143.75. If his total sales for the week were $1,500, what percent commission does Aaron earn?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A property that decreases in value every year by 10 percent 2009-03-07
PEter pose la question :
there is a competition problem where a cottage is worth 25000 years, but it decreases in value every year by 10 percent. Without a calculator, is there a way to find after how many years, the cottage will be worth 2500? (besides multiplying it out and besides logs)
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
A taxi charges .20 every 1/9th of a mile 2009-03-03
ronald pose la question :
i need to know if a taxi charges .20 every 1/9th of a mile and i have to go 6.55miles how much would that be?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
More on the gst 2009-02-23
melissa pose la question :
I need to know the amount of gst that was in the amount of 630.67? How do you figure this out? I don't need the amount of gst after, but the gst included?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage difference in pipe volumes 2009-02-22
mike pose la question :
what is the % difference between a 3 inch diameter pipe compared to a 4 inch diameter pipe? and how do i find the answer?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Averaging percentages 2009-02-21
Chris pose la question :
Ok I'll give you a simple example of what I'm doing. Lets say that on one forum, a memebr has made 52 posts out of the 412 posts made altogether. Then on another forum, the same person has made 10 posts out of the 60 posts altogether. What percentage of the posts has this person made in these 2 fourms combined.
Robert Dawson and Harley Weston lui répond.
A dinner party 2009-02-18
will pose la question :
You are serving 3 different entrees at a party. If 100 guests are having beef, 175 guests are having pasta, and 45 percent of the guests are having chicken how many guests are expected at this party?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Rent and a commission 2009-02-17
cliff pose la question :
a landlord receives $95.00 rent 5% commission was paid to get to $95.00 what was the original number. The answer is obvious but what is the formula. Thanks. Cliff
Penny Nom lui répond.
Can you convert numbers with units to percents? 2009-02-12
Kenneth pose la question :
To change a number to a percent, move the decimal two places to the right and add a percent sign. For example, 0.35875 = 35.875%.
If the number has a dollar sign or some other kind of unit, for example, pounds, feet, etc. how is the number converted to a percentage.

For example, change $0.35875 and 0.75 lbs. to a percentage. How is this done. I have never seen $35.875% or 75 lbs.% before.
Robert Dawson and Harley Weston lui répond.
What percent is 314.70 of 693.20? 2009-02-11
steph pose la question :
what percent is 314.70 of 693.20
Penny Nom lui répond.
The page numbers in a book 2009-02-10
Nichole pose la question :
It takes 852 digits to number the pages of a book consecutively. How many pages are there?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A goat in a square paddock 2009-02-10
lachlan pose la question :
A farmer uses a rope to tether a goat to a pole at the corner of a square paddock. The length of one side of the square is 24m.

a) If the length of the rope is 12m,what % of the paddock can the goat reach? is the answer 19.62 %?

b) If the farmer wants the goat to be able to graze exactly half the area of the paddock, what length must the rope be?
Penny Nom lui répond.
How much did the statue originally cost him? 2009-02-06
Debra pose la question :
Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $670 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much ded he statue originally cost him?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A company fish fry 2009-02-04
shaelisa pose la question :
At a company fish fry, ½ in attendance are employees. Employees’ spouses are 1/3 of the attendance. What is the percentage of the people in attendance who are not employees or employee spouses?
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Randy' age and Mandy's age 2009-02-03
carolina pose la question :
Randy is 4 times as old as Mandy, in 12 years, Mandies age is half of Randy's . how old is each now?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Calculating markup 2009-02-03
Tonya pose la question :
I'm trying to figure out the formula for the following, I have a product that I want to receive a certain profit, but with this product I also have to pay a percentage of commission to someone. I need to know how to calculate my new selling price taking into account the markup percentage, but I don't want my cut to be lowered. I have calculated the markup percentage to get my new selling price with the commission, but it lowers my cut once I pay the commission and I don't want it to do that. Thanks
Penny Nom lui répond.
What do I need to pass the course? 2009-02-02
Lynnette pose la question :
If I received 100% on my assignment which is worth 20% of my total mark and 87% on my midterm which is worth 40% of my total mark what would I need to get on the final exam which is worth 40% of my mark. To pass the course I must have 80% or above. Thanks.
Penny Nom lui répond.
4 times as many or 4 times more? 2009-02-02
Jackie pose la question :
Given : Here are 3 squares and 4 sets of 3 circles.

I wonder it is right to write in the below manner to represent the following Conclusion that
can be made from the above given information:

  1. There are 4 times as many circles as there are squares,

  2. There are 4 times fewer square than circles;

  3. There are 4 times more circles than squares.

  4. ...
Jackie
Robert Dawson lui répond.
Whitney's average test score was 79 2009-01-30
dawn pose la question :
After 5 tests, Whitney's average test score was 79. After she scored 85 on the 6th test. What was her new average?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Calculate the GST paid from the total 2009-01-22
Claude pose la question :
I need to know the GST I paid for irems bought. What is the simple formula to calculate the GST paid from the total. Some merchants do not clearly indicate the amount of GST on their sale receipt.
Harley Weston lui répond.
PST and GST 2009-01-20
janet pose la question :
Hello I need to figure what one would pay pst 8% gst 5% on a total of $1700.00 I have a small business some pay with cash I need to calculate the taxes in reverse Can you help with formula that the government might like Thank you Janet
Harley Weston lui répond.
Square footage 2009-01-20
david pose la question :
15 3 5/8 x 18 7"
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2009-01-19
Destiny pose la question :
In 1990 there were 25 springs in the park. This year there are 35 springs in the park. What is the percent increase?
Penny lui répond.
Two methods of payment 2009-01-13
adjoa pose la question :
owen was offered $225.00per week plus 3%on sales, or 15%of sales with no salary. How much must he sell before the second method of payment gives him the highest pay? Express your answer to the nearest dollar.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 10% salt solution 2009-01-12
Joanna pose la question :
How many liters of water must evaporate from 40 liters of a 10% salt solution to make a 25% salt solution?
Robert Dawson and Penny Nom lui répond.
Average and total 2009-01-10
cecil pose la question :
the average of six number is 84. what is the total
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
30% profit 2009-01-06
bob pose la question :
this is a basic question that I just can't get thru my head.

I know all my cost for a product, if I want to sell at a given profit can I divide by a given number, example for 30 % divide by .7 or do I multiply? Is there a simple answer for this? Sure would make my work a lot easier.

Thank you for your time

Puzzled in Ohio
Penny Nom lui répond.
Annual percent growth 2008-12-13
Joe pose la question :
If Wall-Mart had sales of $58,200,000,000 in the year 2002 and $90,800,000,000 in the year 2006.

1. Find what percent that increase is of the 2002 sales? I came up with (9.08*10^10 - 5.82*10^10) / 5.82*10^10 * 100 = 56.01% increase. Is this correct?

2. What was the percent GROWTH in Wal-Mart's sales from 2002-2006? I am having trouble figuring out how to do the Growth problem. I would appreciate any help.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Solution Concentration 2008-12-06
Manjola pose la question :
I mixed 100 ml of 28% Ammonium nitrate, with 100 mL of 68% nitric acid. What is the concentration of the resulting solution? Thank you
Janice Cotcher lui répond.
A markup of 30% 2008-12-06
Tammy pose la question :
How can a markup of 30% be calculated by using 1.43 times the original cost? Where does the 1.43 come from? For example: the original cost is 830.00 the markup is 30 %. The selling cost is 1186.90. My boss uses 1.43 to figure the mark up for 30% and 1.23 for 25% and 1.1 for 10%. What I want to know is how do they come up with these figures?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
What is the pre GST price? 2008-12-05
Chris pose la question :
I've been looking at a few answers to the question of before and after GST price calculation. the suggestion have been :: multiply the pre GST price by 1.10 to get the price and reverse to get a pre GST price.

But how do you calculate the pre GST price from an existing retail price?

For example if you take an item that is $150.00 and multiply it by 0.10 you get $15.00 as the GST add on. Apparently giving you $135.00 as the pre GST price. However if you then multiply $135.00 by 1.10 you get the $148.50 as the total.

So the question is how does one calculate the real pre GST price from an existing retail price?

Regards,

Chris
Penny lui répond.
40lbs is what % of 75lbs? 2008-11-29
Kieara pose la question :
40lbs is what % of 75lbs?
Penny lui répond.
A weighted average 2008-11-27
Kenneth pose la question :
I am interested in determining the answers to the following question by using some type of weighted average:

An investor has $30,000 to invest at simple interest in two accounts. One account earns 2% and the second earns 5%. How much must he invest in each account if his total return is 4% or $1,200?
Penny lui répond.
What % of his salary does he save? 2008-11-24
Tarique pose la question :
John earns 15000 every month. He spends Rs. 8900 .What % of his salary does he save?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit as a percentage 2008-11-21
Nomar pose la question :
Cost Price is $ 556,109.64 and Selling price is $ 1,020,936.00, What is the Profit Percentage?
Harley Weston lui répond.
The range of a set of numbers 2008-11-19
krista pose la question :
hi, i was working on a math problem for homework and it asked me to find the range out of these numbers: 1,15,16,16,19,25,27,28,28, can you help me?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The volume is decreased by 25% 2008-11-17
Wanda pose la question :
If the volume of a sphere is decreased by 25%, what is the new equation?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A group of people 2008-11-15
Michael pose la question :
In a group of people, if 20% of the people are 18-34 years of age, and 30% of the people are 25-54 years of age.

What are the percentages of people 18-24,25-34,35-54 and other? Thank you - Mike
Chris Fisher lui répond.
An odd shaped lot 2008-11-13
Janice pose la question :
Hi I am attaching a survey of an odd shaped real estate lot. I am hoping you can help me determine the acreage.

Janice
Harley Weston lui répond.
20% of 8 million 2008-10-31
joe pose la question :
what is 20% of 8million
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup 2008-10-21
lisa pose la question :
A television cost Best Buy 400.00. They want to sell it at a price of 1500.00. What would the percent markup have to be for this to happen.
Penny Nom lui répond.
I borrowed 2000.00 at a rate of 7% for 1 year 2008-10-20
carolita pose la question :
if i borrowed 2000.00 at a rate of 7% for 1 year what would be the interest
Penny Nom lui répond.
A football field covered in garbage 2008-10-17
AMie pose la question :
a small city produces 500,000 cubic ft of garbage per week. If all of this garbage were stacked neatly (in a nice vertical pile) on a 100-yard by 60-yard football field, how high would the pile be (in feet)?
Penny Nom lui répond.
100,000 + 20% 2008-10-16
Andrew pose la question :
I have a question what 100000 + 20% =
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage is 33333 of 22222? 2008-10-16
b pose la question :
How do I find the percentage of 2 numbers?

What percentage is 33333 of 22222? How do I find the answer.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of an hour 2008-10-15
JESSICA pose la question :
HI I AM IN GRADE 7 AND FOR MATH HOMEWORK MY TEACHER ASKED US TO MAKE 8 DIFFERENT TIMES(clocks) AND TELL HIM WHAT THE PERCENTAGE FOR THE TIME IS. BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONVERT TIME TO A PERCENT. PLEASE HELP ME??!!??

JESSICA SEVENTH GRADE
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 10% increase in supply 2008-10-10
Irena pose la question :
How do you find begining inventory if after 10% increase in supply you got 27.5 units
Penny Nom lui répond.
A double discount 2008-10-06
Joanna pose la question :
An instrument store gives a 10% discount to all students off the original cost of an instrument. During a back to school sale an additional 15% is taken off the discounted price. Julie, a student at the local high school, purchases a flute for $306. How much did it originally cost?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A different approach to a word problem 2008-10-03
Kenneth pose la question :
Sarah's age is 2/3 of Mary's age and 3/4 of Ruth's age. The sum of their ages is 46 years. How old is each?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Cost before and after the GST 2008-10-01
bruce pose la question :
Hi, i seem confused on this topic:

If i need to add say 10% GST to a cost then i would times it by 1.1.
If i need to reduce the cost by 10% then i need to divide it by 1.1. that is all well and good.


What if i need to add 12%, 18% or 20% what is the formula then?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Increase pricing by 5% 2008-09-28
Adrian pose la question :
I am working to increase pricing by 5%. If the price is 100, I would typically use the formulas 100 * 1.05 = 105, which is a $5 increase. An associate suggests I divide to get the desired increase. For example, using $100 with a 5 percent increase. I would use the forumula 100/.95 = 105.26. Thas is a 5.26 increase. Can you explain this method to me an why the different increases? Which one is correct.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup as a percentage 2008-09-20
itzie pose la question :
Okay, I've tried to make sense from some of the other questions and answers but I still don't see the answer that makes sense to me so here goes: I need an explanation on how $15.00 / .6 = $25 is a 40% and not as one would see it as a 60% mark up??? I don't get it.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A father and daughter problem 2008-09-19
Lamarr pose la question :
A father is four times as old as his daughter is now. In 20 years he will be only twice as old as his daughter. How old are the father and daughter now?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 5% raise each year for 20 years 2008-09-13
marie pose la question :
In his first year, a math teacher earned 32,000. Each successive year, he earned a 5% raise. How much did he earn in his 20th year? What were his total earnings over the 20-year period
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The average height of an attic 2008-09-12
oliver pose la question :
I need to find out the average height of a specific volume/area.
a standard house shape side walls height 10m, height in centre of house 15m.
width 15m length 25m (the roof spans the width)
Within the house in the corner there is a (box shape) room which is 5m in height by 3m wide and 4 m long
How do i work out the average height of the space directly above the room (same floor area)?
Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
A price reduction and a discount 2008-09-11
Rita pose la question :
A store advertises that during its Labor Day sale $15 will be deducted from every purchase over $100. In addition, after the deduction is taken, the store offers an early-bird discount of 20% to any person who makes a purchase before 10 a.m. If Hakeem makes a purchase of x dollars, x > 100, at 8 a.m., what, in terms of x, is the cost of Hakeem's purchase?

(1) 0.20x - 15 (3) 0.85x - 20
(2) 0.20x -3 (4) 0.80x - 12
Penny Nom lui répond.
What will be the resulting average? 2008-09-05
jean pose la question :
the average of 9 is 54.if 84 and 90 are added to the set of numbers ,what will be the resulting average?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The percentage of sand in a soil mixture 2008-09-05
kristi pose la question :
2 m 3 of soil containing 35% sand was mixed into 6 m 4 of soil containing 15% sand. What is the sand content of the mixture?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A discount as a percentage 2008-09-05
joeann pose la question :
if a product sold for $40.00 and you got a $10.00 discount what percentage discount do you recieve?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Tara's game show winnings 2008-09-02
David pose la question :
Tara paid one-half of her game-show winnings to the government for taxes. She invested one-third of her winning in Jeff's copy shop at 14% interest and one-sixth of her winnings in Kaiser's German Bakery at 12% interest. If she earned a total of $4000 on the investments in on year, then how much did she win on the game show?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The saddle height on a bicycle 2008-08-31
David pose la question :
The saddle height on a bicycle should be 109% of the inside leg measurement of the rider (http://www.harriscyclery.com). If the saddle height is 37 in., then what is the inside leg measurement?

I don't know how to set up the equation if you can teach me how to set it up it would be great thanks
Harley Weston lui répond.
How old are Brett and Jenny ? 2008-08-28
Todd pose la question :
Brett and Jenny are each 10 years old. The sum of their ages is 11. Brett is 5 years older than Jenny. How old are they?
Janice Cotcher and Victiria West lui répond.
GST and PST 2008-08-25
Monique pose la question :
okay i live in ontario and i want to find out what my grand total will be so i know how much i will have to pay...
so if i have a before tax total of $48.40... what will my grand total be? with GST and PST i know that GST=5% and PST=8%
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent difference 2008-08-12
mike pose la question :
What is the percent difference between two homes if one is worth $525,000 and the other is $425,000. (525,000 - 425,000 = 100,000)
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the account value after 3 years? 2008-07-10
Carlos pose la question :
Question Suppose that you deposited $3,000 at the beginning of each year for three years in a savings account earning 4%. What is the account value after 3 years (approx)?
a. 9,120
b. 9,211
c. 9,739
d. 9,989
Penny Nom lui répond.
A four sided lot 2008-07-09
michelle pose la question :
the front is 65.29
left side 162.26
the back 155.00
right side 101.01

right angle=50.00
left angle= 153.30
Harley Weston lui répond.
Profit as a percentage 2008-07-08
ANNORIS pose la question :
Question from annoris, a student:

How to calculate percent of profits using step by step division formula.
I know how to get the profit.
Selling cost was $15.00
Cost amount was $10.00
Total profits its $ 5.00.
But i do not know how to get the percent because i dont know how to divide to well . Can you helppppppp me ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A net profit of 4% on a sales volume of $100 million 2008-07-07
Muriel pose la question :
If a firm has a net profit of 4% on a sales volume of $100 million and the company has instituted logistics programs that result in cost savings of $1 million, what equivalent sales increase would be required to equal such a cost savings?

What I do know is that the net profit % has increased from 4% to 5% and the profit has gone from $4,000,000 to $5,000,000 but I have no idea what the formula is to figure out how much sales would have to increase to result in that same profit.
Janice Cotcher lui répond.
GST and PST 2008-07-02
Sharon pose la question :
The question was asked before but it was based on a G.S.T of 7% and I am now interested in the answer for 5% G.S.T. It usually comes up when I husband bring homes a gas bill that doesn't break down the gst and pst, but rather just gives him the total cost I have to know how much GST he paid. If it is Diesel the PST isn't included but if it is regular gas he pays both. PST is 7%.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2008-06-29
Paul pose la question :
Could you please help me with this question. I was paying $98.00 a month for my health insurance premium, now it is up to $125.83 How much of an increase is that as a percentage increase, and how can I do this on a calculator. I'd like to know how much my increase is as a percentage.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Kilometers per liters to miles per gallon 2008-06-26
margaret pose la question :
we travelled 130 kilometers on 10 liters of gas. How many miles to the gallon did I get
Penny Nom lui répond.
30% profit 2008-06-19
Julie pose la question :
how do i calculate the price per person that will return a 30% profit on the sales revenue generated?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 15% discount 2008-06-18
karonn pose la question :
Muthu bought the following items from a furniture shop which offers trade discounts of 15% on its furniture.

Item list price
office chair RM 250
office table RM 1400
book shelf RM 3500


(a) find the net price of each item.
(b) find the total payment if Muthu bought 3 office chairs, 2 office tables and a book shelf.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Price discounts 2008-06-14
karonn pose la question :
Kinky Trading sells an items for RM90 less 25% and 10%. Softee Trading sells the same item for RM100 less 30%.

(a) find the net price of the item for the two companies.
(b) what additional discount percent must be offered by the company that sells at higher net price in order to meet the competitor's price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent improvement 2008-06-12
JOHN pose la question :
IF YOU HAD A RATE OF 678/HOUR AND YOUR NEW RATE/HOUR IS NOW 1961 WHAT IS PERCENT OF IMPROVEMENT
Penny Nom lui répond.
Rate reduction 2008-06-11
Brian pose la question :
we had a 2.43% scrap rate last year, compared to a 1.28% this year. does this come out to a .47% improvement? Thanks for your help
Harley Weston lui répond.
What is 6 over 8 as a percentage? 2008-06-11
stephen pose la question :
what is 6 over 8 as a percentage?
Penny Nom lui répond.
90% of gross leaseable footage 2008-06-07
Rosalind pose la question :
90% of gross leaseable footage in the shopping center, being 394,577, excluding that square footage leased by major anchor tenants, being 284,747. Would you deduct the 284,747 from the 394,577, then multiply by the 90%. Or would you multiply the 394,577 by the 90%, then deduct the 284,747?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Filling a hole with sand 2008-06-05
greg pose la question :
I have a 18 ft. diameter circle and need to put 2 in. of sand in it i need to know how much sand in cubic yards and tons
Harley Weston lui répond.
Calculating a price based on markup 2008-06-03
Sheldon pose la question :
I know the most common form for retail businesses of calculating a price based on markup is: Cost/(1 - Markup), but how is this supposed to work for a business that desires a markup of over 100%.
Harley Weston lui répond.
A 4 sided lot 2008-06-03
Pat pose la question :
If a lot of property is: front 127.87, back 156.17, one side is 129.73, the other side is 125.00, then how much total acreage is this.
Harley Weston lui répond.
$16000 at 7% per annum for six months 2008-05-21
Delbert pose la question :
If my principal balance if $16000.00 and I paid 7% interest per annum but only kept the loan for 6 months How much interest would I owe after 6 months.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentage difference 2008-05-20
Cavell pose la question :
Hi, the projected cost was 71,700. The actual cost was 56,876. What is the percent difference?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage difference 2008-05-14
sam pose la question :
if you move 3,626 packages in 2008 and moved 3,202 in 2007 what percet difference do you have from 2008/2007.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Selling price 2008-05-10
Roxane pose la question :
I'm trying to figure out the formula for the following, I have a product that I want to receive a certain profit margin, but with this product I also have to pay a percentage of commission to someone. I need to know how to calculate my new selling price taking into account the markup percentage, but I don't want my gross margin to be lowered. I have calculated the markup percentage to get my new selling price with the commission, but it lowers my profit margin once I pay the commission and I don't want it to do that.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup 2008-05-02
Sussie pose la question :
I sold an item for $75.00

It cost me $17.00

How do I calculate to come up with the Markup %?
Penny Nom lui répond.
5 percent 2008-04-26
Lok pose la question :
I do not understand why 1.05 = 5%, how can I get this? In additional, if I want to calculate 10 x 5% in excel, what is the formula?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent of the 35 graduates took the exam? 2008-04-25
Laura pose la question :
I have 35 graduates. All but 2 took their board exam. What percent of the 35 graduates took the exam?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 45 2008-04-20
Wendy pose la question :
The sum of the ages of Petra and her mother is 45. Her mother is 12 years more than twice as old as Petra. How old are Petra and her mother?
Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
What is the % of the resulting solution? 2008-04-20
RON pose la question :
USING 4 PARTS OF 80% SOLN AND 1 PART OF 20% SOLN, WHAT IS THE % OF THE RESULTING SOLN? FOR 120ML USE 96 ML OF THE 80% SOLN AND 24 ML OF THE 20% SOLN BUT WHAT IS THE % OF THE RESULTING SOLN? PLEASE SEND HOW TO CALCULATE THE %. IS THE ANSWER 68% ??
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the easiest way to remember how to do percents? 2008-04-09
Amy pose la question :
what is the easiest way to remember how to do percents?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The average rate of change 2008-03-29
Tom pose la question :
For the function x/3x-1 find the average rate of change between the interval x=1 and x=5?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Average and mean 2008-03-17
A student pose la question :
Mean and average are the same propeties of the set of elements, if there is average then why mathematician need the mean ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Average speed up and down a hill 2008-03-09
Judith pose la question :
An old broken-down ar has to travel a two miles route, up and down a hill. Because it is so old, the car travels the first mile - the ascent - at an average speed of fifteen miles per hour. How fast must it cover the second mile - the decent - to achieve an average speed of thirty miles per hours? (There is a missing variable, but what is it?)
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent and range 2008-03-06
Greg pose la question :
How do you find out the percent of a number that is with in a range of numbers (i.e. what % is 39 of range 34 to 42)?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The profit was what percent of the cost? 2008-02-29
sierra pose la question :
The profit was what percent of the cost?
Here is some more of that whole problem.
Selling Price-$26.60
Discount-$6.65
Sale Price after the Discount-$19.95
The Profit-$5.95
Penny Nom lui répond.
GST and PST 2008-02-28
Donna pose la question :
If I have a total amount and would like to know the amount of GST paid (5%) and I would have also paid PST (7%) in the total, can you give me a number to multiply by to get the answer
Penny Nom lui répond.
A percentage problem 2008-02-26
Suzanne pose la question :
In a class of 40 students, 80% are business majors. Of the 24 students who passed the mid-term examination, 75% are business majors. What percentage of students in the class who are not business majors passed the examination?
Penny Nom and Claude Tardif lui répond.
How much tax does Zoe have to pay? 2008-02-11
Kelly pose la question :
Rahsad pays $6.30 tax for a pair of shoes that is priced at $45. His friend Zoe purchases another pair of shoes on sale for $25 in the same store. How much tax does Zoe have to pay? Solve the problem in two ways. Show your work. What assumptions did you make?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the outside footage of a 50 acre parcel square? 2008-02-07
dan pose la question :
what is the outside footage of a 50 acre parcel square
Penny Nom lui répond.
Stacks of blocks 2008-02-07
Tammy pose la question :
i need help for my son he is given 3 stacks of cubes. the 1rst stack has 3 the 2nd stack has 2 the 3rd stack has 4 the question is draw the stacks of cubes so they are arranged correctly to find the mean. what is the mean of the data?
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
The cost before tax and shipping 2008-02-06
jonathan pose la question :
Please explain how to solve this problem. I know you have to work backwards. If i have $125 to spend, how do I know the most I can spend before adding 6% tax and 9% shipping.(shipping is cost before tax) I can only figure this out by trial and error. I know there is a better way
Penny Nom lui répond.
Total profit 2008-02-03
Rhonda pose la question :
I help to manage a concession stand. We sell a variety of items. Some have a profit of 60%, some 80%, etc. We have done nothing scientific to choose our prices. We just try to stay in the ballpark of schools around us. Our administrator wants to pay those that run the concession stand a percent of what is in the cash box after start-up money is taken out. We have some gathered some data (not much) on how many of each item we sell and can certainly calculate percent profit. Is the profit for the entire concession stand a weighed average? I'm thinking (% profit on candy)(number candy sold) + (percent profit nachos)(number nachos sold) + (percent profit pop)(number pop sold), etc. Will this work? Does the AMOUNT of profit for these different items need to be figured-in? Hmmm. . .
Victoria West and Harley Weston lui répond.
The 5% GST 2008-02-02
Nathalie pose la question :
The GST is now 5% I have a new amount $587.43 what is the formula to calculate the GST. On the $587.43
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage savings 2008-02-01
Donna pose la question :
What is the percentage of savings if I bought an item for $98.60 that was $152.23 and something for $96.48 that was $136.65?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage off 2008-01-29
Donna pose la question :
What is the percentage of savings if you bought something for $34.00 that was originally priced at $37.60.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How do I convert mcg to ml? 2008-01-27
David pose la question :
How do I convert mcg to ml?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage of what? 2008-01-23
Jenny pose la question :
What is the difference in percentage between 31990 and 29990?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage and units 2008-01-15
Kenneth pose la question :
Hello: If the sales tax on merchandise sold in stores is 6%. The item is multiplied by the sales tax of 6%. For example, the sales tax on pencils worth $1.00 is 6% X $1.00 is $0.06 or 6 cents plus $1.00 for a total of $1.06.
1. If the tax is 6%/$1.00, why doesn't the dollar sign as a unit cancel after the multiplication? Isn't it 6%/$1.00 X $1.00 or whatever the dollar amount is? The dollar signs should cancel, but they do not.
2. If percentages are unitless, is there a reason?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Average Yearly Percentage Change 2008-01-10
Ray pose la question :
It's about average test scores over a three year span. If the scores were:

2005- 52.6%
2006- 42.5%
2007- 45.5%


What is the average amount they changed each year in three years?
Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
Base salary plus commission 2008-01-10
mike pose la question :
i need some help with this word problem. in november 2001, hall kinion advertised an account executive position in savannah georgia for a salesperson with experience selling internet services. the job advertised a 3500 dollar base salary and 24000 dollar to 48000 dollar in commissions in the first year. Assuming a 20 percent commission rate, how many dollars in sales would u have to generate to earn 64000 dollars annually.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of an acre 2008-01-03
Christine pose la question :
Given that an acre is 43,560 sq/ft; If a piece of property is 19,506 sq/ft, What percentage of an acre is it?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage change 2007-12-19
Aaron pose la question :
I understand how figure percent of change and I can figure it on a calculator but if I have to do it without I'm not sure how to divide when the original amount is larger than the amount of change. For example, the decreased amount is 5.00 on 29.99, what would the percent be. Like I said I can do it on a calculator but need to know how to figure it without one.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit percentage (markup and margin) 2007-12-18
Laura pose la question :
If my husband says he sold $11,000 worth of tools and made $1400 on the deal, what is the percent of profit?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
A T.V. is offered at a sale price of £460 2007-12-12
Conor pose la question :
I was wondering if you could help me with this question which I have for homework.

a) A T.V. is offered at a sale price of £460. If the reduction was 8%, what was the original price of the T.V.?
Penny Nom lui répond.
How old is the 11th person? 2007-12-08
Jamie pose la question :
Ten people are in a room, and their mean age is 15. After another person enters the room, the mean age is now 18. How old is the person that walked in?
Jesse McLeod and Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The square footage of a property 2007-11-30
Warren pose la question :
The west property line is 240' long with a 90-degree angle to the south property line.
The south property line is 493' long with a 90-degree angle to the east property line.
The east boundary is 165' long.
The length of the north property line is not known but it is a straight line from the north end of the east property line to the north end of the west property line.

Could you please tell me the total square feet and how many acres?
And how you calculated the answer
Penny Nom lui répond.
The width of a property 2007-11-29
Angie pose la question :
I need to know what the footage is to find 8.1 acres knowing that the North boundary is 1309'
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent change between two value ranges 2007-11-28
Joe pose la question :
How do you calculate a percent change between tow value ranges - for instance if I project a range for 2007 to be between 100 and 120 and a range for 2008 to be between 120 and 140, how do I calculate the estimated increase between the range? Is it 0% to 40% (taking the two inside values rto calculate the minimum and the two outside values rto calculate the maximum?)
Harley Weston lui répond.
A percent as a fraction 2007-11-24
Abby pose la question :
write 43.75% as a fraction or mixed number in lowest terms.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 15% discount 2007-11-17
Deanna pose la question :
if I purchase an item for $450.00 but get a discount 15% of my item what would then be my total
syeve La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
Our company charges a 4% margin 2007-11-13
Nadja pose la question :
Our company charges a 4% margin on top of a pay rate to obtain the total charge rate. A client is denying that the total charge rate is calculated in the following way:

Pay rate/0.96 = Charge rate

Please could you provide me with an explanation which I can pass on as to why it is calculated in this way?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 10% markup then a 10% discount 2007-11-13
svetik pose la question :
The best selling dessert at Chez Russell earns revenue of $5000 per week. During Restaurant Week, they are required to give a 10% discount on this dessert. Because the owner is a crook, he decides to mark up the price the week before Restaurant Week and then give the 10% discount off the marked up price. During the marked up week, they still sold the same amount of pieces as any prior week. However, they expect to sell 100 more pieces during restaurant week. If the revenue from this dessert is the same for the marked up week and restaurant week, what is the normal price of the dessert, rounded to the nearest cent?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage 2007-11-05
K. pose la question :
I am trying to figure out the percent a student has accomplished some goals. My mind is drawing a complete blank...can you help!

Here are the figures I'm looking at making into a percentage:

Goal #1: yes=136, no=8
Goal #3: yes=131, no=13
Penny Nom lui répond.
Six crates of cantaloupes 2007-11-05
BARBARA pose la question :
The average weight 6 crates of cantaloupes is 61 lbs, if 3 of the crates weigh 72, 59, and 70 lbs. which of the following could be the weight in pounds of the other 3 crates?
a. 49,59,60
b. 51,53,54
c. 53,57,58
d. 54,56,60
e. 57,57,57
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
A t-shirt is on sell at 33 1/3% off 2007-10-31
kbennett pose la question :
A t-shirt is on sell at 33 1/3% off. Joey paid $12 for his shirt. What was the original price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A triangular lot 2007-10-17
Brian pose la question :
Seeking the square footage of a triangular property lot, dimensions are: 620 X 620X 720.
Penny Nom and Melanie Tyrer lui répond.
Percentages to put on top of an items cost 2007-10-15
GAIL pose la question :
what is the formula for calculating percentages to put on top of an items cost.

ie: 115.60 with 15% on top
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the total population? 2007-10-15
Tomco pose la question :
7/10 of the population believed 175,104,000 to be true - what is the total population.
We keep coming up with about 227,000,000 by just adding 30% to 175. Why doesn't that work?
We have since figured out the answer to be 250...but why?
Steve La Rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
How much can Daisy spend? 2007-10-14
Math pose la question :
Daisy has $25.00 to spend on dinner. Her sister tells her to leave 18% of the bill as a tip and the sales tax is 8% of the bill. What is the maximum amount she can spend on dinner in order to cover the meal, sales tax, and the tip?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The percentage difference between 1/20 to 1/15 2007-10-11
jake pose la question :
what is the percentage difference between 1/20 to 1/15....
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The aggregate percentage for the year 2007-10-11
Lisa pose la question :
I would like to add up twelve percentages then divide it by 12 to get the aggregate percentage for the year. How do I accomplish this task? Thanks.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average rate of change of a function 2007-10-11
vern pose la question :
Find the average rate of change of the function over the given interval. Compare this average rate of change with the instantaneous rates of change at the endpoints of the interval. f(X)=sinX for the inverval [0,pi/6]?
Harley Weston lui répond.
calculating percentages for my class 2007-10-09
Cori pose la question :
I teach a class in which there are seven projects/quizzes worth 10% each, and the midterm and the final are each worth 15%. No problem figuring out their final grade, but I have to give a mid-term average, having only FOUR of the seven 10% things, and the midterm test. The closest I've come to an accurate "average" is to just add them together (as equals) and average them.
Victoria West & Harley Weston lui répond.
Rolling a die repeatedly (you can't just add percentages) 2007-10-04
Howard pose la question :
If my son has a 16.66% chance of rolling a particular number on a dice, and he rolls for it 6 times, he knows (from experience) that his odds of getting at least 1 right are not 100% (16.66% +16.66%+16.66% etc). He asked me if there was an equation that would give him the correct percentage chance of success when trying X times for a Y% chance of something.
Victoria West lui répond.
Percentage 2007-09-30
carolyn pose la question :
What percentage is 1 million dollars to 6,450 million dollars
Penny Nom lui répond.
$19.54 is 20 % of ????? 2007-09-14
aryanna pose la question :
i need to find out how to find percentage on a calculator ?? the equation is $19.54,, is 20 % off?????
Penny Nom lui répond.
Is there a way I can calculate correct square footage for odd shapes? 2007-08-31
Tom pose la question :
I manage a golf course, and we are about to over seed the course for the upcoming winter months. We will be over seeding all greens, fairways, and tee boxes. Noone of the area that we will be placing seed on is a regular shape. The closest shapes they would be is a circle, rectangle or square, but most of them are all odd CURVED shapes. I know what the equation is for Square ft., and I know how many Square ft. are in an acre, but I need to be precise with the amount of seed I order. Is there a way I can calculate correct square footage for odd shapes.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentage differences 2007-08-29
Camilla pose la question :
If a store sells a certain syle of skirt, an in the first week they sell 13, in the second week 20, in the third week 17 and in the fourth week 23, calculate the percentage difference between the highest and the lowest weekly sale.
Stephen La Rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
Fractions, ratios and percentages all mixed together 2007-08-29
Charon pose la question :
Example:
x : 1/4% :: 9 3/5 : 1/200
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
More on a percentage question 2007-08-23
Dee pose la question :
In a previous question, you answered:

"What percentage of $34.51 is $10.71?

I translate this English statement into a mathematical statement (equation) using the following

"what" is the unknown, call it x
"percent" is per-one-hundred, that is over 100
"of" is multiplication
"is" is the verb, which in an equation is the equal sign
Thus the English statement above becomes


x/100 $34.51 = $10.71

Solving for x yields

x = 31.03

Hence the gross profit is 31% of your selling price."

How did you solve for 'x'
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage difference between a microcentury and 50 minutes 2007-08-21
Wonder pose la question :
A lecture period (50 min) is close to 1 microcentury. Find the percentage difference from the approximation?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage change 2007-08-21
Saleena pose la question :
Hiya, my name is Saleena and I'm studying business at college. My question for you is what is the percentage change of turnover of the following supermarket.

Turnover (Millions) - ASDA

2001 -10,732
2002 -12,188
2003 -13,326
2004 - 14,318
2005 -14,865
Penny Nom lui répond.
A mixture problem 2007-08-21
Arul pose la question :
Hi Please help me with this question Seed mixture X is 40 percent ryegrass and 60 percent bluegrass by weight; seed mixture Y is 25 percent ryegrass and 75 percent fescue. If a mixture of X and Y contains 30 percent ryegrass, what percent of the weight of this mixture is X ?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Markup 2007-08-20
Drew pose la question :
I own a manufacturing business and I need to figure out the best way to mark up our products so that we can make a profit for this year. Say for instance we have a plow that we can make for $938.00. We need to mark it up 20% so that we have some income. Do we take the $938 x 20% = $1125.60 or $938 / 80% = $1172.50?
Stephen la rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
The area of a five sided lot 2007-08-19
Karyn pose la question :
I have been looking at your site, but I am still confused as to how to figure out the exact square footage of my irregular lot (since it is a gradual fan lot from the front, and triangles out in the back).
Harley Weston lui répond.
The change in an average 2007-08-19
farah pose la question :
the average height of a group of 25 students goes up by 2 cm when astudent of height 165 cm replaces a student from the group.what is the height of the boy who went out of the group?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage change 2007-08-19
nona pose la question :
If inputs increase by 30% and outputs increase by 15%, what is the percentage change in productivity?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage calculations 2007-08-15
Lorrinn pose la question :
I process gifts for a nonprofit agency. For some gifts I calculate administrative fees. I understand calculating a straight percentage of a gift (i.e. 10% of $100.00 = $10.00). That's a fee "off the top". What I would like to better understand is the theory or the "mathematical reasoning" behind calculating percentages "on the inside". For example, to calculate 10% "on the inside" of $100.00, I use the following formula: $100.00/1.10*10.0%. The answer here is $9.09. I know how to do this, but I would like to better understand the "why". Thank you.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change 2007-08-13
Karen pose la question :
I need a formula for calculating percentages in Excel. For example, we = sold 4 units of an item one month, and 105 units the next. I need a = formula to calculate the percentage increase in sales units. Also, if = 5251 were sold one month and 651 the next, what is the formula for = calculating the percentage difference? Please help, thank you.
Penny Nom lui répond.
GST and PST 2007-08-11
Cynthia pose la question :
I paid $15.98 for an item. Both GST (.96) & PST ($1.12) were added for a total of $18.06. I know that .96 is GST (6%) and $1.12 is PST (7%).
Other than looking at the receipt, if all I have is the total amount paid, how do I calculate how much of the total are taxes?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent of 68 is 51 2007-08-08
Kurt pose la question :
what percent of 68 is 51
Penny Nom lui répond.
What was the average? 2007-08-08
Leroy pose la question :
A total of 50 juniors and seniors were given a math test. The 35 juniors attained an average score of 80 while the 15 seniors attained an average of 70. What was the average score for all 50 students who took the test?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Average annual earnings per share 2007-08-07
Arul pose la question :
A corporation with 5,000,000 shares of publicly listed stock reported total earnings of $7.20 per share for the first 9 months of operation. During the final quarter the number of publicly listed shares was increased to 10,000,000 shares, and fourth quarter earnings were reported as $1.25 per share. What are the average annual earnings per share based on the number of shares at the end of the year?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Buying and selling apples 2007-08-03
Priya pose la question :
Gorang bought 60 Kg of apples at Rs 48 per Kg. He sold 70% of the apples at Rs 60 per Kg and the remaining apples at Rs 35 per Kg.Find Gorang's gain or loss percent on the whole transaction.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Subdividing a property into half acre parcels 2007-07-31
Pamela pose la question :
We need to divide a large property with five sides and strange angles into 1/2 acre parcels from the top down. We want to know where along the eastern and western borders of the large property to make the divisions.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Building a garage 2007-07-29
charles pose la question :
I want to build a garage that is 24 feet 4 inches wide by 50 feet long. can you please tell me what the length of one corner is to the other?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The cost of some groceries 2007-07-18
A student pose la question :
Two boxesof the cereal and our four cans of the pears were boutht at grocery store,the cereal cost $2.29per box and the pears cost 79cent per can.sales tax is 6% what was the total cost of the food diregerding ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Discount percentage 2007-07-11
Greg pose la question :
List Price: $50.00 Discount: 33 1/3% What would the net price be?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Dried grapes and percentage of water content 2007-07-09
Jyoti pose la question :
Fresh grapes contain 90% water by weight while dried grapes contain 20 % water by weight. what will be the weight of dry graprs available from 20kg of fresh grapes?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
I need to provide 712 cubic feet to water storage capacity 2007-07-03
William pose la question :
I need to provide 712 cubic feet to water storage capacity. If I use 15 inch diameter pipe, what would the length need to be to provide the capacity?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Average speeds 2007-06-22
Dee pose la question :
A guy goes 3.1m a second for 29 seconds in a golf cart. He then walks 1.5 meters a second. How long does he have to walk to get the average speed of 2.1m a second?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
An 18% reduction 2007-06-15
darren pose la question :
I have a figure of 627.30 i need to find out what the original amount was before 18% was taken away to leave the 627.30
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase and decrease 2007-06-13
Anna pose la question :
I just want to if the following formula is used for the computation of a PERCENTAGE DECREASE:

Old Value - New Value/ Old Value x 100%

My immediate superior is under the impression that the said formula works ONLY for the computation of a percentage INCREASE. He believes that the formula for a percentage DECREASE:

Old Value - New Value/ NEW Value x 100%

On this score, I want to know the correct formula for the computation of percentage decrease. Thank you so much.


Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent change over multiple periods of time 2007-06-07
Eric pose la question :
I am trying to show the percent change over multiple periods of time. Is there a formula for the percent change over multiple periods or will I have to calculate the percent change for each previous period versus the year prior?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage below the monthly quota 2007-06-07
Greg pose la question :
Sales quantities for the month were 12,834 with a monthly quota of 14,796. What is the percentage below the monthly quota?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The "mode" of a set of numbers 2007-06-06
Anthony's mom pose la question :
we have a graph: Kindergarten has 1, 1st has 5, 2nd has 4, 3rd has 3
is the mode "1st grade" because there are more children in that grade?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
A machine depreciates by 20% each year 2007-06-03
katie pose la question :
the value of a machine depreciates by 20% each year. How would i find what single decimal number to multiple the original value by to find its value after 2 years?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The number of grams of sulfuric acid 2007-05-31
cookie pose la question :
Hi,
Can you please let me know if I've done this correctly?

Calculate the number of grams of sulfuric acid in 0.500L of battery acid if the solution has a density of 1.28 g/mL and is 38.1% sulfuric acid by mass.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Fractions, decimals and profit 2007-05-29
fatima pose la question :
how can i change a fraction into a decimal and how do i change a decimal into a fraction................
anther question please what does making a profit have to do with percentage change!!!!!!
Penny Nom lui répond.
$450.00 six years at 7 percent 2007-05-28
Donna pose la question :
The future value of 450.00 six years from now at 7 percent
Penny Nom lui répond.
How to increase your average 2007-05-24
Janna pose la question :
after taking 4 quizes your average is 71 out of 100. what must your average on the next 5 quizes be to increase your average to an 81 out of 100?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Lot acreage 2007-05-21
Sherri pose la question :
I have a lot that is 2565 x 1056 x 2636 x 285 that is roughly in the shape of a triangle, with the small strip on the top of the triangle, that I would like to figure the sq. footage for. Could I draw a line from one corner on the top to the opposite corner on the bottom and get the area of those two triangles, then add that together to come up with the sq. ft.?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percent difference 2007-05-17
Carolyn pose la question :
What is the % difference between these two numbers 211373 & 185420
Gabriel Potter, Penny Nom and Steve La Rocque lui répond.
Lot size / acreage (more than three sides) 2007-05-11
Martha pose la question :
What is the lot size of the following dimensions equivalent to acre. 141.85 x 52.55 x 217.63 x 38.89 x 68.08
Penny Nom and Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Area of a pentagonal lot 2007-05-09
Mimi pose la question :
I would like to know the square footage of a pentagon with the following measurements: Property is .43 of an Acre Front: 57.11' NW: 105.78' S: 120' SE: 145' E: 102.86' I don't want you to try to show me how to work thru the problem since I will never comprehend it. For some reason, I am unable to perform these kinds of equations. I will greatly appreciate your help.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent 2007-05-07
Art pose la question :
what percent of 85 is 17?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How many sales does she need? 2007-05-07
Jimi pose la question :
The new businessperson hopes to earn $50,000 per year. The profit percentage for this type of business is typically 10%. How much must sales be?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Average 2007-05-06
michelle pose la question :
the average of x and y is 20. If z = 5, what is the average of x, y, and z.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Reverse Calculation of GST and PST in Quebec 2007-05-03
Derek pose la question :
Could you please tell me how to figure out the PST and GST paid on an item. Example: I paid $10 total (including taxes) and the GST is 6% and the PST is 7.5%, HOWEVER, in Quebec, we pay the PST on the sub-total+GST. Thanks, Derek
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
My commsion is 2.5% 2007-05-02
susan pose la question :
How do you do percentage say i sold a house for 350,000 my commssion is 2.5% how do i figure that out can you show the formula for calculator please thank you very much
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change 2007-05-01
katie pose la question :
i no many people have asked about this but im still unsure what is percentage change i have my ks3 tomoro so please reply asap thankz
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage made a grade below 70? 2007-05-01
Dee pose la question :
There are 21 students in the class. 1 made a grade of 100, 2 made grades of 90 , 3 made 80, 4 made 70, 5 made 60, 6 made 50. What percentage made a grade below 70?

I know 11 students made below a 70.

Please help me find the percentage,
Penny Nom lui répond.
(a-b)/b = c 2007-04-27
Adam pose la question :
What does

(a-b)/b = c

represent when c is a percentage?
Penny Nom lui répond.
An average homework grade 2007-04-26
vince pose la question :
If your homework grades is only 15% of the total grades and with an average homework grade of 90% what is your earn point for the homework earn point = average times percent
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Producing chocolate bars 2007-04-26
anne pose la question :
If you have to produce an average of 114 bars of chocolate over 7.5 hours how many do you have to produce over 9.5 hours.
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the Sales Tax? and Shipping? 2007-04-24
Mark pose la question :
1 Item $4020.44 1 Item $1749.86 1 Item $11455.62

Total 17,225.92

The sales tax and shipping is included in the total. The sales tax rate is 8.75% What is the Sales Tax? and Shipping?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Find the percentage of the students that are here? 2007-04-23
C. pose la question :
If there are 260 students on roll and 11 of them are absent, how do i find the percentage of the students that are here?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
I want to mark up a price by 5% 2007-04-19
Steve pose la question :
ok so i want to mark up a price by 5% or any percentage. which is correct? ( this is done with a calculator with a % button)
a. 62*5% = 3.1 (3.1 + 62) = 65.1(total)
b. 62+5% = 65.263(total) (rounded to the 3rd decimal)
im trying to wrap my head around this. the calculator has a button which does % all automatically. Markup *20 which equal 5%....
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
How much did it originally cost? 2007-04-04
Megan pose la question :
My question is simple:

"-Jim is able to sell a hand-carved statue for $650 which was a 35% profit over his cost. How much did ie originally cost?"

I don't even know where to start could you help?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The size of a lot 2007-03-30
Phyllis pose la question :
Could you please figure out the square footage and acreage of my lot? One side is 480ft One side is 410ft One side is 480ft The last side is 410ft Thank you.
Penny Nom lui répond.
n($) x 35% equals $159,530 2007-03-29
Christine pose la question :
If n($) x 35% equals $159,530 what is n?
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many tons it will take to fill in this area 2007-03-29
Amy pose la question :
I have to fill an area with millings (crushed stone). The measurements are 14 foot long, 14 foot wide, and a depth of 6 inches. How do I find the square footage and how do I convert that into tons? I need to know how many tons it will take to fill in this area.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The volume of a hopper 2007-03-23
amitesh pose la question :
Let me know how to calculate the tonnage of hopper / bins / chutes of different sizes and dimensions.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Approximate average speeds 2007-03-19
Anne pose la question :
A bicyclist pedaled up a 2 mile long hill averaging 4 miles per hour. Upon reaching the top, the bicyclist headed down a 6 mile descent averaging 26 mph. What was the bicyclist's approximate average speed? Thanks very much in advance!!
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
How do I extract 14% 2007-03-19
Richard pose la question :
I need to find the calculation to answer this;

I have the figure 379.28, how do I extract 14% from this figure

to extract 17.5% I div by 6.714, however i cannot find the formula on how to do this an extract 14%
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
What will our square footage size be after appropriation? 2007-03-17
Melissa pose la question :
I have a rectangular lot of 110.0 feet by 396.0 feet. When we sell the District will take 2.38 meters off the front for appropriation. I believe we currently have a 1 acre lot? What will our sqaure footage size be after appropriation? Thanks, Melissa
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage markup 2007-03-16
Debbie pose la question :
What formula or formulas do I use if I want to ultimately charge a customer $300 for a service, but need to factor in a 15% commission for a sales rep, $20 to cover the cost of our overhead, the cost of a $25 coupon that we will be sending to the customer to apply to future services. In other words, what amount do I initially quote the customer to be able to cover these costs?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage increase 2007-03-16
Gerry pose la question :
How do I figure the percentage between a small circle and a large circle
Penny Nom lui répond.
The percentage difference between 64.24% and 74.24% 2007-03-03
M pose la question :
What is the percentage difference between 64.24% and 74.24%?
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
How old are they now? 2007-02-26
Ali pose la question :
Please help us. My daughter can't get this answer. The sum of Louise's age and Todd's age is 34. 5 years ago the sum of twice Louise's age and 3 times Todd's age was 61. How old are they now?
Haley Ess and Steve La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage markup 2007-02-23
Jim pose la question :
If a total amount includes a part price plus a mark-up percentage how do you calculate the part price if you know the mark-up % allowed. For instance : $810.00 includes a part plus 13.5% markup. How do I calculate the part price from this info?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Jim had 45 marbles and he lost 11 1/9% of them 2007-02-20
Mesha pose la question :
If Jim had 45 marbles and he lost 11 1/9% of them, how many had he left?
Steve La Rocque and Haley Ess lui répond.
What is 40% of 936? 2007-02-14
naheem pose la question :
what is 40% of 936
Sara Ulmer lui répond.
income percentages 2007-02-05
karen pose la question :
I would like to know what percent of a bill each person would pay based on the income differences one person makes 78968.00 and the other makes 52000.00 I believe it is 65% and 35%

so if a bill is 120.00 one person pays 78 and the other pays 42 is this correct thanks
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Yardage of dirt fill 2007-02-02
Gene pose la question :
I am removing dirt then replacing it with good dirt. I need to know how many yards of fill dirt it would take to fill a diameter 165 feet with fill of 13 ft would take how many cubic yards of dirt.
Penny Nom lui répond.
6.9 is 11.5 percent of what number? 2007-01-25
David pose la question :
6.9 is 11.5 percent of what number?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent elevation gain 2007-01-24
Susan pose la question :
okay... so if I hike Gregory Canyon and it's a 1.1 mile hike with a 900 foot elevation gain, what's the percent elevation gain?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage markup 2007-01-16
Lauren pose la question :
MY DAD IS TRYING TO SELL PRODUCTS AT A 40% MARKUP. LET'S SAY THE COST IS $55.00. SHOULDN'T YOU JUST DO, 55 X 1.4 = 77 , SO THE $77 IS THE 40% MARKUP?? HE'S SAYING THAT YOU TAKE 55 / 60% = 91.67 . SO WHO'S FORMULA SHOWS YOU A TRUE 40% MARKUP OF $55.00 DOLLARS??????
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the percent of the decrease? 2007-01-10
Bill pose la question :
if the value of xyz company stock drops from $25 per share to $21 per share, what is the percent of the decrease?
Penny Nom lui répond.
13.78g /11.3mL 2007-01-05
Judd pose la question :
13.78g /11.3mL
Penny Nom lui répond.
A percentage 2006-12-21
Kim pose la question :
At a company fish fry 1/2 in attendance are employees. Employees' spouses are 1/3 of the attendance. What is the percentage of the people in attendance who are not employees or employee spouses?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage increase 2006-12-21
Wang pose la question :
The last week of a month a car dealership sold 12 cars. A new sales promotion came out the first week of the next month and the sold 19 cars that week. What was the percent increase in sales from the last week of the previous month compared to the first week of the next month?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average of 3 tests 2006-12-12
Charles pose la question :
If you average 84 on first three test and the first score was 67. The second score was 7 less than the third score. What was the score on the second and third test.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The square footage of an irregular lot 2006-12-07
Lori pose la question :
If I have a rectangular irregular sized lot with the following:

A - 110.53'
B - 159.87'
C - 127.28'
D - 165.86'


How do I determine the square footage?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Quiz grades 2006-12-05
Patricia pose la question :
Your quiz grades are 73, 75, 89 and 91. What is the lowest grade you can obtain on the last quiz and still achieve an average at least 85?
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
27 snakes in four cages 2006-12-05
Sherril pose la question :
A zookeeper has to put 27 snakes in four cages. His problem is that he must have an odd number of snakes in each cage. How can he accomplish this? You can put any number of snakes in a cage as long as the total number of snakes in each cage is an odd number.
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2006-11-29
Toya pose la question :
I have some statistics from year to year based on drug seizures.(units= lbs) e.g. in 2005 123lbs seized in 2006 1518lbs seized. now i worked out the percentage increase as to be in the thousands which from looking at the figures is correct however i don't want to say 1000% increase.

using another formula current- previous *100 I got 92%. what exactly does this 92% represent and how can i use this number when presenting my answers instead of using 1000 + %
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentages 2006-11-23
Hyaqcinth pose la question :
I just do not understand percentages...if the cost of a product is $1.20, how can I make a profit of 55% ? how do I calculate this problem?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
What percent of the people oppose putting in curbs? 2006-11-17
Dee-Dee pose la question :
The ratio of people who support putting in curbs to those who oppose it is 2 to 5. what percent of the people oppose putting in curbs?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The semester grade 2006-11-03
Caroline pose la question :
Can you tell me how to calculate a grade based on a percentage formula where 15 assignments account for 40% of the grade and 3 tests account for 60% of the semester grade.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How much smaller is this one in percentage? 2006-10-24
Michael pose la question :
I have two different squares. One of them is smaller than the other. I need to know how to calculate how much smaller it is in percentage. 11.95mm x 6.72mm 11.2mm x 6.3mm How much smaller is this one compared to the one above in percentage?
Haley Ess lui répond.
Percentage differences 2006-10-23
Michael pose la question :
how do I calculate the percentage difference of a certain box size. for example. How much percent smaller is this box: 8.4mm x 6.3mm to this box: 9.35mm x 7mm
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Percentage increase 2006-10-15
Amanpreet pose la question :
in yr 7, bill was 1.28 m tall, in yr 9 he was 1.67m tall. calculate his percentage increase in height
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Plotting percentage change 2006-10-11
Beckie pose la question :
I have worked out a set of percentage differences which are all percentage decrease. Should i express them as a negative percentage as -20%? I also need to plot them on a graph and am not sure whether to just use the percentage difference as it is, in which case i get a positive gradient, or include a negative axis and plot them in this way, in which case i would get a negative gradient. I think the slope of the curve will be the same either way so it might not matter!
Penny lui répond.
2/3 as a percentage 2006-10-10
Marlene pose la question :
2/3 is what percentage of a circle?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A volume 2006-09-27
jc pose la question :
If I have to pay storage charges on 45 cu ft. What size is that area L X W X H
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How do I determine the acreage? 2006-09-20
Charlene pose la question :
I have a survey of property with various points on it; how do I determine the acreage?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The square footage of my property 2006-09-17
Jack pose la question :
I have been trying to calculate the square footage of my property, without success. The measurements are below. Is there a simple formula that can be used based upon the outside parameters? Or, is there a simple way to calculate the square footage?
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
What was the total cost of the dinners he served 2006-09-10
Connie pose la question :
Walter is a waiter at the town diner. He earns a daily wage of $100 plus tips that equal to .15 of the total cost of the dinners he serves. What was the total cost of the dinners he served if he earned $170 on Tuesday?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Grossing up payroll wages 2006-08-27
Katie pose la question :
I really need to understand (spelled out step by step) how to gross up payroll wages.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Annual percentage yield 2006-08-17
Joe pose la question :
If you have $360,767 in a money market fund that has accumulated a total of $2,127 in year to date dividends (an eight month period January to August) what is the annual percentage yield.
Penny Nom lui répond.
How old would i be in minutes 2006-08-09
Mariah pose la question :
i would like to know how old would i be in minutes if i was thirteen years old including leap years
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Power walking 2006-07-30
Wendy pose la question :
I have an exercise routine of 'power walking', approx. 5-6 days per week. I carry a pedometer with me during these walks so that I can keep track of the distance of each walk. I've created a weekly walking chart on my computer, so each time I get back from a walk, I enter my stats, such as kilometers and miles walked that day, as well as my start and finish time. At the end of each week, before I printed out my completed chart, I would calculate out what my average walking distance was, for that particular week.

At the end of each month, I would calculate:
[1] I'd add up my total kilometers and miles walked for that month. (a no brainer ~ I could do that one!)
**But also, I would work out the percentages of the following:
[A] What my average daily distance p/walk was, for that month
[B] What my average time spent, per walk was, for that month
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage Difference 2006-07-25
Sandra pose la question :

I have two numbers (1530 and 1315). How do I calculate the percentage difference.

For example: I have one loader that lifts 1530 lbs. and another loader that lifts 1315 lbs. I know the difference is 215 lbs. How much greater lift capacity does the loader that lifts 1530 lbs. have than the loader that lifts 1315 lbs.?

The formula that I used was:

1530 - 1315 = 215
215/1315 = .163498 or 16.3%

Is this correct?


Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The lot is a very odd shape 2006-07-20
Liz pose la question :
I have a square footage question. I'm looking at buying a piece of land and would like to know how to calculate the square footage of it. The lot is a very odd shape and I have attached a drawing of the lot:
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Finding square footage from lengths in inches 2006-07-14
Ann pose la question :
How do I find out the square footage of a window 45" by 22" and 43" by 35.5"?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
What is the interest on $50,000.00 at 5% for 40 days? 2006-07-12
A borrower pose la question :
What is the interest on $50,000.00 at 5% for 40 days?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A goods and Services Tax calculation 2006-07-01
Carol pose la question :
If I have $1700 how much of that is GST? Before the GST was changed to 6% you would multiply $1700 by .06542. Now what number do you multiply for 6% GST. No PST involved.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A percentage question 2006-06-28
Terrence pose la question :

Given the percentage and the total amount, I need to know how to arrive at the total amount without guessing.

Example: 25\% of what is $298,750.00


Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Rates and percentages 2006-06-20
Todd pose la question :
If rates are about to rise 1.84%, from the current 5.30% that they are currently at. What amount are they going to increase to?

I ask because many publications print an answer that is 7.14% but I don't see that as correct because the first line would have to say an increase of 184 basis points for that to be correct. My answer to this is about 5.4%. Am I thinking correctly?

secondly, if rates are about to move to 7.14% from 5.3% what percentage move is this?

I get an answer of about 35%. am I off on this or is everyone else that I ask not calculating correctly?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
How much did I have in my wallet when I lost it? 2006-06-15
Marangeo pose la question :
I recently lost my wallet and when it came to completing the police report I couldn't remember how much money I had in there. I do remember thinking that the first time I bought something that it cost me 10 per cent of what I had. Then I noticed that the second purchase had also cost me exactly 10 per cents of what I had left. My receipts totalled $19. How much did I have in my wallet when I lost it?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Designing a garage 2006-06-08
A builder pose la question :
I'm currently designing a garage and came upon this interesting math problem. I've tried using various methods to solve it but have so far been unsuccessful. I've included a picture as its far easier to show you my question than explain it verbally. I realize it could be done by trial and error but i'm looking for a real solution.
Stephen La Rocque and Penny Nom lui répond.
Can you explain the differences between margin and mark up? 2006-06-07
Michelle pose la question :

I have a widget I buy for $10. I want to make a 40% margin on the product cost. What do I then sell to the customer for?

Also, can you explain the differences between margin and mark up?


Penny Nom lui répond.
A 3% tax 2006-05-10
Stacey pose la question :
Illinois residents have to calculate their state income tax as 3% of their taxable income. If Mr. and Mrs. Grisham's taxable income for 2004 was $81,200, how much tax did they have to pay?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A hallway in an old house 2006-05-06
Sabrina pose la question :
I am trying to determine how many square feet is in a room that is not square or rectangular. It has basically 5 walls of different lengths, it is acutely considered a hallway in an old house, how can I figure out the footage, the Length times Width requires to much wasted materials
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of weight 2006-04-26
Karen pose la question :
How do you calculate percentage of weight lost?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How do I find the percentage interest? 2006-04-24
Cheryl pose la question :
Kiera invested $43,608 in a mutual fund that paid $432.96 in interest at the end of the year. What was the percent interest Kiera earned from her initial investment?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
What's the difference between percentages and points? 2006-04-21
Sayed pose la question :
What is the difference between percentages and points?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
What is the original cost? 2006-04-19
Charlie pose la question :
Selling a piece of furniture for $670 and the profit is 35%. What is the original cost?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
How much money can I borrow if I have $5 000 for a deposit? 2006-04-19
Chris pose la question :
I have a sum of cash that I want to use as a deposit ($ 5 000) and a lender will lend me 65% of the purchase price. How do I calculate the maximum value I can borrow?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Reverse percentage 2006-04-19
Mike pose la question :
How would I calculate a reverse percentage? Let me give you an example. I have two values that calculate to a success rate of 93.32. Total=1546051 Failures=103302. (1546051-103302)/1546051=93.32% success. Now how much would I need to increase the total value to get the success up to 95%?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Price percentages 2006-04-13
Kristine pose la question :
An item that is no longer on sale at "25% off" receives a price tag that is 33 1/3% more than the sale price. Has the item price been restored to its original price? Why or Why not?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
The average of a function 2006-04-11
Justin pose la question :
Find the average value of the following function from x=0 to x=7 f(x)=3x+4
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup 2006-04-07
Larry pose la question :
Calculators from different manufacturers work differently. Enter 100, then plus 15%, on some calculators you'll get 115 on others return 117.65 . On any calculator, enter 100, then divide by 0.85 (point 85) and you'll get 117.65 . I don't understand this well enough to explain to my grandson, but as a salesman, I know which one to use.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average of monthly averages 2006-04-06
Ray pose la question :
I have the averages of some data in percentages. the data is rather large, how can i find the average of these averages without going back to the original data? Is there a Factor or Constant that i could multiply or devide or add and get the average of these averages without resorting to the raw data.
Steve La Rocque and Harley Weston lui répond.
A square in a circle 2006-04-05
Lisa pose la question :
A square is inscribed in a circle. Determine the percent of the circle's area that is outside the square.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
List price plus 10% 2006-04-03
Heather pose la question :
We shipped 2 pieces of an item with a unit price of $578.74 for a total amount of $1157.48. My task is to bill the customer at LIST + 10%. What formula do I need to use to calculate this?
penny Nom lui répond.
Superimposing images 2006-03-30
Laurie pose la question :
I am a parent and trying to find real world applications for the math strand that includes superimposing one item on another to determine identical. The Alberta strand is match size and shape of figures by superimposing one on top of the other. I am trying to find a way to put this into context for everyday life. Any ideas?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage of the seniors polled yes? 2006-03-20
Jean pose la question :
An equal number of juniors and seniors responded to the question, "Do you like math?" Each respondent said yes or no. If 70% of those who said yes were seniors and 80% of those who said no were juniors, what percentage of the seniors polled yes?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A bill with a 15% tip and a 10% discount 2006-03-20
Tracy pose la question :
A $4500 bill is presented, without tax. 10% discount coupon. Add 15% tip with 3 people spitting for the sever.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Gross profit as a percentage 2006-03-18
Mark pose la question :
How do I calculate the gross profit by percentage on and a product I purchased for $23.80 marked up 45% sold for $34.51 = profit of $10.71 GP by percentage????????
Penny Nom lui répond.
The square footage of an area in my backyard 2006-03-17
Kim pose la question :
I need to find out how to calculate the square footage of an area in my backyard that is in the shape of a "slice of pie". There are two sides that are straight lines that come together at the top to form a point, and then at the bottom is a curved line that joins the two other lines together. I need to figure out how to calculate the square footage that is inside the area.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Divide the product of three consecutive positive integers by their mean 2006-03-12
Sandy pose la question :
When I divided the product of three consecutive positive integers by their mean, I got 99. What is the smallest of the three numbers?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
George and his car 2006-03-10
Catrina pose la question :
George's car gets 3 more miles per gallon during highway driving that it does during city driving. Recently he drove 112 miles on a highway and 150 miles in the city and used exactly 10 gallons of gas. How many miles per gallon does his car get during city driving?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
A reduction of 10% in the price of tea 2006-03-08
Bidhu pose la question :
A reduction of 10% in the price of tea enables a dealer to purchase 25 kg more tea for Rs 22500.What is the reduced price per kg of tea?What was the original price per kg?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
If something costs $40, and they took 20% off, what is the original price 2006-03-04
Kevin pose la question :
If something costs $40, and they took 20% off, what is the original price
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 5900% increase 2006-03-03
Pat pose la question :
I want to find out the % of production increase from 250 dolls a month to 15,000 dolls a month. i think it is 5900% but that seems too high.
Penny Nom lui répond.
An account that earns 6% annually 2006-03-01
Christine pose la question :
How much do you have to deposit to an account that earns 6% annually if you want to earn $1200 on the account?
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Cutting off the top of a triangle 2006-02-22
Ken pose la question :
I'm a creative type who needs to find how you can determine the horizontal, relative percentages within a triangle. Attached is a pdf showing approximately the
50% line, but I'd like to know how to determine any percentage (horizontally) within a triangle . I know that if I put a horizontal line though the height of the triangle I won't be showing 50% above and 50% below. The bottom part has to be larger (correct me if I'm wrong).

I'm not concerned about height as I am wanting to break down the percentages into 60% at the bottom, 25% in the middle and 15% at the top.


Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage of 120 is 24? 2006-02-22
Julie pose la question :
What percentage of 120 is 24?
Penny Nom and Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
A man sells a refrigerator for $171 2006-02-20
Skye pose la question :
A man sells a refrigerator for $171, gaining on the sale as many percent (based on the cost) as the refrigerator cost, C, in dollars. Find C.
Stephen La Rocque lui répond.
Outliers in a box and whisker plot 2006-02-19
A student pose la question :
i need help on determining if their is an outlier...i know how to find the median and the lower quartile and the upper quartile..but i don't understand about the outliers....please tell me if their is an outlier in this problem....the numbers are...63,88,89,89,95,98,99,99,100,100
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 35% discount 2006-02-19
Marc pose la question :
If Julie paid $455.00 for a television and it was already discounted by 35% what was the original price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent gain 2006-02-14
Bill pose la question :
If a stock is bought at $3.50 and sold at $5.80, what percent was the gain?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Working with percentages 2006-02-10
Mark pose la question :

Hi, i have problem...i am trying to average a group of numbers....when i try to average the average...its gives a different results:

A b c d = A/(b-c)
1169 1173 1 100%
534 540 0 99%
358 359 0 100%
172 174 0 99%
. . . .
. . . .
. . . .
2375 3422 24 70%
1976 3677 42 54%
1431 3660 53 40%
187 3433 57 6%
761 3142 39 25%
2080 2109 7 99%
38280 49121 266 78.35%

When I try to average column D - it yields to 86.73% and not 78.35?

Please help me


Penny Nom lui répond.
More on percentges 2006-02-10
Rich pose la question :
I need to dilute several owners who combined own 66% down to 50% and increase the 34% owner to 50%. I thought it was as simple as taking 16% away from each of the 66% and transferring that amount to the 34%, but it doesn't add up.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A percentage question 2006-02-09
Graham pose la question :
If i order 700 lines in total, 500 lines on order A and 200 lines on order B how bo i work out the percentage of lines ordered on order A
Penny Nom lui répond.
Mixing 2006-02-03
Caren pose la question :
If I am 75% flippino and 25% white and the guy is full white what will be the whole percentage of the flippino and white nationality in the baby?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is 3.5% of 4000.00? 2006-01-31
Ellen pose la question :
What is 3.5% of 4000.00?
What is 3.5% of 2000.00?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase in sound intensity 2006-01-29
David pose la question :
I am doing some emotion response mapping. Being a composer I know how to push the heart beat tempo by a % increase of BPM in my music. I want to know how to calculate an increase in intensity of sound. Now I have 60 decibels. I want an increase of intensity by a factor n% with out going over 156 decibels.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage weight change 2006-01-24
Abdul pose la question :
what is the percent change if a person's weight changed over 3 years:
year 1995 1997 1998 %change(1995-1998)
weight 63kg 67kg 73kg .........
Penny Nom lui répond.
Our client wants to make 25% from their sale... 2006-01-24
Noelle pose la question :
I need to figure out how to figure pricing for our clients. If our client wants to make 25% from their sale and they purchase it from me for $35.95, how do I figure what their cost is?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markups and discounts 2006-01-21
Dan pose la question :
I'm trying to increase my pricing by 30 percent. I'm doing something completely wrong. If my price is $150.00 and I increase the price by 30 percent. I would take 150 times .30 and that equals 45. I would then take 45 plus 150 and that would give me 195. My problem is now 195 is my list price. If I turn around and give my customer a 30 percent discount off the 195 the price ends up being 136.50. Which is less than the 150 that I started with. I'm confusing myself and have totally lost confidence in what I'm doing and how . Can you help me?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage discount 2006-01-15
Louise pose la question :
Avril is buying a computer. She finds two places with a discount."Classy Computing" is selling a computer that was £650 and NOW it has £50 off. "WWW.CHEAPO.COM" is also selling a computer that is £650 but it NOW has 10% off. WHICH IS CHEAPER?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage markup 2006-01-10
Ian pose la question :

I have a markup question for you. I work for a painting company, specifically I estimate cost and sell painting projects. Within our office, we've had some discussion on how markup should be calculated for materials that we include in our prices. These are the two scenarios that we've come up with.

1. Mark up as a percentage of the cost: Cost = $ 10.00 X 15% Markup = $ 1.50. $ 1.50 + $ 10.00 equals $ 11.50 as a sale price.

2. Selling Price = Cost / (1-the desired profit margin). This would equal to $ 10.00 / (1-.15) = $ 11.76 roughly.

If you have any information on whether one is more correct and why, I would appreciate this. I want to make sure that I am marking things up correctly.


Harley Weston lui répond.
10% of 20% of 40% of ... 2006-01-08
Michael pose la question :
What is 10% Of 20% Of 40% Of 80% Of 1000?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average of 4 numbers is 5. 2006-01-02
Sheri pose la question :
The average of 4 numbers is 5. I have 3 of the numbers already- 5,8,4,? How do i find out what the last number to give me the average of 5?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change when you start from zero 2006-01-02
Joseph pose la question :
I am not sure if my meaning for calculation for a percent change (C-P/P)x100) is correct. In this case, C=10, P=0, does this mean 100 percent increase from previous period?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentages in our daily life 2005-12-23
Naina pose la question :
what are the uses of percentages in our daily life
Penny Nom lui répond.
Mean and average 2005-12-22
Jerry pose la question :
This is just a question from a degreed engineer that has a "understanding" problem. please go to http://www.metrika.com/3medical/hemoglobin-m.html

At the end of the page they talk about "mean" vrs "average" there does appear to be a difference. What is it?


Harley Weston lui répond.
Mathilda and Matthew 2005-12-18
A student pose la question :

Question: 1) The average of 12 is 5. The average of of 8 of these numbers ia 6. What is the average of the other four.

2)Mathilda is playing a mathematical game with Matthew. Each player starts from a point, then moves in a straight line to a second point,then to a third and so on. The moves are not made randomly, but are determined by a mathematical rule. The object of the game is to find the rule. It is Mathilda's turn to move on the grid . She starts at point M (3,9), moves to point N (2,4) and then to point O (0,0). Given Mathilda's rule, what could be the coordinates of the next point to which she might move?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent change 2005-12-17
Marie pose la question :
What is the percentage change when 1500 becomes 2000?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2005-12-15
Luiz pose la question :
I would like to know how much net income in % we have increased from 2005 to a 2006(projection).
2005 Net Income Actual: $1,599,887
2006 Net Income Budgeted: $2,067,339
Penny Nom lui répond.
Mario is 16 years older than his youngest sister, Mercedes. 2005-11-08
Jennifer pose la question :
Mario is 16 years older than his youngest sister, Mercedes. Together, their ages total 36 years . How old is each person?
Paenny Nom lui répond.
Percent or percentage 2005-11-03
Kenneth pose la question :

Which word should be used in the following?

Change a (percent or percentage) to a decimal.

Should the word percent be used only when a number precedes it as in 45 percent?


Harley Weston and Chris Fisher lui répond.
Marked down 31% 2005-10-27
Virginia pose la question :

Question: How do you calculate a percentage back into a cost?

Example: $1,025.00 sale cost and I want to add 31 percent back into it for a list cost.


Penny Nom lui répond.
The range of a data set 2005-10-04
Carmen pose la question :
What is the range of this data? 36,64,37,45,53,60.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup 2005-09-22
Cassie pose la question :
The retail price of a car stereo is $265 and the markup rate is 68%. What is the wholesale price of the car stereo to the nearest dollar.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent markup 2005-09-19
Dan pose la question :
If a product cost $2.00 and sells for $2.00 there is 0% markup

If a product cost $2.00 and sells for $4.00 there is a 100% markup

If a product costs $2.00 and sells for $6.00 there is a 200% mark up ------which I don't understand I would think that the markup would be 300%

If a product costs $2.00 and sells for $8.00 there is a 300% mark up---- " " " " " " " " " " 400%
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Percentage increase 2005-09-19
Dory pose la question :
Last year sales was 120,000 $ and this year sales is 280,000 $, there was an increase in sales. what I would like to know is the percentage increase between the years with the formula.
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is 3% OF $200.00? 2005-09-14
Glenda pose la question :
What is 3% of $200.00?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Is this percentage change or percentage increase? 2005-08-15
Betty pose la question :
When calculating a percentage, if the formula is A(new) - B(old)/A(new) Is this percentage change or percentage increase?
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many tiles do I need? 2005-07-20
Jeannette pose la question :
I am putting up backsplash tile in my kitchen and I need to know how many tiles I would need to use for about 45 square feet using 4x4 tiles.
Penny Nom lui répond.
10% of $50 2005-07-16
A student pose la question :
If I had $50 and 10% of it had to go to my mother, how much would I have left?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A percentage of the whole 2005-07-16
A student pose la question :
two people both own property and would like to combine their properties into one. the first person contributes 1 acre and the second person contributes 1.5 acres. of the whole, how much percent does the first person own?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent of 100,000 is 629.77? 2005-07-08
Someone pose la question :
What percent of 100,000 is 629.77?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent change 2005-07-01
Betty pose la question :
Can you tell me the difference between Percentage Change, Percentage Increase, Percentage Difference and please give an example of each, I am very visual.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit of more than 100% of cost 2005-06-22
sam pose la question :
I know I can work out what percentage profit I am making by : profit/cost x 100, and I can work out up to 99% profit (the way I currently calculate it is profit x 1.99) But how do I work out any amount over 100%, say for instance I have something that costs me $0.52 that I wish to sell for 250% profit?
Penny Nom lui répond.
20% profit 2005-06-12
Shawn pose la question :
If I know that I will be paid, say, $150.00, for labor, and I want to make 20% profit on what I pay for the labor, what is the calculation and factoring process?

I see it like this

(x*.2)+x = 150

but I don't know how to factor it out from there.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The size of a lot 2005-06-09
Bob pose la question :
Is it possible to determine the square footage and acreage of a residential lot that's straight on 3 sides, and triangular on the 4th side?

As shown in the crude sketch below, the two legs of the triangle at the back end of the lot are 61' and 62'.
Penny lui répond.
Cost price 2005-05-25
Sunitha pose la question :
What is (how to calculate) the cost price of a product which is marked-up by 15% and retailed at $25?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A triangular lot 2005-05-21
Linda pose la question :
I am looking to purchase a piece of property, and I need some help trying to figure out the square footage of the land. I know that normally if I multiply the length and width I could get my answer. However, this piece of land is an odd shape and has 3 measurements. Can you please help me.
The measurements for this piece of land is:

97.8'
201.2'
139.7'
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 5% increase 2005-04-27
Debra pose la question :
How can I determine the increased percentage of a dollar amount? I.e.: One dollar amount is $202 and another is $150, how can I determine the 5% increase from last year on the $202 dollar amount?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
40% profit 2005-04-19
Carol pose la question :
Could you please tell me the formula to calculate for example a 25% profit on cost. I.e a sandwich cost .75p for the cost of ingredients, I wish to make a 40% profit on that cost so what do I multiply and divide it by to arrive at the selling price in order to achieve a 40% profit?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2005-04-19
Tom pose la question :
What is the percentage increase from (negative -$9262.00) to (positive $3840.00)?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 25% markup 2005-04-07
Jason pose la question :
I want to markup $2.00 by 25%...How do I do this???
Penny lui répond.
The benefits of saving for retirement 2005-03-11
Nick pose la question :
A human resources department wants a report that shows its employees the benefits of saving for retirement. Produce a report that shows 12 predicted retirement account values for each employee - the values if the employee saves 5, 10, or 15% of his or her annual salary for 10, 20, 30, or 40 years. Assume that savings grow at a rate of 8% per year. Not really interested in answers, just the equations to solve the problems.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Reverse pecentage 2005-03-01
Nathan pose la question :
Question for you. If I have spent $10.00, what is the mathamatical equation to
figure out what the G.S.T (7%) was?

Also if I were to spend $80.00 on a hotel, and I would like to know how much
G.S.T (7%) and how much provincial tax (6%) I spent how would I go about this.


Penny Nom lui répond.
$14k is 22% of ________ 2005-02-19
A parent pose la question :
When one knows the
percentage, and a known number, how is the unknown total figured? In other words, I know that $14k is 22% of what number??
Claude Tardif and Penny Nom lui répond.
Sales before tax 2005-02-09
Lynda pose la question :
I know my total sales for the month, which includes sales tax. How do I get to the sales dollars before the sales tax?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Cost before the markup 2004-11-23
Norman pose la question :
the sum of eg $130 includes the markup of 30%. However I need to calculate the percentage to apply to the $130 to assess the cost ie $100.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 40% reduction 2004-11-10
Cathy pose la question :
I'm having trouble figuring out how to figure a percentage??? it's easy to find what 40% of any given number is, but how would i accurately figure out what is the final number is when i know the number after the 40% has been removed? when i add 40% to this number it obviously is lower than it should be. the best i could figure is; x=?-40% ---------------> x-?=-40% i'm all confused????
Penny Nom lui répond.
42.5 is what % of 170? 2004-11-05
Dawn pose la question :
42.5 is what % of 170?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Adding 3% to get 120,000 2004-11-02
Shaun pose la question :
I was asked a question by a friend of mine's kid. He asked me if you had a final figure of say 120,000, how do you work out the amount you started with if you added 3% of the starting amount, to the starting amount to get the 120,000.
Paul Betts lui répond.
A 40% increase in garage space 2004-10-20
Dianna pose la question :
A bus company recently expanded and no longer has enough room in its garage for all of its buses. Twelve of the buses have to be stored outside. If the company decides to increase their garage space by 40%, this will give them enough room for all of their current buses, plus enough room to store another twelve in the future. How many buses does the company own?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A square footage problem 2004-10-19
Jerome pose la question :
I have a peice of property that is almost a triangle but not exactly about 280 frontage with the side lines at 228 and 237

I was told I had about one acre plus a little, a developer says I have 33,000 sq ft. and I would like to know what the real result is
Penny Nom lui répond.
$25,000 at 11% per year 2004-10-13
A student pose la question :
suppose u have $25,000 to invest and the interest rate at your bank is 11%. 1) how much money would you have at the end of EACH of the first four years? 1) i already kno that the first year w/ interest is $27,750 but how do i get the 2nd? 3rd? 4th? years?
Penny lui répond.
37% 2004-09-26
Andrew pose la question :
how do we change 37% into a fraction
Penny Nom lui répond.
Wages for one month 2004-09-20
Janet pose la question :
if offered $10,000 or 1 cent on the first day and then doubled daily for one month which would you take ?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Payment plus interest 2004-09-14
Penny pose la question :
Brian wants to borrow some money from Margaret.
After three years he is to pay X back plus one interest sum of 25%. If he is pays back a total of $3800, what was the original sum borrowed?
Penny Nom lui répond.
105.6 is a discount of 12% from x 2004-09-10
David pose la question :
If I know that 105.6 is a discount of 12% from x, how do I find x??
Penny Nom lui répond.
Half way between 2004-09-08
Ben pose la question :
Find the number halfway between the number shown

751,843
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change 2004-08-30
Lauren pose la question :
if egg A weighed 55.4g and after 2 days it weighed 60.9g how could i calculate the percentage change in weight?
Penny Nom lui répond.
69 is what percentage of 113 2004-08-28
Mary pose la question :
How do I work out what percentage of 113 69 is?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage of a quota 2004-08-26
Jenni pose la question :
I have the year to date sales of $2,042,744 and the quota is $2,257,440, how do I figure the percent quota.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The area of a lot 2004-08-22
Cassie pose la question :
I'm in the process of purchasing some land and I'm trying to figure out the square footage of the property. Unfortunately, it's be a while since I had to remember this type of formula. The property is 140 ft on left side, across the back it is 220.61 ft, the right side is 167.52 ft, the frontage is 105 ft.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentiles 2004-08-15
Gary pose la question :
Table 1 Selected percentiles for family income in the US in 1992 1 $1,300 10 $10,200 25 $20,100 50 $36,800 75 $58,100 90 $85,000 99 $151,800

Q. The percentage of families in Table 1 with incomes below $58,100 was about?
Penny Nom lui répond.
2.79 acres 2004-08-11
Helen pose la question :
What would the square footage be of 2.79 acres?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage markup 2004-06-04
A parent pose la question :
if our cost is 54.00 and their cost is 117.00 what is the percentage of mark up?
Penny Nom lui répond.
English 2004-05-27
Chang pose la question :
well my question is i was told by most of the teachers that ''think in english'' is the best way to learn english but how can i do like that do i need to know about the stucture first or do i need to learn the western culture ?

here is a sentence i have translate directly from my mother language.'' i was given an admiration of sincerity from this client on the follow up action i have done in the complaint.
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Percent difference 2004-04-10
A parent pose la question :
For a school science project, my son Alex is taking measurements of plant growth at regular intervals. As part of the data, he must provide the maximum percent difference observed in the categories his team has identified.

So, for example he has six plants with four measurements each. (He has more, but I'll keep it simple) For the first plant he measured 2mm, 2.4mm, 2.9mm, and 3.2mm. For the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th plants, he has similar numbers. Is there a way to calculate the maximum percent difference between any two plants in his measurements during the project? Doing it for each combination would be tedious.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Differences in percentages 2004-04-06
Jose pose la question :

Question:
You have two groups:

Group A has 10 people and 2 are Chinese
Group B has 12 people and 3 are Chinese

In terms of percentages what is the difference in Chinese between the two groups? In other words which group has the biggest percentage of Chinese and why?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage difference 2004-03-28
Someone pose la question :
what is the percentage difference between 157 to 251
Penny Nom lui répond.
GST and PST 2004-02-26
Mallory pose la question :
I was absent on the day that my teacher taught the class how to find the GST and PST of items. I sort of understand that GST is 7% and PST is 7.5%, but our teacher said that we shouldn't combine the two to find the total amount... I'm really confused, so can you please help me?&
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Profit, markup and discount 2004-02-22
Kick pose la question :
Using the calculation on your website, if I sell something for $885 and my cost is $296, I make $589 profit. How do I calculate the profit percent I made on that transaction?

Profit as a percentage of what it cost me?
Profit as a percentage of what I sold it for?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Profit 2004-02-12
Mohamed pose la question :
if i bought some thing with 100$ and the saller told me that his profit was 30% how can i know the actual price of the good
Penny Nom lui répond.
The incline of an exercise machine 2004-02-02
An exerciser pose la question :
This is a question about incline percentage. On an exercise machine if the elevation is raised 3 and one half inches from a level position then what would be the incline percentage?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The square footage of an acre 2004-01-12
Paul pose la question :
What is the square footage of an acre of land assuming all four sides are equal in length.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent increase 2003-12-24
Frank pose la question :
How does one figure the percent of increase or decrease in the cost of an item?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Adding percentages 2003-12-19
Paula pose la question :

How do you add percentages

e.g 90% + 80% + 60% + 54% + 25% = ?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Prescription drug coverage 2003-12-04
Khadijah pose la question :
Last week congressional approval was given to legislation involving prescription drug coverage for seniors. One summary of the legislation explains that it is estimated that in 2006 a senior will pay a premium of $35 per month, then pay their first $250 in pharmacy bills. After the bills reach $250, the coverage would pick up 75% of their bills that bring their total bills between the $250 and $2250 mark. After their bills reached a total of $2250, the senior would be responsible for all bills bringing their total annual bills between $2250 to $5100. Then any bills after the $5100 mark has been reached will be 95% covered by the insurance. Using this information, letís analyze the situation of a senior who accumulates $6000 in pharmacy bills over one year and has the insurance coverage. Over the course of this year, how many dollars will the senior pay?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percentage of 6 billion is 40 million? 2003-12-03
GiGi pose la question :
What percentage of 6 billion is 40 million?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Markup, profit and margin 2003-11-24
Ali pose la question :
I have question regarding Margins, Markups and Profit Purchase price = $ 10.00
Margin or Markup ?? = 40 %
Therefore Selling Price = 10/0.6 = $ 16.67
Profit ? = (16.67-10)/10 *100 = 66.67%
or is the profit = (16.67-10)/16.67*100 = 40 %
 Can you please clarify What is Margin, Markup and Profit
Penny Nom lui répond.
962 Sq. Ft. is what percent of 2656 Sq. Ft 2003-11-20
Jon pose la question :
962 Sq. Ft. is what percent of 2656 Sq. Ft
Penny Nom lui répond.
The product of the page numbers 2003-11-07
Morgan and Mom pose la question :
You open a book and the product of the page numbers is 12,656. What are your page numbers?
Penny Nom lui répond.
X bar 2003-11-04
mary pose la question :
Remind me what this means: 

    _    
    X

Andrei Volodin lui répond.
Means 2003-10-28
Abdu pose la question :

Question:
80,80,84,85,88,92,97,98

The average of the 8 numbers listed above is 88. Of the following which pair of numbers could be removed from the list without changing the average.

A. 80 and 97
B. 80 and 98
C. 84 and 92
D. 84 and 97
E. 85 and 92
Andrei Volodin and Penny Nom lui répond.
Knitting gauge and felting 2003-10-27
Sara pose la question :

I wish to create a pattern to knit an item that will then be felted, thus, shrink as a result. In order to determine the proper gauge to use in creating the item, I produced a gauge swatch, noted the original properties and then the post-felting properties. They are as follow:

Before Felting:

20 stitches(width) x 20 rows(height)yielded:
Gauge: 3.2 stitches(width) and 4 rows(height) = 1"
Dimensions: 6.25"(width) x 5.25"(height)

After Felting:

20 stitches(width) x 20 rows(height)
Dimensions: 4"(width) x 3"(height)

How do I calculate the percentage change in size to accurately determine the number of stitches and rows needed to produce the desired dimensions for the finished (felted) item?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Maine and Nevada 2003-10-24
Jimmy pose la question :

From 1989 to 1990, the population of Nevada increased b y 157,000, and that of Maine increased by 30,000. In 1990, the population of Nevada was 1,206,152, and that of Maine was 1,233,223. If the populations of the two states continue to increase at the same rates, when will the populations of Nevada and Maine be the same?

Write a verbal model for this problem
Write an equation for the model
Solve the equation and answer the question.


Penny Nom lui répond.
Why percentage? 2003-09-03
Vicky pose la question :
My cousin aske me a question about the use of percentages and I'm not sure how to answer it. He wants to know why when there is a sale in a shop we use percentages and not fractions or decimals.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage markup 2003-09-03
Virginia pose la question :

I am confused and hope you can help. I have looked high and low for a "chart" persay to go by when I am having to calculate markup percentages.

Example if I have a List price of $1838.00 and my cost is $955.76 and I want to mark it up 30%. My colleage says it should be divided by .7

I don't understand how he arrives at .7 from 30 percent.


Claude Tardif lui répond.
Profit margin 2003-09-03
Chet pose la question :

My salesman calculates a customers profit margin by dividing what the customer paid by what he sells for, then subtracting that answer from 1. For example a customer sells a product for $15. He bought it for $10. 15/10=.66 Subtract that from 1 and get a profit % of 33%

Here's my question: If I want to figure what a reseller will sell a product for if he wants 40% margin(by the technique above), what formula do I use? Let's say I want to sell a product for 8.50, and I want the reseller to make 40%


Penny Nom lui répond.
20% of 40% of 500 2003-08-31
A student pose la question :
What is 20% of 40% of 500?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage decrease in sales 2003-07-31
Linda pose la question :
If I had sales in January of 2002 that were $42,493.73 and sales that were $37,281.59.Ý The difference is $5374.50.Ý What is the percentage of decrease in sales?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Preparing 100ml of a 30% alcohol solution 2003-07-13
Justin pose la question :
My question is how do you prepare a 100ml of a 30% alcohol solution using 95% alcohol?
Penny Nom lui répond.
An onsale DVD player 2003-07-09
Kim pose la question :
I have a DVD player with a regular selling price of $175 and percentage of discount is 10 percent. How to solve for discount amount and sale price? Also, when you figure out the sale price how to figure out commission amount when percentage of commission is 5 percent?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 40% markup 2003-06-12
Nick pose la question :
I am attempting to determine the Retail price of an item that costs me 11.00. Our company wants to sell it at a markup of 40%. I calculated this two ways, first the way I thought it should be done. Second, the way the calculator does it (and my accountant).

  1. Cost + Cost*(percentmarkup/100)= retail price 11.00 + 11.00*.40 = retail price 11.00 + 4.40 = 15.40 retail price

  2. Using the calculators Mark Up key the answer is 18.33. Or 7.33 more than the cost or 67%.

I am confused by this Mark Up key and how it calculates. I used a cost of $10.00 and marked it up 50%. I thought it should equal $15.00 but the calculator says $20.00? This seems to be 100% markup, yes?

Can you explain the difference between the way I did it and the way a Business calculator does it?


Penny Nom lui répond.
$22,534.56 is what percent of $27,820.00? 2003-06-04
Minnie pose la question :
$22,534.56 is what percent of $27,820.00?
Penny Nom lui répond.
20% of 40% of 500 2003-04-27
A student pose la question :
What is 20% of 40% of 500
Penny Nom lui répond.
The square of my age was the same as the year 2003-04-14
Pat pose la question :
Augustus de Morgan wrote in 1864, "At some point in my life, the square of my age was the same as the year." When was he born?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Can a square be considered a rectangle? 2003-02-27
Carla pose la question :

Can a square be considered a rectangle? (since opposite sides are same length and parallel)

Would a regular hexagon or octagon be considered a parallelogram since its opposite sides are parallel? or does a parallelogram HAVE to have only 4 sides?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage change in completion rate 2003-02-21
Remo pose la question :
In the year 2000 300 out of a possible 600 completed a phone survey for a total of 50% completion rate.

In the year 2001 20 out of 100 possible people completed the survey when it was re-done. This is a completion rate of 20%

To figure out the percentage change between the years can just use the difference between the percentage figures I already have? Or can I calculate it the same as you would for non-percentage numbers. For example you gave an example here of a salary increase from $20 to $95 being an increase of 375%.

Would I solve my problem the same way expect substituting my percentages (.5 and .2) in place of $20 and $95?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Deduct 60% from $150.00 2003-02-21
Mike pose la question :
How do you get this answer?
deduct 60% from $150.00
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage decrease 2003-02-20
Hope pose la question :
What number decreased by 331/3% is 30?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two investments 2003-02-07
A student pose la question :
you have $7200 in principal and invest different sums @ 10% and 14%. You receive 920 at end of term. (one year)What amounts are invested at what rate?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 15% markup 2003-02-07
Holly pose la question :
what is 15% markup of 58.89? please show equation and why? which is correct? 58.89 divided by .85 or 58.89 times 1.15
Penny Nom lui répond.
25% more 2003-01-16
Charlie pose la question :
If I buy something for $10 and want to sell for 25% more, do I multiply by 1.25 or divide by .75? Or another way - why do I get $13.33 when dividing by .75 ?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Averages of Averages 2002-12-21
Amy pose la question :
If in the month of October the % of Payments Received was 80.74% and in November it decreased to 69.36%. Can you take the 80.74-69.36/69.36 to get the % of difference. In otherwords can you take the % of difference when the numbers you are comparing are %'s????

Can you also take an average of an average? For example, average number of payments received in October was 25.00%, average number of payments received November was 50.00%, and the average number of payments received in December was 15.00%. Do you average (25.00%, 50.00% and 15.00%) or do you have to go back to the numbers that calculated the averages. For example, October 25.00% was based on 25 payments being received out of a possible 100. So instead of taking the average of the averages, do you take the average payments and the average customers over the 3 months and calculate the average???


Harley Weston lui répond.
20% of 40% of 500 2002-12-19
Richard pose la question :
What is 20% of 40% of 500?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Tiffany plays first board for her middle school chess team 2002-12-02
Patty pose la question :
Tiffany plays first board for her middle school chess team. Since she joined the team last year, she has won 27 of 51 tournament games. That's a winning percentage of about 53%.

If Tiffany went on a winning streak, how many games would she need to win in a row to raise her winning percentage to 60% Use variables and equations to communicate the method you've used to solve the problem.


Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent is the same as three eighths? 2002-11-21
Katelin pose la question :
What is the percent of three eight's?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 40% markup? 2002-11-15
Amy pose la question :
Please help? I own a basket and bouquet company, I have two retail stores with a markup of 40% on the price of the items I sale to them. I do not understand their conversion chart and I hope you can help me.

A bouquet that I sale for $12.50 wholesale to the retail is marked up at a rate of 1.675 or (40%). I do not understand how the calculation of 1.675 is arrived at ... how is this 40%. I was told to multiply my wholesale price of $12.50 X 1.675 and I would arrive at the markup price of 40% the retailer would sale the item for.


Penny Nom lui répond.
A bus is 60% occupied 2002-11-09
Joe pose la question :
A bus with a seating capacity of 60 people is 60% occupied. At the next stop one-third of the people get off the bus and 3 people get on the bus. The bus is now ___% occupied.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The percentage grade of that hill 2002-11-05
Cathy pose la question :
If there is an 80ft climb over a kilometer(about 3280ft) what is the percentage grade of that hill?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Averaging grades 2002-10-24
Richard pose la question :
I'm using a grading program for the first time this year. (ok, that's not a question) I require my students to record their grades in a Scorekeeper when they get them back. I'd like to know if my students can keep up with averaging their grades just as the grading programs automatically averages them when I put them in the spreadsheet.
Penny Nom and Claude Tardif lui répond.
A sale price 2002-10-15
Chester pose la question :
A jacket is on sale for 32% off. Find the original if the sale price is $89.00
Penny Nom lui répond.
Nixon, Jefferson, and Madison 2002-10-08
Lisa pose la question :
The longest-lived US presidents are John Adams(age90), Herbert Hoover (also90), and Harry Truman (88). Behind them are James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and Richard Nixon. The lattter three men lived a total of 249 years, and their ages at the time of death form consecutive odd integers. For how long did Nixon, Jefferson, and Madison live?
Penny Nom lui répond.
How do start from 2700 and get 35% back out? 2002-09-09
Dennis pose la question :
2000 x 0.35 = 700 + 2000 = 2700
How do start from 2700 and get 35% back out? If I have 2700, how do I figure out that 35% of 2000 is 700 and adding the two them together will get me 2700?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Sole Mates Shoes 2002-08-19
Robert pose la question :
Sole Mates Shoes has expenses of $9,592 per month. What must the store's total income be if it is to make a profit of 12%?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage 2002-07-20
Sally pose la question :
If 20% of 100 is 80, then why is the percentage difference between 80 and 100 25%.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The mean distance travelled 2002-06-07
A student pose la question :
If Rosalia travels 1000 km
Sheree travels 280 km
Daniel travels 50 km
Mica travels 200 km
Connor travels 500 km
Eric travels 250 km
Hillary travels 300 km

What was the mean distance travelled?

How do you arrive at the answer?


Penny Nom lui répond.
The average of two averages 2002-05-22
RJ pose la question :
in a class with 22 students, the average garde on an exam was 68%, in another class with 32 students, the average grade on the same exam was 78%, what was the overall for the two classes? round your answers to the nearest whole number.
Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
On which assignment did I do better 2002-05-17
Denise pose la question :
I have 2 writing assignments in class. The first assignment, which had a mean of 10 and a standard deviation of 2, I got a score of 12. The second assignment had a mean of 18 and an s.d. of 3, I got a 21. I need to know which assignment did I do better, relative to my classmates?
Andrei Volodin lui répond.
The Dugout, Don's Basement, Cd Corner,... 2002-04-30
A student pose la question :
The Dugout, Don's Basement, Cd Corner, Harry's Deli, Bill's Software, Anne's Footwear, and Joanne's House cleaning.

The gift certificates are each in multiples of $5. There is a $100 range in the value of the gift certificates, which start at $25. The mean value of all seven gift certificates is $80, and the median and mode are both $70.

The certificate from The Dugout is worth the most and the one from Joanne House cleaning is worth the least.

The total value of the gift certificates from CD Corner, Harry's Deli, and Anne's Footwear is $270, but Anne's Footwear certificate is worth $50 more than the one from Harry's Deli. The Cd Corner gift certificate is equivalent to the mean for this group of three.

What is the value of the gift certificates from each store?


Penny Nom lui répond.
How much of that total is G.S.T? 2002-04-24
Darlene pose la question :
If I have $1700.00 how much of that total is G.S.T?

not 1700.00 + gst

____ + _____ gst = 1700.00


Patrick Maidorn lui répond.
Problem solving 2002-04-20
Kathy pose la question :
  1. Zachary wanted to run the shore-to shore marathon next month, a 26 mile race from one side of the island where he lived to the other. He decided to work up to 26 miles by running five days a week for the next five weeks. Each day he'd run one mile longer than he did the day before, except for the first day of the week, when he'd run the same number of miles he ran on the last day of the previous week. He wanted his last two practice runs to be 26 and 27 miles long.

    How many miles would he have to run on his first practice run?

  2. A school just bought a new set of encyclopedias. The front and back covers are 1/8 inch thick, and the pages are 1/100 inch thick (in other words, there are 100 pages per inch). the 26 volume set has a total of 5,250 pages. If you assume there is no extra space left between books, then .........

    What length of bookshelf will the encyclopedias take up?

Penny Nom lui répond.
Ratios 2002-04-17
A student pose la question :
  1. Medication is givin at 1cc. per 20 pounds of body weight. A dog weighs 16 pounds how many ccs. of medication does the dog get?

  2. Dr. Lee wants you to prepare 1000 ml. of a 10% dextrose solution in lactaed ringers for diuresis or a patient you have a 1 L bag of lactated ringers and 500 ml of 50% dextrose for injection. How would you prpare the solution?

Penny Nom lui répond.
Calculate profit 2002-04-13
Allison pose la question :
If I sell something for $75; and my cost is $40, I make $35 profit. How do I calculate the profit percent I made on that transaction?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Sodding the yard 2002-04-08
Craig pose la question :
my parents want to lay sod in our back yard.

the sod cost $2.00 per square foot.

The size of our yard is 20x20 and 26x41


Penny Nom lui répond.
Area of an octagon 2002-04-01
Someone pose la question :
What is the actual square footage of a 12' octagon?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Range of values for standard deviation 2002-03-22
Susan pose la question :
What is the range of values for standard deviation? Is it between 0 and +3? Is it between +1 and +3?
Andrei Volodin lui répond.
Testing a hypothesis 2002-03-14
A student pose la question :
A large distriutor of cosmetics has kept his outstanding accounts receivable to a mean age of 18 days over the past year. This average is considered a standard by which to measure the efficiency of the credit and collections department. Management wishes to check if receivables in the current month is over standard and will do this at a significance level of 0.50. A random sample of 100 accounts yields an average of 20 days with a standard deviation of 9 days. what should management conclude?
Andrei Volodin lui répond.
3 5/8 and 2 1/4 2002-03-13
Shirley pose la question :
3 5/8 and 2 1/4 what is the percentage of 2 1/4 to 3 5/8.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage difference 2002-03-08
Tedd pose la question :
Can you give me the formulas for calculating percentage differences between two numbers? For example: if the first number is 10 and the second number is 15, then the second number is 50% larger than the first number. However, the formula to calculate that percentage won't work if the first number is greater than the second number as in the following example: The first number is 15 and the second number is 10, with the second number being 33.3% less than the first number. Or maybe I'm mistaken and the same formula will work in both situations.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage 2002-03-03
Nathan pose la question :
I have two questions:
  1. 25% of what number is 195?

  2. 42 is what percent of 112?

Penny Nom lui répond.
The median with ties 2002-02-27
Marcel pose la question :
What, exactly, is the proper way to determine the median of a set of numbers when doubles or triples of a number are part of that set? Do the doubles count as two and the triples three, or does each count only as one toward determining the median.
Harley Wston lui répond.
350 students took the math A exam 2002-02-22
Jim pose la question :
at a high school 350 students took the math A exam. 82% passed the test. 40 students that failed the exam in june, took the exam in August. 70% of this group passed the August test. How many of the original 350 students have passed the exam before september?
Paul Betts and Penny Nom lui répond.
36 is 20% less than _____? 2002-02-13
Lori pose la question :
36 is 20% less than _____?
Walter Whiteley lui répond.
Number conversions and averages 2002-02-03
A student pose la question :
A table has the measurements of 1.6m by 2m, how much material is needed to cover table? I converted to cm then multiplied but got an answer of 32000cm ,so I divide by 100 to get to metres - the answer was 320 which I know is wrong - please explain!!

Also I need to explain in my own words what an 'average' is and I am struggling.


Penny Nom lui répond.
50% 2002-01-15
Lakarrieh pose la question :
4 is 50% of what number?
Penny Nom lui répond.
8% tax 2002-01-15
A student pose la question :
total price including tax is $13359.60
8% tax was paid
What is the dollar amount of tax paid?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Glasses of wine 2002-01-10
A student pose la question :

6 glasses of regular wine (12% alcohol) would equal aprox.? glasses of wine (8% alcohol)

a)9.33
b)8.5
c)7.75
d)9.0


Peny Nom lui répond.
All of the Christmas trees are fifty-five percent off. 2002-01-08
A teacher pose la question :
All of the Christmas trees are fifty-five percent off. Madison bought a tree and paid $103.50. Assuming no tax, what was the original price of the tree?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Fractions to decimals and percents 2001-12-31
A student pose la question :
 2/5 , 4/8 , 4/10 , 3/5 , 6/8 , 7/7 (what is the decimal and percent for each)

1/5 , 1/10 , 1/8 , 1/1 (what is the decimal for each)

100 PERCENT, WHAT IS THE DECIMAL?

The ratio of boys to girls in a class is 1:4. What percent of the class are girls?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A 7% increase 2001-12-12
Lorraine pose la question :
how do you calculate an old salary if the only information you have is current salary and the percentage increase received. For example if I make $15.86 an hour and I received a 7% increase, how much did I used to make?
Penny Nom lui répond.
83.3% 2001-12-03
Ellie pose la question :
Please explain how a percentage like 83.3% is changed into a fractions. The answer given is 5/6 and I changed 83.3% to a regular decimal of .833, which would be 833/1000. How do they get 5/6 from that? HELP
Chris Fisher lui répond.
Original value 2001-11-27
Lisa pose la question :
We are trying to find the original value of a product marked up by 10%. What is the formula to determine the original value?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Renee, Paulo and Peter 2001-11-18
Sue pose la question :
Renee is 5 years older than Paulo. she is also 7 years older than Peter. The sum of their ages is 21. How old is each person.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Numbering pages 2001-11-15
Lucy pose la question :
A printer uses 1008 digits to number the pages of a book. How many pages are there in the book?
Penny Nom lui répond.
15 % of 24.95 2001-11-01
Puzzled pose la question :
How do I take 15% of a number I have forgotten
Penny Nom lui répond.
A $10,00 prize 2001-10-23
Michelle pose la question :
The grand prize for winning a contest is $10,000. After 28 percent of the prize is deducted for taxes, the winner receives the balance of the prize in annual payouts of equal amounts over a 3-year period. How many dollars will the prizewinner receive each year of the 3 years?(Disregard the $ sign when gridding your answer.)
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average of two polygons 2001-10-23
Irene pose la question :
How can I prove that the average of two polygons will give me another one?
Walter Whiteley lui répond.
A goat in a square pen 2001-10-19
Brad pose la question :
A goat is tied to one corner of a square pen 20 ft. on a side.
  1. If the goat's tether is 10 ft. long, what percentage of the grass in the pen can the goat reach?

  2. What should the length of the tether be so that the goat can reach half of the grass?

Penny Nom lui répond.
414 is what percent of 5,624? 2001-10-18
A student pose la question :
414 is what percent of 5,624?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Column doesn't add up to 100% 2001-10-17
A student pose la question :
why don't some tables I'm studying in a column add up to 100%? Example: N=338, but responses to questions asked in survey I'm studying equal of 24.3, 9.8, 43.8, DON'T add up to 100%. I'm assuming that some people surveyed out of the 338 didn't bother responding, but is there another problem related to proportion or ratio being used, but improperly labeled on graph?. Note at bottom of table says: "number in parenthesis are numbers of cases" and 338 was in parentheses. I'm lost.
Penny Nom lui répond.
15 mice in 4 cages 2001-10-08
Chelsea pose la question :
How can you fit 15 mice into 4 cages with an odd number of mice in each cage?
Claude Tardif and Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentage in our daily lives 2001-10-08
Natasha pose la question :
What are the uses of percentage in our daily lives?
Leeanne Boehm lui répond.
David's wages 2001-09-24
Kimberlee pose la question :
My math question is David earns $6.00 per hour plus $9.00 for every extra hour he works over 40 hours per week. If David earned $285.00 last week, how many extra hours did he work?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Ciefficient of variation 2001-09-23
Carmen pose la question :
I have a question from my OAC finite class. I've come across a problem with the coefficient of variation. I have taught my students that there are no units for coefficient of variation and it can be expressed as a percent. So, for example, a set of data with mean of 5 and standard deviation of 100 would have a CV of 5%. But what happens in this situation: the mean is 4meters and the standard deviation is 0.7mm. Is the CV 1.75% or 0.00175% or 0.0175%? I've had some students change leave the units as is, change them both to mm or change them both to meters...so which is it and why?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What percent of the sports drink was drunk by the women? 2001-09-22
Rachel pose la question :
  1. The male track and field athletes drank 153 gallons of sports drink at the meet.
  2. the track and field athletes drank 255 gallons of sports drink.
  3. The women track and field athletes drank 102 gallons.

problem: What percent of the sports was drunk by the women?


Penny Nom lui répond.
Double bar graphs 2001-09-09
Leslie pose la question :
My daughter has a homework problem in which she is graphing data from two frequency tables onto a double bar graph. The graph shows how many students worked in a program in two different years, grouped by age. In the first age group, one of the years has no students working, while there were students in that age group in the other year.
Penny Nom lui répond.
What did the girls score on average? 2001-07-20
Rajesh pose la question :
The students of two schools were sitting the same test. The students attending the first school scored 74 on average; within this the average scores of the boys and the girls were 71 and 76, respectively. The corresponding scores in the other school were 84, 81 and 90, respectively. If the average score of all boys was 79, what did the girls score on average?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A confidence interval 2001-06-28
Murray pose la question :
An investigator wants to find out of there are any difference in "skills" between full and part time students. Records show the following: 
Student            Mean Score         Std Dev        Number
----------      -----------------     ----------     -----------
Full time              83                   12          45
Part time               70                   15          55
Compute a 95% confidence interval for the difference in mean scores.
Andrei Volodin lui répond.
Monthly payments 2001-06-12
Anthony pose la question :
This question is base on my interest. I would like to know the formula for calculating this example: If you borrow $10,000 from a bank with an APR of 11.7% to be paid off in 5 years, what is your monthly payment?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Buying a car 2001-06-06
Steph pose la question :
How do you figure a percent. Say you want to buy a car listed for 21,500. You tell the dealer you want to pay 19,600. The dealer says they'll sell it to you for 20,450. how do you figure what the percent is between 20,450 & 19,600?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average value of a continuous function 2001-05-08
Esther pose la question :
The average value of a continuous function y = f(x) on the interval [a,b] is given by ________________?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Average speed 2001-05-01
Tom pose la question :
A ship goes in one direction, west to Hawaii, at 20 nautical miles per hour and, because of the wind, makes the return trip at 30 nautical miles per hour. What is the average speed?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Lots of coins 2001-04-26
A student pose la question :
I purchase 2 million coins at 9.75
I purchase 1 milion coins at 8
what is the formula to calculate my average cost?
Penny Nom lui répond.
A few problems 2001-04-22
Carol pose la question :
Hello I am a College student trying get through my elmentry concepts class. I am also working with the middle and elementry school student with their work. I was given a few problems to work on and i am having a hard time explaining them to students. DO you think you can help with a coupld of these questions!
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percents 2001-04-04
Cathy pose la question :
This isvery embarassing but since math and specifically percentages was my worst subject in school here goes. If I have a figure such as 425 and that amount represents 10% of the total amount how do I find out what the total amount is?
Penny Nom lui répond.
128 percent too high 2001-04-04
A student pose la question :
when pilgrims counted noses, they got a count that was 128 percent too high. if they counted 9120 noses, what was the correct count?
Claude tardif lui répond.
66:1 2001-03-26
A student pose la question :
I need to know how to convert the ratio 66:1 to a percentage. I can not find an answer any where on-line when the second number is a 1.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Two problems 2001-03-23
James pose la question :
 Casey is a finanical consultant for ABC finance. She earns $456.21 weekly. Her annual group medical coverage costs $1942, of which ABC pays 65%. How much is deducted weekly for medical coverage?

and:

Eleanor demonstrates microwaves at the national home show. She is paid $7 for each of the first 7 demonstrations and $11 for each demonstration after 7. What is her commission for a day if she makes 12 demonstrations?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Converting percents to decimals 2001-03-01
Elliot pose la question :
My math question is about Converting Percents to Decimals, here it is-

Convert 37 1/2 = ?


Penny Nom lui répond.
The price of a carpet 2001-03-01
Amber pose la question :
i have to calculate the square footage of carpet for me room and im not quite sure how to do that. the carpet is $2.08 per sq. ft. and my room is 12x11ft.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Solve for two variables 2001-02-25
A student pose la question :
How do I solve for %1 and %2 in the following formula when T1, T2 and T3 are known? %1 and %2 are ratios of the same element, therefore %1 + %2 = 100%

(%1 x T1) + (%2 x T2) = T3
Penny Nom lui répond.
Winning percentages 2001-02-21
Mike pose la question :
TEAM A WINS 55% OF GAMES PLAYED

TEAM B WINS 40% OF GAMES PLAYED AGAINST THE SAME OPPONENTS

WHAT WINNING PERCENTAGE SHOULD BE EXPECTED WHEN TEAM A PLAYS TEAM B (NEUTRAL SITE)?


Harley Weston lui répond.
Working on commission 2001-02-17
Jay pose la question :
Ron the realtor is offered a job directly out of real-estate school. He has a choice as to which way he will receive his salary the first year.

Salary Plan 1: He would receive a base pay of $2000 per month plus a 3% commission on each sale.

Salary Plan 2: No base pay but a 6% commission on each sale.

Write an equation to determine when it would be better to switch from the first plan to the second plan. Give a one- or two-sentence answer that includes Ron`s sales in a month. Round to the nearest dollar, if necessary.
Leeanne Boehm and Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 2001-02-17
Bob pose la question :
If sales for jan 2001 are 154 vs 105 for 2000 - the increase total presented to my office is +46% - how does that compute. Please give me the equation.
Penny Nom lui répond.
percent 2001-02-11
A student pose la question :
what is 1.5% of 20386.01?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Cincinnati to Winston-Salem 2001-01-23
Belinda pose la question :
Joan Bedney travels from Cincinnati to Winston-Salem at an average rate of 40 miles per hour and returns at an average rate of 60 miles per hour. What is her average speed for the trip?
Leeanne Boehm and Claude Tardif lui répond.
25% mark up 2001-01-20
Vivian pose la question :
If it costs me $100.00 to manufacture an item and I want to sell it at a 25% mark up, why do I get different answers when I perform the operation the following ways?

1. $100.00 x 25% = $25.00
$100.00 + $25.00 - $125.00

2. $100.00 / .75 = $133.334

Should these two not be equal?
Penny Nom and Claude Tardif lui répond.
30% of 80 2001-01-03
Denise pose la question :
Could you please tell me what 30% of 80 is?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Calculating the tax 2000-12-22
A grocer pose la question :
I have a small grocery store. I have a bag of money containing $325. This represents the mornings receipts and a tax of 5.75% is included in the total. How can I separate the gross take from the tax take so that I'll know how much is mine and how much is the state's?
Penny Nom lui répond.
What is the difference between Mean and Average? 2000-12-13
Julie pose la question :
What is the difference between Mean and Average? My thinking is the average, is the equal to the sum of all numbers divided by the number of numbers added together. But the mean, I think should be calculated by adding the largest and smallest numbers in the set and them dividing by 2. (which is the point where 1/2 the numbers are higher and 1/2 the numbers are lower)
Patrick Maidorn and Penny Nom lui répond.
Calculating your grade 2000-12-04
Jack pose la question :
I got an 80 on test 1 and a 65 on test 2. The first test is worth 35% of our total grade and the second is worth 40%. What is my grade right now?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Expected number 2000-11-02
James pose la question :
1)There are 40,25,50 students in the traditional,reformed,and reformed traditional Calculas sections taught by three teachers. On one fine day the three sections congregate together to watch the NOVA video tape on Fermat's Last Theorem.

a) A student is randomly selected from he crowed of students.What is the expected number of students in the same section of this student?

****this question which i did not have any idea to do as follow for the part b
b) If one of the three teachers is selected at random, what is the expected number of students taught by is teacher?


Harley Weston lui répond.
Two problems 2000-11-02
Michael pose la question :
Question:
I mistakenly divided a number by 5 when I should have multiplied by 5. FInd my percent of error.

Next Question:
How many odd numbers are between 10 and 9,999 from the digits 0-9 if each digit is used once per number.


Penny Nom lui répond.
The ages of three daughters 2000-10-25
Andrea pose la question :
An encyclopedia saleman call at a home. The woman who answers the door says she will buy something from him if he can give the ages of her three children. The first clue, she says, is the three ages multiplied together equal 36. he responds that he needs more infomration, so she says that the threee ages add up to the number of the bus that passed by (the prof did not give us this number) He thinks for a while and says he needs one more clue. So she says, my youngest child has red hair, and he is able to answer and make the sale. what are the ages of the three children? (hint: the salesman needed all three clues to get the answer).
Penny Nom lui répond.
Mr. Edgecomb's math exam 2000-09-17
Rachel pose la question :
In Mr. Edgecomb's math class, 30 students took an exam on statistics. If the average passing grade was 84, the average failing grade was 60, and the overall average was 80, how many students passed the test?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Central Limit Theorem and Law of Large Numbers 2000-06-26
Jonathan Yam pose la question :
The Central limit Theorem states that when sample size tends to infinity, the sample mean will be normally distributed. The Law of Large Number states that when sample size tends to infinity, the sample mean equals to population mean. Is the two statements contradictory?
Paul Betts and Harley Weston lui répond.
A percentage question 2000-06-15
Michael Smith pose la question :
I need a percentage for a business plan. How much is one-percent of two-hundred and thirty-nine million?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percents with mixed numbers 2000-06-04
Julie pose la question :
How would you find the percent of 33 1/3 out of 90 by using fraction settup!I can do whole numbers but not mixed. This is how to do whole numbers say it was 33 of 90

33 x 90 = 2970
100 x 1 = 100
2970 divided by 100
the answer is 29.7

so how do you do it with a mixed number


Penny Nom lui répond.
The Village of Truth 2000-05-10
Sean Pearson pose la question :
Our teacher gave us a logic problem involving two villages: the village of truth, and the village of lies. The problem is in asking two guards the right question to gain entrance to the fenced compound the villages are in without being shot. Have you heard of this problem ?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Probability and odds 2000-05-05
Leah pose la question :
The chances of rain on friday, saturday, and sunday are 20%, 30%, and 50% respectively. what are the odds it will rain all three days?
Harley Weston lui répond.
What percent is one fraction of another fraction? 2000-04-29
A student in grade 4 pose la question :
What is the method for finding out what percent one fraction is of another fraction. For instance 4/5 is what percent of 1/9?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The weight of a watermelon 2000-04-25
Lori Speir pose la question :
If I have a 100 pound watermelon and it is 99% water. If it sits out in the sun all day and is now only 98% water what does it weigh now?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Sample variance 2000-04-16
Jonathan Freeman pose la question :
I was just reading your article entitled "A Note on Standard Deviation" I'm now teaching a unit on s.d. and my students were wondering why one uses a denominator of n for a population and n-1 for a sample. I saw in your article that this is because "[the quantity] tends to underestimate sigma... and other technical reasons." To which my students again asked... "Why?" Could you please elaborate a bit on the "other technical reasons" perhaps in terms a high school senior (or their teacher...) could understand?
Harley Weston lui répond.
42% of 70 2000-04-07
Nikkie pose la question :
What is 42% of 70?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Wholesale price 2000-04-02
Lynda Bintz pose la question :
If a product is priced at $4.99 and is marked up 40% how do I calculate the wholesale price?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Word problems 2000-03-31
Amy pose la question :
Question:
  1. a north bound train left at noon. four hours later a south bound train left the same station. at 5 o'clook they were 160 miles apart. what was the rate of both if the north bound train was going 20 miles faster than the other one.
  2. clark's final exam was given 5 times the weight of the weight of a weekly test. the avgerage of 15 weekly test was 91. the overall weighted average was 85. what did he make on the final.

Penny Nom lui répond.
The world of percentage. Price tags everywhere 2000-03-27
Lydia pose la question :
I know there is a formula to be utilized for finding the percentage of a number, like most math. You just simply need to remember the formula for finding the number. Please put me on the path.

How does one figure out 10% or 15% of a total number asked? Say... 120

Reverse: 15 is what percent of 120, I know the answer should be the same but how is the formula applied?


Harley Weston lui répond.
Increasing the weight 2000-03-23
Lee Millard pose la question :
A weight of dimension a, b is to have its weight increased by w% by bolting plates of the same material along the top and one side (but not at both ends). The top plate and side plate have the thickness, x. Find the thickness of the plates for a given weight increase of w%.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Travelling from A to B 2000-03-20
Matt pose la question :
A car is traveling from point A to point B. Point A and point B are 30 miles apart. A car travels 30 miles an hour from point A to point B and then goes back to point A. How fast does the car have to go back to average 60 miles an hour?
Claude Tardif lui répond.
Box and whisker plots 2000-03-09
Brett Blake pose la question :
Do you have any information on Box and whisker graphs?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Folding a page 2000-03-01
Krista Bischoff pose la question :
One corner of a page of width a is folded over and just reaches the opposite side. Express L, the length of the crease, in terms of x and a.

I can't get the picture to copy to this form so I guess I will have to try and describe the picture the best that I can. The top right hand corner is folded to the left side, almost half way down. The width of the paper is a ( the width of the bottom part which is not folded.) The creased side is L and the part shorter part of the folded area is x (the part that would have been the top right of the original piece.)


Chris Fisher lui répond.
Percentages with decimals 2000-02-06
Andrew Connell pose la question :
I need help with these math questions: How does one convert a percent to a fraction when the percent has a decimal (example-86.5%)?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent of improvement 2000-01-30
Steve Quigg pose la question :

In a 1998 survey, 21% polled responded favorably to a question. In 1999, 31% responded favorably.

What is the percent of improvement?


Harley Weston lui répond.
Counting guppies 2000-01-26
Sarah Albaugh pose la question :
Out of 200 fish, 99% are guppies. How many guppies must be removed to have 98% of the remaining fish to be guppies?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Bar graphs and histograms 2000-01-11
Raeluck pose la question :
What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentages 2000-01-09
Nancy pose la question :

What is the best way for a parent to explain how one calculates percentages?

ie. Commission is $54268. Total Sales $403114.00 from that number how do you calculate the percentage of sales of various expenses.


Penny Nom lui répond.
.400 in Baseball 1999-12-15
Nieve Nielson pose la question :
I have several questions to ask about the probability of getting a .400 in baseball:
  1. What is the probability of a baseball player hitting a .400 in one game, considering that the hitter is up to bat four times?

  2. What is the probability of a baseball player hitting a .400 in a season, considering that there are 100 games in a season? With the first two questions in mind:

  3. Considering that baseball has been around for about 100 years, about how many people should hit .400 inthat time?

Chris Fisher lui répond.
Percentage change 1999-12-08
Michael Weinberg pose la question :
I am the Laboratory information system supervisor in a hospital. Our computer system calculates the change of specific results to monitor a patient's status. But there is a problem with the calculation in the base code of the program.
If one day the patient has a Blood count of 100 (P for Previous) then the next day the Blood count is 75 (C for current), the computer should calculate the change as -25% using the calculation |P-C|/P= D (D for Delta) and then check for positive or negative by the equation If P>C then D*-1 or If P The program is calculating using the equation: ((P/C)-1)*100 in the above situation this would calculate the Delta as 33.33333% Referenced in a Laboratory manual published before computers were used to calculate the delta changes.
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Penny Nom lui répond.
Mean, median and mode 1999-12-07
J William Morning pose la question :
Using the data values 2,2,10,6,5, determine the median, mode and mean.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Age in minutes 1999-11-21
Mesha Jackson pose la question :
How old would I be in minutes if I were 12
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percent 1999-11-16
Elaine Edwards pose la question :
Can you please tell me what is 75% of $495.00?
Penny Nom lui répond.
The sixth game 1999-11-16
Stephanie Sprunger pose la question :
Janice scored 18,21,27,16,and 19 points in five basketball games. How many points must she score in the next game to raise her average to 22 points per game?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Estimating the population mean 1999-11-13
John Barekman pose la question :
Statitistics: Estimating the population mean when the standard deviation is known:

I am not sure which n to use in the formula for the confidence interval equation:

x +/- z*(standard deviation/sqrt(n))

If we have data of ten people, and if we have the data of ten sets of ten people each, what is the difference in the n that we use? What is the difference between the standard deviation and the standard error? Are we using the number of sampling means or just the number of samples?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Body part measurements 1999-11-10
V Bailey pose la question :
I am a kindergarten teacher and mother of a 6th grader who wants to do a science project on the correlations of body part measurements. We heard this on the radio and it sparked our interest, but now I cannot find any information about it. Examples are: your height is supposed to equal the distance from fingertip to fingertip when your arms are outstretched. Your foot size is supposed to equal the distance from your wrist to your elbow.

Please help me find more information on this topic.
Penny Nom lui répond.
A pictograph 1999-10-28
Ali pose la question :
Please tell me how to make a pictograph.I am 2 grade student.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentage increase 1999-10-03
Ann Allen pose la question :
I am a a student in the 12th grade. I need to know how to calclulate the following: A percentage increase from 2.0% to 9.5% is what percentage?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentages 1999-09-23
Pete Cornejo pose la question :
Hello, I was wondering if you could help me with a question? Yesterday my daughter came to me and asked if I could help her solve these three problems.
  1. 18 percent of 25 is what?

  2. 18 percent is what of 25?

  3. 25 is what percent of 18?

Walter Whiteley lui répond.
Predictions 1999-09-22
Joesph Dana pose la question :
How do u find the results of an unbiased sample of 100 students that are shown on the table. For example the school has a total of 1,150 students prdict how many students would chose cereal(46) pancakes(15) eggs(20) and sandwich(19)
Haeley Weston lui répond.
Fractions, percents and decimals 1999-09-19
Sue Farr pose la question :
My son is in 5th grade, and I can't seem to find any papers that have a simple explanation of how to convert decimals into fractions, percents into decimals, and vice-versa.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Bob and his dad 1999-09-14
Yvette pose la question :
"Bobs dad is 27 yrs older then Bob. The sum of their ages 5 yrs ago was 45 yrs. How old is Bob now?"
Penny Nom lui répond.
How many went to the game? 1999-09-09
Lisa Schmidt pose la question :
If 3/4 more students went to the game than actually did go to the game, 25% of all students in the entire school would have gone. What fraction of students in the entire school went to the game?
Harley Weston lui répond.
Cognitive development as related to learning mathematics 1999-08-04
Chris Ahlman pose la question :
I am doing an independent study for my Math theory course at Evergreen State College, WA. I am looking into teaching Math to elementary students "as a language". I need information on cognitive development to tie to this idea of language development. I only know of Piaget. There must be others who are more recent. Can you help?
Walter Whiteley lui répond.
Three Daughters 1999-05-18
Norm Campbell pose la question :
I recently received a beat up copy of the three daughters question. I have only some of the question. It ends after the statement "the oldest one looks....... It does not finish. Is there any chance that someone can finish it off for me?
Rick Seaman and Harley Weston lui répond.
Re-Percentaging 1999-05-15
Doug Guion pose la question :
My mind has gone blank. I have a series of percentages which have been establised by the same base number. I need to remove one of the percentages (13%) leaving me with 87%. I need to arifically inflate the remaining percentages to total 100%. Any help would be appreciated.
Penny Nom lui répond.
The average rate of change of a function 1999-04-20
Tammy pose la question :
Suppose that the average rate of change of a function f over the interval from x=3 to x=3+h is given by 5e^h-4cos(2h). what is f'(3)? I would appreciate any help with this question.
Harley Weston lui répond.
The halfway mark 1999-04-20
Sherry & Tom McGee pose la question :
How do you figure the halfway mark between 1/3 and 2/3 as a fraction and a decimal point?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Prime dates 1999-03-25
Jessica Brown pose la question :
I'm asking how do you figure out all the prime numbers in a year and, whats the average amount of prime numbers per week.
Jack LeSage and Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentages 1999-03-16
Beth Barton pose la question :
If I have two figures and want to know the difference between them, in Percentage, how do I proceed with a calculation?

Example: 67,800 - 56,000 = 11,800
What percentage does this difference represent?
Jack LeSage lui répond.
Percentage markup 1998-11-28
John Coffey pose la question :
My 11th grade daughter asked me how to calculate retail mark up percentages, I would appreciate any help with this question.
Penny Nom lui répond.
Three dice 1998-11-17
Ryan Allinson pose la question :
Rolling three regular dice how many different ways could a sum of 10 be rolled?

Hope you can help. Can you please show me how this is done?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Percentages 1998-07-10
Adam pose la question :
Hi,
I would like to know the basics of percentages. It is all rather confusing to me.I have excelled in math but want to be ready next year for more advanced math.

What is Percentages?
Penny Nom lui répond.
Rolling a seven 1998-06-11
Bruce Thompson pose la question :
What is the probablity of rolling two dice and it coming out as seven?

a) 1/6
b) 1/36

please give me the correct awnser and explain please.
Harley Weston lui répond.
Percentage Question 1998-05-18
Eddie Knox pose la question :
Example: If I have a recipe calling for 16 ounces of 4% vinegar (vinegar which has been diluted with water to a strength of 4%), and all I have on hand is 16 ounces of 5% vinegar, how much water should I add to decrease the strength to 4%, before measuring the 16 ounces to be used.

I'll appreciate any insight and help.

Thank you so much!
Harley Weston lui répond.
Mean and Standard Deviation 1998-04-22
Kit pose la question :
i have a problem of maths.
i think the level of the question is secondary. question: Find the mean and the standard deviation of the numbers:1, 3, 4, 5, 7. i hope u solve this question.
thank you so much!
Harley Weston lui répond.
Pronunciation 1996-03-05
Todd Stienhauser pose la question :
Is 123.4 pronounced "one hundred and twenty three and four tenths"or "one hundred twenty three and four tenths"?
Penny Nom lui répond.
 
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