Exam 1: Review and Applications of Basic Mathematics

Jane took six courses last semester. Her grades and course credits are as follows: Using the Letter Grade to Grade Point Value conversion table in Example 1.5D, calculate her grade point average for the semester.

If the percent Rate is 1,000%, what multiple is the Portion of the Base?

Evaluate the answer correct to the cent: $\$ 300\left[\frac{1-\frac{1}{(1+0.03)^{2}}}{0.03}\right]$

Evaluate $\frac{\$ 1500\left(1+0.055 \times \frac{3}{12}\right)}{1+0.10 \times \frac{9}{12}}$

What percent is 88¢ of $44 accurate to three significant figures?

Round the following to four-figure accuracy: 9.6455

The Calgary Flames hockey team announced that its season's ticket sales of 11,542 represents 67.50% of the Saddledome's seating capacity. Rounded to the nearest 100, how many seats were not sold to season's ticket holders?

The value of 4(12 - 3)³ - 4(20 - 33)² is 2,240

Evaluate the following accurate to the nearest cent: $\frac{\$ 15,400}{\left(1+\frac{0.13}{12}\right)^{6}}$

Evaluate the following accurate to the nearest cent: $\$ 100\left(1+0.11 \times \frac{5}{12}\right)$

Evaluate the following: (2³ - 3)² - 20 / (2 + 2³

Evaluate the answer .: 5 + (32 - 3)² ¸ (9 + 3)

Evaluate 0.5 × 0.001 =

What is his gross salary per pay period?

Larissa works in a retail store in Square One in Mississauga. She earns a base salary of $320 per week, and a commission of 3% on sales over her quota of $5,000. How much will Larissa earn if her sales for the week are: a) $4500? b) $8500?

Evaluate $\frac{\$ 25,000}{\left(1+\frac{0.07}{12}\right)^{4}}$

A book author receives a 3.25% royalty from textbook sales. If the author received $65,000 as royalties, then total sales from textbooks were $2,000,000.

Carlos invested $10,000 at 7%, $20,000 at 6.5%, and $50,000 at 5%. What is the average rate of interest earned by his investments?

Unusually high snowfall in January caused the City of Calgary to exceed its January snow removal budget. In January, the city spent $32 million dollars, which represents 129.4% of its snow removal budget for the month. Rounded to the nearest $100,000, what amount did Calgary budget for January's snow clearance?

A client has a first mortgage of $175,000 at 5.8% and a second mortgage of $25,000 at 6.7%. What is the average rate of mortgage that the client pays?