Exam 1: Review and Applications of Basic Mathematics

In March, Canada's exports to the United States were $29.5 billion dollars, which were 104% of February's exports to the United States. Rounded to the nearest $0.1 billion, what was the value of Canada's exports to the United States in February?

A province's progressive income tax rates are structured as follows: 6.70% tax on the first $35,000 of taxable income, 12.55% on the next $35,000, 13.75% on the next $400,000, and 14.65% on any additional taxable income. How much tax did a person pay earning an income for a year of $375,899.00?

Evaluate the answer correct to one decimal place: (4 × 3 - 2)² ¸ (4 - 3 × 2²)

Evaluate $\frac{\$ 1750\left(1+\frac{0.11}{4}\right)^{3}}{1+0.075 \times \frac{275}{365}}$

Evaluate $\$ 110\left[1-\frac{3}{\left(1+\frac{0.085}{12}\right)^{5}}\right]-\frac{\left(1+\frac{0.085}{12}\right)^{4}}{\frac{0.085}{12}}$

If the mill rate increases by 0.25 mills, what will be the dollar increase in property taxes on a house assessed at $380,000?

0.0505% of $50,000 is what amount accurate to the cent?

An online discount broker charges a transaction fee of $30 plus an additional 3 cents per share. A full-service broker charges a commission rate of 2.4% of the total dollar value of a stock transaction. Suppose you purchase 200 shares of the Bank of Nova Scotia at $55.40 per share. What percentage are the total fees charged by the online discount broker of the commission you would pay the full-service broker?

$281.25 is 225% of what amount accurate to the cent?

The following fraction has a repeating decimal equivalent form. Express the decimal and percent equivalent form in the repeating decimal notation. Show just the minimum number of decimal places needed to display the repeating digit or group of digits. $-\frac{7}{270}$

What is his hourly pay rate?

Express as a percent: $\frac{40.3}{80}$

Round the following to four-figure accuracy: 11.3845

Evaluate the following: $\frac{\$ 827.69}{1+0.125 \times \frac{273}{365}}+\$ 531.49\left(1+0.125 \times \frac{41}{365}\right)$

Evaluate the answer .: 20 - 4 × 2 - 8

Round the following to four-figure accuracy: 0.030405

Nitin is paid on a graduated commission scale. He receives commission at the rate of 2.5% for the first $5,000 of sales in a week, 4% on the next $10,000, and 4.5% on all further sales. What is Nitin's average rate of commission in a week in which his sales are $30,000?

What percent of $6.39 is $16.39?

Evaluate the following accurate to the nearest cent: $\$ 650\left(1+\frac{0.105}{2}\right)^{2}$

Stuart's regular rate of pay is $22 per hour. He is given 1.5 times the rate of pay for days he works over 37.5 hours. Determine the amount earned during a week where he worked 42 hours.