Exam 1: Review and Applications of Basic Mathematics

Evaluate the answer correct to the cent:

Evaluate the answer correct to the cent:

Evaluate the following accurate to the nearest cent:

Convert the following fraction to its decimal equivalent and percent equivalent values, rounded to five figures:

Calculate the final value of the following equation

A class of 25 students wrote a term test. The results out of 30 marks are as follows: What was the average score on the test?

The following fraction has a terminating decimal equivalent form. Express its decimal and percent equivalent forms to five-figure accuracy:

Evaluate 18 3 + 8 - 4 × 2 - 3 =

A mortality rate indicates the fraction of individuals in a population who are expected to die in the next year. If the mortality rate among 35-year-old males is 0.34%, what is the expected number of deaths per year among a province's total of 50,000 such males? If 35-year-old males constitute 0.83% of the overall population in a city of 1.45 million, how many deaths of such males are expected in that city in a year?

$134 is what percent of $67 accurate to three significant figures?

The following fraction has a terminating decimal equivalent form. Express its decimal and percent equivalent forms to five-figure accuracy:

What is the percent Rate if a quantity is four times the size of the Base?

Marilyn's gross pay last month was $3,300.00. Her base salary is $3,000 per month, plus a commission of 2% on sales over $60,000. What were Marilyn's sales for last month?

The royalty rate performing artists receive from songs downloaded from Apple iTunes is 5.7%. If a band received royalties from Apple of $99,736.41 for a year, how many song downloads at $0.99 each did the band have for that year?

Evaluate the answer correct to the cent: 18 ÷ (3 + 6) × 2

A homeowner's tax statement lists the following mill rates for various municipal services: The homeowner paid $3937.50 in property taxes last year. What is the assessed value of his property?

A seasonal manufacturing operation began the calendar year with 14 employees. It added seven on April 1, eight on May 1, and eleven more on June 1. Six were laid off on September 1 and another 14 were let go on October 1. What was the average number of employees on the payroll during the calendar year? (Assume that each month has the same length.)

Through a calculation (on Canadian Individual Tax Returns) known as the "Old Age Security clawback," an individual receiving Old Age Security (OAS) benefits must repay an increasing proportion of these benefits to the federal government as the individual's net income rises beyond a certain threshold. If the OAS clawback is 15% of net income exceeding $64,000, at what amount of net income must a taxpayer repay all $5,900 of OAS benefits received in the year?

One year ago, Ming allocated the funds in her portfolio among five securities in the proportions listed below. The rate of (total) return on each security for the year is given in the third column of the table. Calculate the rate of return for the entire portfolio.

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