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Write .625 as a percent

62.5%

100

4% of 120 feet =

4.8 Feet

100

35 rail cars is  ______% of 70 rail cars

50%

100

32 shipments is 8% of how many shipments 

4150

100

One city reported that the number of fires caused by arson dropped 17% in one year to 182. Find the number of fires caused by arson in the previous year.

219

200

Write .0005 as a percent

0.05%

200

7  1/2% of $150

11.25

200

What percent of 425 orders is 612 orders

144%

200

$33,870 is 37 1/2% of 

90320

200

Automobile sales in Asia were 41.2 million this year, a 4.3% increase over last year. Find the number of auto sales in Asia last year, rounded to the nearest tenth of a million.

39.50 Mil

300

Find the fractional equivalent of 24%

6/25

300

A survey of 30 large retailers showed that expenses averaged  92.4% of total sales. Estimate the expenses for a firm with $138 million in quarterly sales to the nearest tenth of a million dollars.

127.5 Million

300

Only 250 of Thai Beach’s 1100 customers tan regularly. Find the percent that tan regularly.

22.7%

300

36 students is .75% of how many students

480

300

The stock value of drugstore operator CVS dropped 7.4% to close at $79.51 per share. Find the value of each share of stock before the drop

$85.86

400

Find the fractional equivalent of 17.5%

7/40

400

There are 1,300,705 lawyers in the U.S. and 65% are male. Find the Percent of lawyers who are female and the number of lawyers who are female.

35% 

455247

400

A recent study by Rand’s National Defense Research Institute exam-ined 48,000 military jobs, such as Army attack-helicopter pilot and Navy gunner’s mate. It was found that 8640 of the jobs were filled by women. What percent of these jobs are filled by women?

18%

400

This semester there are 1785 married students on campus. If  this figure represents 23% of the total enrollment, what is the total enrollment?

7761

400

Netflix has 91 million subscribers streaming movies for an increase of 225% over five years ago. Find the number of subscribers five years ago

28 Mil

500

Find the fractional equivalent of 5/16%

1/320

500

A real estate broker wants to purchase a new personal digital assistant priced at $249. Find the total cost if sales tax rate is 7.75%.

$268.30

500

Of the 2380 motorcycle riders that participated in a recent bike rally through the California mountains, 2041 were men. Find the percent who were men.

85.76%

500

One survey among college students found that 28.4% grew up in a home with two or more siblings and 44.7% grew up in a home with one sibling. If 194 students grew up in a home with no siblings, find the size of the survey group.

721

500

Sara Rasic, owner of Sara’s Deli, says that her sales have increased exactly 20% per year for the last two years. Her sales this year are $170,035.20. Find her sales two years ago.

$118,080

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