Interest, Tax, Commission
Tom put $250 in a savings account. His savings earns 5% annual interest. How much money will Toby have in his savings account after 5 years.
$312.50
Brandon's Furniture Store buys a sofa at a wholesale price of $97.00. If the markup rate at Brandon's Furniture Store is 40%, what is the markup for the sofa?
$38.80 markup. New price is $135.80.
Daniel had $25 to spend at the fair. If admission to the fair is $4 and the rides cost $1.50 each, what is the greatest number of rides Daniel can go on?
14 rides.
Solve for n. 2n+6=46
n=20
The radius of a circle is 28cm. What is the circle's diameter?
56cm
Sue bought a iPad online. She had to pay 15% in shipping fees. The item totaled $1,149. How much did shipping cost?
$172.35
Adidas has a 25% off sale on all sneakers. With this discount, the price of one pair of sneakers is $60. What is the original price of the pair of sneakers?
$80
Frank has $40 to spend at Wegmans. He is going to buy bags of chips that cost $3.00 each and steak that cost $15. What is the maximum number of bags of chips that Frank can buy?
8 bags of chips.
The radius of a circle is 12in. What is the area of the circle?
144pi in.
A car salesman earns a 3% commission on sales. If he sells a car for $27,990, how much commission will he earn?
$839.70
Sam enjoys taking part in races and keeps track of all of his finishing times. At a race last month, he finished in 250 minutes. Yesterday, he completed another race and finished in 195 minutes. What is the percent decrease in Sam's finishing time?
22% decrease.
Jake has $200 to spend at Nike. All prices below include tax.He buys a pair of Nike Air Max 90 for $90. He buys a six pack of socks for $20 and a pair of shorts for $25. He plans to use the remaining money to buy new tee shirts for $20 each. What is the greatest number of tee shirts that Jake can buy with the remaining money?
3 t-shirts.
The radius of a circle is 16cm. What is the circle's circumference?
32pi cm
The Smith family purchases $350,000 in life insurance from an insurance agency. How much will they pay the insurance agency if she charges a 0.5% commission?
$1,750
Jackson keeps track of his driving so that he can take a tax deduction. Jackson drove 530 miles last month. In comparison, he has driven 20% more than that this month. How much has he driven this month?
106 mile increase. Jackson drove 636 miles this month.
Steve downloaded a video game to your computer. Steve has a 60-minute free trial of the game. It takes 5 minutes to set up the game and 7 minutes to play each level. Steve wants to find out how many levels you can play for free.
Steve can play 7 levels for free.
The diameter of a circle is 14π ft. What is the circle's area?
49π ft.
A $2,000 savings bond earns simple interest at the rate of 4% each year. The interest is paid at the end of every month. How much interest will the bond have earned after 3 months?
$20
A football team had 80 players show up for tryouts last year and this year had 96 players show up for tryouts. Find the percent increase in players from last year to this year.
20% increase.
Stan earned $7.55 per hour plus an additional $100 in tips waiting tables on Saturday evening. He wants to earn at least $160 in all. What is the least number of hours Stan would have to work to earn this much money?
Stan needed to work at least 8 hours.
3.3h − 3 = 15 −1.2h
h=0.25
The circumference of the circle at the center of a basketball court is 37.68 feet. Find the area of the circle at center court. Use for pi button on your calculator.
The area of the circle is 113 ft.