Percent
Per Capita
Miscellaneous
CPI use p. 44
Weighted averages, age depend, stats
100
343 is 35% of what number?
980
100
In Porter County there are 45,753 dogs. If the population in the county is 298,000, what is dog ownership per capita?
0.15 dogs per person
100
Using graph on page 59, what is the life expectancy at birth for someone in 1910?
50 years old.
100
Using CPI what should the cost of an item be in 2013,that cost $45 in 1976?
$184.24
100
What is the 75th percentile of the following numbers? 12, 15, 17, 17, 18, 18, 20, 21
19
200
What is 120% of 85?
102
200
Use the chart on page 25 of your textbook. What is the 2010 firearm deaths per capita in Colombia?
0.00028 firearm deaths per person
200
Using the graph on page 59, what is the life expectancy of someone who was 20 years old in 1930?
65 years old
200
An item cost 1.25 in 1980. The same item costs $3.25 in 2013 Has the rate of increase been more or less than the cost of inflation?
The cost of the item has risen less than the cost of inflation.
200
Calculate the grade point average. A in a 4 credit class C in a 3 credit class B in a 2 credit class B in a 4 credit class
3.08
300
If 8.5% of the 72,800 students at Ivy Tech have blue eyes, how many would that be?
6188 students
300
If a state owes 2.3 billion dollars and has a population of 1.2 million people. What is the state debt per capita?
$1916.67 per capita
300
Using the graph on page 59, draw some conclusions about the life expectancy rates.
Life expectancy at birth has risen dramatically since 1900. Life expectancy at age 60 has not risen very dramatically since 1900.
300
If an item cost $30 in 1990, what should the cost be in 2013 if the cost rises with inflation?
$53.47
300
Calculate the grade percentage. Homework counts 15%. You have 95% on homework. Tests count 55%. You have 82% on tests. Attendance counts 5%. You have 100% attendance. Final exam counts 25%. You have 80% on final.
84.35
400
Amy had 28 of her 140 students absent. What percentage of students were absent?
20%
400
Use table on page 25, how would you express the per capita firearm deaths per 100,000 for Columbia?
28.1 deaths for every 100,000 people in Columbia.
400
If you were given the following numbers and made a bar graph, would it be skewed right or left? 2,2,3,3,3,3,4,5,5,5,6,8,10,12
Skewed right
400
The federal debt per capita in 2013 was $48752. It was $4000 in 1980. Has this rate increased more or less than the rate of inflation? Use two calculations to prove your answer.
The debt has increased more than inflation.
400
Use the box on page 20. What is the child dependency ratio?
.304 children for every 15-64 year old
500
What is 15% of 46?
6.9
500
Use table on page 25, what is the firearm deaths per capita expressed per 10,000 people in Mexico?
There are 1.12 firearm deaths for every 10,000 people.
500
Use table on page 25. If Spain had firearm deaths proportion to the U.K. and Spain's population is 45 million. How many firearm deaths would you expect?
112 Firearm deaths in 2010.
500
If housing prices followed the cost of inflation, what would be the price of a house in 2013 that cost $50,000 in 1976?
$204,707
500
Use the box on page 20, what is the age dependency ratio?
.495 dependents for every 15-64 year old