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52 Week
High
52 Week
Low
Stock Dividend
In Dollars
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71.87 64.60 TTX 1.98 65.87
233.41 198.54 BMR 6.79 226.30
25.13 14.49 DSR 1.89 18.88
171.69 145.90 MUX 13.56 150.64
166.72 103.98 XLN 14.83 164.82

(1) _____________________ If you purchase a book for $3.70 and would like to sell it for a 40% profit, how much should the selling price be?
(2) _____________________ How much must be sold to earn $1778.7, if the commission on sales is 22%?
(3) _____________________ Your current salary is $45000 and you are given a raise of 15%. If you still have to pay 30% of your salary in taxes, how much will you have to pay in taxes on your new salary?
(4) _____________________ A town had a population of 17000 three years ago. During the past three years it had a population growth of 10% for each yearly period. What is the current population? (hint: round down to nearest person each year)
(5) _____________________
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% is the interest rate a bank pays. If you invest $9100 for one year, how much interest will you earn?
(6) _____________________ Jane has to pay $1400 in interest charges for the year on his car loan. The bank charges 14% simple interest for the year. How big is the amount that Jane had to borrow for the car?
(7) _____________________ Jane, a salesman, sold a house for $113000. Jane earns a 9% commission when selling a house. How much did Jane earn by selling this house?
(8) _____________________ The final exam your teacher is giving has 150 questions. If you need 60% to pass, how many questions must you get correct?
(9) _____________________ If your purchase comes to $920 + tax, how much do you owe? Tax is 7.2% and the total should be roundest to the nearest penny.
(10) _____________________ Michael sells shoes. Michael had the following sales report:

Week #1 $3000 sales
Week #2 $3100 sales
Week #3 $3600 sales

Michael earned $970 for this sales report. What is Michael's commission rate?
(11) _____________________ The number of students at a university increased from 1100 to 1265 in one year. What was the rate of increase?
(12) _____________________ You paid edhelper $78 to run an advertising campaign. Your cost to run a campaign is $13 per thousand impressions. If 1800 people clicked on the ad, what was the % of people who clicked the ad?
(13) _____________________ The number of visitors to a web site averaged 7425 per day this month, which was a 1% decline from last month. Was was the average number of visitors last month?
(14) _____________________ You sold 100 shares of XLN today at the closing price, which you had received as a gift. If you have to pay 20% capital gains tax, how much do you have left after tax?
(15) _____________________ What is the approximate gain on stock MUX from its 52 week low to its closing price? (hint: feel free to approximate)
(16) _____________________
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% is the interest rate a bank pays. If you invest $5800 for one year, how much interest will you earn?
(17) _____________________ Jill, a salesman, sold a house for $195000. Jill earns a 11% commission when selling a house. How much did Jill earn by selling this house?
(18) _____________________ You paid edhelper $72 to run an advertising campaign. Your cost to run a campaign is $12 per thousand impressions. If 900 people clicked on the ad, what was the % of people who clicked the ad?
(19) _____________________ How much must be sold to earn $1232.55, if the commission on sales is 27%?
(20) _____________________ The number of students at a university increased from 2475 to 3069 in one year. What was the rate of increase?
(21) _____________________ If you purchase a book for $4.60 and would like to sell it for a 70% profit, how much should the selling price be?
(22) _____________________ A town had a population of 30000 three years ago. During the past three years it had a population growth of 10% for each yearly period. What is the current population? (hint: round down to nearest person each year)
(23) _____________________ Your current salary is $53000 and you are given a raise of 5%. If you still have to pay 20% of your salary in taxes, how much will you have to pay in taxes on your new salary?
(24) _____________________ The final exam your teacher is giving has 100 questions. If you need 61% to pass, how many questions must you get correct?
(25) _____________________ The number of visitors to a web site averaged 2511 per day this month, which was a 19% decline from last month. Was was the average number of visitors last month?
(26) _____________________ Jane sells shoes. Jane had the following sales report:

Week #1 $2500 sales
Week #2 $2900 sales
Week #3 $600 sales
Week #4 $1500 sales

Jane earned $1500 for this sales report. What is Jane's commission rate?
(27) _____________________ Brad has to pay $1089 in interest charges for the year on his car loan. The bank charges 11% simple interest for the year. How big is the amount that Brad had to borrow for the car?
(28) _____________________ If your purchase comes to $570 + tax, how much do you owe? Tax is 6.3% and the total should be roundest to the nearest penny.




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