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The pieces of a 500 piece puzzle are stored in three containers. 220 pieces are in the first container and 180 pieces are in the second container. What percentage of the pieces is in the third container? Calculate the number of pieces in the 3rd container: Pieces in container 3 = Total Puzzle...

Anna made $60 babysitting. She spent 4/5 of the money on new shoes. How much money does she have left? Calculate shoe spend 4/5 of 60 = 48 Calculate leftover money Leftover money = Babysitting money - shoe spend Leftover money = 60 - 48 Leftover money = 12

If 44% of a number is 120, find 11% of that number. 44% of a number is 120 Solving for x, we get 272.72 11% of this is 30

35% of the houses are blue. Write the percent that do not live in blue houses as a decimal and a fraction in simplest form The percent that do not live in blue houses is found by: Not in blue = 100% - 35% Not in blue = 65% Typing 65% in our search engine, we see that the decimal and fraction...

Tom makes $500 in a week. If his rent is $350, his bills are $75 and groceries are $45, what percentage of his money does he have leftover Calculate leftover amount Leftover amount = Weekly Salary - Rent - Bills - Groceries Leftover amount = 500 - 350 - 75 - 45 Leftover amount = 30 Calculate...

3 children painted a local park track of 5000m, Alex painted 70m, Dell painted 15m, and Tony painted 35m. This pattern continues to the end of the track. What percentage of the park did each child paint? 70 + 15 + 35 = 120 When we take 5000 divided by 120, we get: 41 remainder 80 So we have...

If 25% of a number b is 25.18. What is 20% of b? Using our 25% as 0.25, we have: 0.25b = 25.18 Using our equation calculator, we get: b = 100.72 The question asks what is 20% of 100.72. Using our calculator, we get: 20.144

A survey was given to 120 6th grade students at middle school. It showed the 42 students said they like playing at the park. What % of the students said they like playing there? We want 42 is what percent of 120 Using our calculator above, we get 35%

A pair of shoes cost $250. The price was decreased by 20%. A week later shoes were mark down again by 25%. What is the final price of the shoes? 20% is 0.2. 25% is 0.25. A decrease is a reduction, so we have: Final Price = 250 * (1 - 0.2) * (1 - 0.25) Final Price = 250 * 0.8 * 0.75 Final Price...

The property taxes on a business office were $960. What was the tax rate if the business office was valued at $80,000? Tax Rate = 100% * Tax Amount / Office Value Tax Rate = 100% * 960 / 80000 Tax Rate = 100% * 0.012 Tax Rate = 1.2%

John bought a painting for $600 and sold it for $648. Find the profit as a percentage of the cost. Calculate the profit: Profit = Sale Price - Purchase price Profit = 648 - 600 Profit = 48 Calculate Profit percentage of cost = Profit percentage of cost = 100% * Profit/cost Profit percentage of...

75% of x is 25 dollars and 99 cents Since 75% is 0.75 as a decimal, we rewrite this as an algebraic expression: 0.75x = 25.99 If we want to solve for x, we type this equation into our search engine and we get: x = 34.65

46% of bullied students report notifying an adult at school about the incident. How much of the percentage did not notify an adult? When it comes to bullying, either a student notified or did not notify. If 46% notified, then: 100% - 46% = 54% did not notify

A baseball team won 40% of its first 30 games. The team then won 65% of its next 60 games. Approximately what percent of the games did the team win? Using our percentage calculators, we type the following statements into our search engine and get: 45% of 30 = 13.5 65% of 60 = 39 For a total of...

a school 220 grade 9 students. 140of those students are female. what percentage of grade 9 students are female We want 140/220 as a percent = 63.64%

Mike writes a book and gets 15% royalty of total sales. He sells 50,000 books at a cost of $35 per book. What is the royalty he receives? Remember to put the $ symbol in your answer. For example, if your answer is 10 dollars, write $10 in the answer box. Calculate total sales: Total Sales =...

Vacation is 72 days long. What percent of the entire year is summer vacation ? Vacation day Percent = 100% * Vacation Days / Total Days in the year Vacation day Percent = 100% * 72/365 Vacation day Percent = 100% * 0.1973 Vacation day Percent = 19.73%

There are 250 boys and 150 girls in a school, if 60% of the boys and 40% of the girls play football, what percentage of the school play football First calculate total students: Total students = Boys + Girls Total students = 250 + 150 Total students = 400 Calculate the boys that play football...

If 10% of 400 is decreased by 25, the result is? 10% of 400 using our search engine is 40. The phrase decreased by means we subtract 25 from 40: 40 - 25 = 15

36% of the pupils in class 2 are boys the remaining 16 are girls how many pupils are in class 2? This means 100% - 36% = 64% of the class are girls. And if the class size is s, then we have: 64% of s = 16 Or, written as a decimal: 0.64s = 16 To solve this equation for s, we type it into our...