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Do you know your math?

Questions where taken from a School Article, about parents not knowing todays math.

1. In ten years a man's weekly salary increased from $45 to $88. What percent of increase was this to the nearest tenth?
1. 95.6%
2. 90%
3. 88%
4. 93.4%

2. Tom, who weighed 112 pounds, gained 5 pounds. To the nearest tenth of a percent, what was his percent of increase in weight?
1. 4.5%
2. 5.3%
3. 6.7%
4. 7%

3. A cost-of-living increase was reported as 2.3%. If the number was determined by an increase of $17 on $750, was it correctly reported?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Both
4. Neither

4. The population of a city in 1950 was 424,683. In 1940 it was 386,972. Find the percent of increase in popu­lation correct to the nearest tenth.
1. 6.7%
2. 8.8%
3. 9.7%
4. 11.6%

5. An airline reported that the number of passengers carried in one year was 472,968 and the next year it was 502,218. Find to the nearest tenth the percent of increase in the number of passengers
1. 4.9%
2. 5.4%
3. 6.2%
4. 7%

2006-11-16 06:20:59 · 2 answers · asked by David H 1 in Science & Mathematics Mathematics

2 answers

Yes, now the question is are you going to do your own homework ???

2006-11-16 06:22:57 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 0 0

ideal i will determine is a few thing like this... 2+(4h-a million)=11+2h upload 2+a million on the left...it turns into: 4h+a million=11+2h Then attempt to get the H on one aspect of the equation through subtracting 2h from the right and left...what you do to one aspect, you may do to the different...it turns into: 2h+a million=11 eliminate the "+a million" on the left through subtracting it (to develop into only a numerous of h) providing you with 2h=10 Then divide the 2h and 10 through 2 to get h through itself providing you with h=5 to study this, plug 5 in everywhere you note h and each and each and every aspect even as mathed out look like 2+(4(5)-a million)=11+2(5) providing you with 2+19=11+10 OR 21=21 wish that facilitates :)

2016-11-24 22:50:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

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