Basic Mathematics for College Students

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Write each percent as a fraction. Simplify, if possible.See Example 2.


  1. 17% 18. 31%

  2. 91% 20. 89%

  3. 4% 22. 5%

  4. 60% 24. 40%
    Write each percent as a fraction. Simplify, if possible.See Example 3.

  5. 1.9% 26. 2.3%

  6. 54.7% 28. 97.1%

  7. 12.5% 30. 62.5%

  8. 6.8% 32. 4.2%
    Write each percent as a fraction. Simplify, if possible.See Example 4.














Write each percent as a fraction. Simplify, if possible.See Example 5.


  1. 130% 38. 160%

  2. 220% 40. 240%

  3. 0.35% 42. 0.45%

  4. 0.25% 44. 0.75%
    Write each percent as a decimal.See Objective 3.

  5. 16% 46. 11%

  6. 81% 48. 93%
    Write each percent as a decimal.See Example 6.

  7. 34.12% 50. 27.21%

  8. 50.033% 52. 40.083%

  9. 6.99% 54. 4.77%

  10. 1.3% 56. 8.6%
    Write each percent as a decimal.See Example 7.














Write each percent as a decimal.See Example 8.


  1. 460% 62. 230%

  2. 316% 64. 178%

  3. 0.5% 66. 0.9%

  4. 0.03% 68. 0.06%
    Write each decimal or whole number as a percent.See Example 9.

  5. 0.362 70. 0.245

  6. 0.98 72. 0.57

  7. 1.71 74. 4.33

  8. 4 76. 9


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7 %


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10


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14 %


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Write each fraction as a percent.See Example 10.



























Write each fraction as a percent.See Example 11.















Write each fraction as a percent. Give the exact answer and an
approximation to the nearest tenth of one percent.See Example 12.















TRY IT YOURSELF


Complete the table. Give an exact answer and an approximation
to the nearest tenth of one percent when necessary. Round
decimals to the nearest hundredth when necessary.

93.

94.

95.

96.

97.

98.

99.

100.

APPLICATIONS



  1. THE RED CROSS A fact sheet released by the
    American Red Cross in 2008 stated, β€œAn average of
    91 cents of every dollar donated to the Red Cross is
    spent on services and programs.” What percent of
    the money donated to the Red Cross went to
    services and programs?


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3


5


3


2


9


1


6


33


20


21


20


11


4


9


4


9


16


7


16


3


8


5


8


9


25


4


25


1


5


2


5


510 Chapter 6 Percent


Fraction Decimal Percent

0.0314

0.0021

40.8%

34.2%

7
9

7
3

6

3
4
%

5

1
4
%
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