Accounting and Finance Foundations

Unit 2

Accounting and Finance Foundations Unit 2: Accounting and Finance Math Workshop 104

Chapter 4 Student Assignment

Accounting and Finance Math Workshop

4.1.1 Pre-Test

Please  answer  each    of  the following   problems    in  the space   provided.

1. If a man weighs 160 pounds and increases his body weight by 15 percent, what is his new weight?


2. Change .004 to a percent.


3. A bundle of rope is 1,260 feet long. Cut a 584-foot piece from it. After the cut is made, how long is
   the remaining piece of the rope?


4. If you are instructed to run four, 528-foot pieces of cable off a large reel, how many feet of cable
   must be on the reel?


5. If you have a reel that has 400 feet of cable, and you are asked to cut a piece of cable that is 35%
   of the reel, how long would that piece be?


6. Convert .125 to a fraction.


7. Which is greater— .750 or 7/8?


8. If you are running a machine that produces 170 feet of wire per minute, how many feet of wire will
   you produce in seven hours?


9. If you earn $13.64 per hour, calculate your gross income if you worked 40 hours at your regular
   rate, plus an additional 8 hours earning time and one-half.


10. The diameter of the cable you are running is 3.614 inches. If your foreman tells you that the cable
    is eight thousandths of an inch oversize, what would be the correct size of the cable?

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