Basic Arithmetic : Other Ratios and Rates
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Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
A diving team swims in 
A diving team that wins 6 competitions out of 10 will have 6 winning meets and 4 losing meets. Therefore, their lose to win ratio is:
This can be reduced to:
Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
A soccer team wins 
Since the soccer team has won 8 out of 10 games, they have 8 winning games and 2 losing games.
Therefore, their win to loss ratio is:
This ratio can be reduced to:
Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
The sales tax rate at your favorite clothing store is 
First, you want to figure out the total cost of your purchase by adding up the price of all the items you are buying:
Then, you find the tax you will pay on this total by taking 7% of $35:
You add the cost of your purchase plus the tax to find the total amount that you have to pay:
Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
Joe takes home a 
First you find the total amount of sales that Joe made yesterday by adding the cost of each item he sold:
Joe sold $20,000 worth of furniture yesterday. He makes 15% commision, so we find 15% of 20,000:
Joe made $3,000 from commission yesterday.
Example Question #2 : Other Ratios And Rates
Sara has a weekly salary of 
First you find the total amount of sales that Sara made this week by selling six lamps at $200 a piece:
Sara gets a 6% commission on her sales, so next you find what 6% of 1,200 is:
So, Sara makes $72 from commission this week. However, we can't forget about the $500 weekly salary she also gets! We add her week's commission plus weekly salary to find the total amount she makes during this particular week:
Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
Maggie works on an 
There is not enough information to answer the question.
We can interpret the information given in the question as "150 is 8% of some number, or whatever amount Maggie's sale is." We can turn this sentence into algebra by calling "some number" x:
From here, we solve for x by isolating it on one side of the equation:
Maggie's sale was $1,875.
Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
Waitress Kelly sold 
From the information given in the question, we can ask ourselves the following question- $120 is what percent of $670? We can turn this into algebra by calling "what number" x:
From here, we solve for x by isolating it on the right side of the equation:
Rounding to the nearest tenth gives us 17.9, so the final answer is 17.9%.
Example Question #1 : Other Ratios And Rates
In a football game, a team won 
The team has won 5 games.
The number of played games is 25.
Therefore, the ratio of winnings to the total is:
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