GED Math : Other Data Calculations

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Example Questions

Example Question #163 : Calculations

A cheeseburger normally cost \displaystyle \$3.50. Wednesdays it is discounted \displaystyle 20\%. How much is a cheeseburger on Wednesday (in dollars and cents)?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle \$ 2.80

\displaystyle \$4.20

\displaystyle \$7.00

\displaystyle \$0.70

Correct answer:

\displaystyle \$ 2.80

Explanation:

To find the cost of the cheeseburger after the discount is applied we need to first find out how much 20% of 3.50 is.

\displaystyle 3.50\cdot 0.20=0.70

Thus the discount is 70 cents, or \displaystyle \$ 0.70.

Now to find the new price we will need to subtract the discount from the original amount.

\displaystyle 3.50-0.70=2.80

Therefore the price of the cheeseburger on Wednesday is \displaystyle \$ 2.80.

Example Question #1 : Other Data Calculations

Cynthia earned \displaystyle \$70,000 in 2014. She received a bonus of \displaystyle \$7,000. What percent of her salary did she receive in bonus?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 7\%

\displaystyle 25\%

\displaystyle 15\%

\displaystyle 10\%

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 10\%

Explanation:

To find what percentage of her salary her bonus was we need to set up a proportion.

 \displaystyle \frac{7,000}{70,000}=\frac{x}{100}.

Now we cross multiply and divide to get our percentage.

\displaystyle \frac{7,000\cdot 100}{70,000}=10\%.

Example Question #2 : Other Data Calculations

For a treat, Sandy the dog ate \displaystyle 3 slices of roast beef every day. How many slices would Jeff have to buy every week for Sandy?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 21

\displaystyle 4

\displaystyle 10

\displaystyle 2.666

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 21

Explanation:

To find out how many slices of roast beef Jeff needs to buy in a week we first need to calculate how many slices of roast beef Sandy eats in a week.

We know that she eats 3 slices per day. Using this we can create a unit multiplier to find out how many slices she eats in a week. 

Since there are 7 days in a week the convertion becomes,

\displaystyle \frac{3slices}{1day}\cdot \frac{7days}{1week}=\frac{3\cdot 7slices}{1 week}=\frac{21 slices}{1 week}.

Example Question #166 : Calculations

For in state residents, annual tuition is \displaystyle \$8.374 for the 2014-2015 school year. For non-residents, it is \displaystyle \$33,624. About how many times more is non-resident tuition than resident tuition?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 8

\displaystyle 2

\displaystyle 4

\displaystyle 27

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 4

Explanation:

To find out how many times more the non-resident tuition is compared to the in state resident tuition we need to create a proportion.

First we will round out numbers \displaystyle \$8,374 is about \displaystyle \$8,000 and \displaystyle \$33,624 is about \displaystyle \$32,000.

Now we set up our fraction:

\displaystyle \frac{32000}{8000}=\frac{32}{8}=4.

Example Question #171 : Calculations

In 2014 the baseball team won the World Series. They won \displaystyle 88 games in the regular season, \displaystyle 1 game in the wild card round, \displaystyle 3 games in the Division Series, \displaystyle 4 games in the Championship Series and \displaystyle 4 games in the World Series. How many games did they win overall?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 100

\displaystyle 90

\displaystyle 80

\displaystyle 162

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 100

Explanation:

To find the total number of games the baseball team won we need to add all of the games they won together.

\displaystyle 88+1+3+4+4

\displaystyle =89+7+4

\displaystyle =100

Example Question #172 : Calculations

In 2014 a professional sport drafted \displaystyle 60 players out of college. About \displaystyle 1200 players were eligible for the draft. What percentage of eligible players were drafted?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 60\%

\displaystyle 50\%

\displaystyle 5\%

\displaystyle 12\%

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 5\%

Explanation:

To find the percentage of eligible players that were drafted we need to create a proportion.

\displaystyle \frac{drafted}{eligible}=\frac{x}{100}

\displaystyle \frac{60}{1200}=\frac{x}{100}

Now we need to cross multiply and divide to solve the problem.

\displaystyle \frac{60\cdot 100}{1200}=\frac{6000}{1200}=\frac{60}{12}=5\%

Example Question #173 : Calculations

To becomes president of the United States you must win one more than half the toital number of electoral votes (each state is alloted a certain number of votes based on population). There are \displaystyle 538 votes available. What is the minimum number of electoral votes needed to win?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 338

\displaystyle 269

\displaystyle 270

\displaystyle 200

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 270

Explanation:

To find the minimum numer of votes needed to win we can set up the following equation.

\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\cdot \text{votes}+1

Since we know our number of votes is 538 we get,

\displaystyle \frac{1\cdot 538}{2}+1

\displaystyle =269+1=270

Example Question #174 : Calculations

A new donut shop is opening! As an introductory offer they are selling donuts for \displaystyle \$3 a dozen. John has \displaystyle \$18. How many donuts can he buy?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 18

\displaystyle 72

\displaystyle 6

\displaystyle 15

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 72

Explanation:

To find out how many donuts John can buy we first need to see how many dozens he can buy with his $18.

To find this we use the following fraction,

\displaystyle \frac{\$18}{\$3}=6.

From here we multiply each dozen by the number of donuts in a dozen which is 12.

\displaystyle 6\cdot 12=72.

Therefore, John can buy 72 donuts.

Example Question #171 : Statistics

Country A has the largest population on Earth, with \displaystyle 1.3 billion people. Country B is next with \displaystyle 1 billion people. How many more people does Country A have than Country B?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle 2,600,000,000

\displaystyle 4,000,000,000

\displaystyle 300,000,000

\displaystyle 3,000,000,000

Correct answer:

\displaystyle 300,000,000

Explanation:

To find how many more people Country A has than B we need to subtract the number of people in Country B from that in Country A.

\displaystyle 1.3 \text{ billion}-1 \text{ billion}=0.3\text{ billion}

From here we will convert the units from billion to million.

0.3 billion is equivalent to 300,000,000

Example Question #176 : Calculations

The highest paid professional athlete in the US in 2014 earned about \displaystyle \$31.9 million over the \displaystyle 82 games. About how much did he earn per game (in dollars)?

Possible Answers:

\displaystyle \$16,000

\displaystyle \$1,000,000

\displaystyle \$400,000

\displaystyle \$82,000

Correct answer:

\displaystyle \$400,000

Explanation:

To find how much the athlete earned per game we need to set up a fraction.

$31.9 million is about $32,000,000 and 82 games rounds to 80.

So \displaystyle \frac{32,000,000}{80}=400,000.

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