Answer Key – Chapter 6

Exercise 6.1

    1. [latex]0.75[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{3}{4}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]30\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{3}{10}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]25\%[/latex], [latex]0.25[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.05[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{20}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]20\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{5}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]60\%[/latex], [latex]0.60[/latex]
    1. [latex]1.5[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{1\frac{1}{2}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]17.5\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{7}{40}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]48\%[/latex], [latex]0.48[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.125[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{8}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]5\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{20}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]450\%[/latex], [latex]4.5[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.006[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{3}{500}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]0.5\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{200}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]460\%[/latex], [latex]4.6[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.0005[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{2,000}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]0.25\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{400}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]112.5\%[/latex], [latex]1.125[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.0005[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{2,000}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]108\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{1\frac{2}{25}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]5.\overline{45}\%[/latex], [latex]0.0\overline{54}[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.0175[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{7}{400}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]202.5\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{2\frac{1}{40}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]0.25\%[/latex], [latex]0.0025[/latex]
    1. [latex]0.065[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{13}{200}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]250\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{2\frac{1}{2}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]16\%[/latex], [latex]0.16[/latex]
    1. 70
    2. 100
    1. 0.19
    2. 0.5 km
    1. 52
    2. $53.33
  1. 2
  1. $16.50
  1. $0.27
  1. 7.5
  1. 40%
  1. 400%
  1. 45.45%
  1. 28%
  1. 800
  1. $186
  1. 130
  1. $2,200
  1. $32.50
  1. $25,000
  1. 74%
  1. $700,000
  1. $315,723.08
  1. 13%
  1. $89,400

Review Exercises 6

    1. [latex]0.80[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{4}{5}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]25\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{4}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]150\%[/latex], [latex]1.50[/latex]
    4. [latex]0.06\overline{3}[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{19}{300}}[/latex]
    5. [latex]4.8\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{6}{125}}[/latex]
    6. [latex]8\%[/latex], [latex]0.08[/latex]
    1. 36
    2. 20%
    3. $0.23
  1. $460,000
  1. 75%
  1. $1,153,153.15
    1. 42,875
    2. 38,500,000

Self-Test Exercises 6

    1. [latex]0.106[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{53}{500}}[/latex]
    2. [latex]225\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{2\frac{1}{4}}[/latex]
    3. [latex]0.25\%[/latex], [latex]0.0025[/latex]
    4. [latex]0.005[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{200}}[/latex]
    5. [latex]0.2\%[/latex], [latex]\displaystyle{\frac{1}{500}}[/latex]
    6. [latex]26.5\%[/latex], [latex]0.265[/latex]
    1. 12.5%
    2. $337.5
    3. $500

Unless otherwise indicated, this chapter is an adaptation of the eTextbook Foundations of Mathematics (3rd ed.) by Thambyrajah Kugathasan, published by Vretta-Lyryx Inc., with permission. Adaptations include supplementing existing material and reordering chapters.

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