EXCERCISES

1. Transform the percentages into decimal numbers: a) 0.5% = b) 125% = 2. Add or subtract, respectively, and give the result as a fraction: a) 3 + 5 0.6 ) = 4 2 ( b) c)
11 5 + 8 5 3

0.3 = 0.8 0.4

3. Multiply the fractions, and give the result as a decimal: 12 7 2 = a) 7 4 9 b)

4 0.5 3 = 5 8

c)

5 2

3
4 3

4. Divide, cancel all common factors, and give the result as a fraction: 11 a) 6 4 = 0.8 b) 5.
2 3 1 = 0.5 + 0.4 6

Calculate the value of the expression:

+ 2) (3 4 2 3 2 (6) 7 3

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6. What is the relation of the two expressions: greater, equal or less? Calculate A and B or decide by sign, and mark the right answer by crossing the corresponding field: a) A =
1+2 3 5

3 +1 vs. B = 8

A < B?

A = B?

A > B?

b) A =

3 4

20 25 0.5

vs. B =

3 4

0.4

1 2

A < B?

A = B?

A > B?

7. How much is the rent? (Rule of Three) total. How much will be the rent of an 90 m2 apartment in an area, where the prices per square meter are 20% higher? 8. How do you change? (Arbitrage of Foreign Exchange)
You have 50 EUR and can change them into US$ 70. For 25 US-Dollars you get UK 15 (Brit. Pound). How many UK will you get for the 20 EURO? The rent of an apartment of 120 square meters (m2) in a cheap housing area is US$ 360 in

9.

Calculate the portions in percentages: a) 180 out of 5400 b)

1 2

out of 5

10. Calculate the values corresponding to the given percentages: a) 6% of 800 clients b) 2.3% of 12000 loans 11. Calculate the old price if the actual price of 88 EUR was obtained when the old price was increased by 10%: 12. Calculate the new price if the old price of 60 EUR is first increased by 15% and then decreased by 5%: 13. Marking a price up and down. During winter sale the dress originally sold for US$ 150 is marked down by 20%. During a special marketing campaign the reduced price is once more reduced by 10%. What is the total price reduction in percent of the original price? 14. Find the exponential form with base 10 and simplify it:

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0.000012 = 0.0008 0.003

15. Add or subtract, respectively, and simplify the expression:

3b b 1 2= b+2 b2

16. Solve the equation

2 y 2.5 y + 1 = 0 with y 0 y 2

17. Determine the equations of the following lines:

y
3 2 1

y = g ( x)

-1 -1 -2

y = f ( x)

a) b)

y = f ( x) = y = g ( x) =

18. Service charge for reservation The train ticket plus the price for the seat reservation costs US$ 108. The transportation price is US$ 102 more than the fee for the reservation. How much does the company charge for the reservation? Justify your answer. 19. Transform the decimal numbers into percentages: a) 0,005 = b) 0,75 =

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20. Add or subtract, as appropriate, and give the result as a fraction: a) 0, 75 + 2, 5 ( 3 = 5) b)

3 1 + 2 4 3

c)

2 3

0,5 3 =
2

21. Calculate the fractions, and give the result as a decimal: 12 15 2 = a) 5 4 3

4 3 5 8

b)

3
54 2 3

1 = = 10

c)

4 =

22. Divide, cancelling out all common factors, and give the result as a fraction: 2 1 4 = a) 0, 4 b)
2 15 3 8

1 = 6

23. Calculate the value of the expression:

(1 7 8)
23 1 (4) 2 7 1 2

24. Determine the relation of A and B (greater than, less than, or equal to) in the following two problems of this question by first calculating A and B and then placing a check mark in the field with the correct answer. a) A =
36 90

vs. B =

12 32

A<B

A=B

A>B

23 vs. B = 40 b) A = 2 + 3 2

A<B

A=B

A>B

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25. You are driving a car at the constant speed of 120 km/h (kilometres per hour) which uses 7 litres of gasoline per 100 km. Your tank contains 56 litres of gasoline. You start at 9 o'clock. At what time will the tank be empty if you drive at the constant speed (120 km/h) the entire time? 26. For numbers a, b, and c the following inequalities hold true: a > b (a is greater than b) and b < c (b is less than c). Which other inequality can be deduced from this information?
a > c? a < c? neither

27. Assume that a loan officer's portfolio of micro loans in numbers is 64; 8 of them are loans less than USD 1000 and 32 are loans greater than USD 5000. Express the number of loans in the portfolio between USD 1000 and USD 5000 as a percentage of the portfolio.

28. Express

4 5

of 1,2 in percentage form:

29. How much is a) 5% of half a million? b) 0,2% of 75 million? 30. The sales price of a laptop is EUR 800. Assuming that a VAT (value added tax) of 20% was included in the sales price, what is the original price of the laptop before VAT? 31. Calculate the original price if this original price was first increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%, yielding a new price of EUR 99.

32. A price was marked down by 12%, resulting in a price reduction of EUR 10,80. What was the original price? 33. Find the exponential form with base 10 and simplify it as far as possible: 34. Add or subtract, as appropriate, and simplify the expression as far as possible: 35. Given are the line y = 2 x + 1 and the parabola y = x 2 2 . Calculate the intersection points of the two functions. Sketch both functions and justify your calculation.

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y 14

12

10

2 x -4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4

-2

36. Transform the fractions into percentages: a)

4 = 500 1 = 6

b)

37. Add or subtract, as appropriate, and give the result as a fraction: a) b)

4 2, 25 = 3,8 5 ( )

5 1, 2 + 7 8 5

c)

4 3

2 + 2,5 =

38. Calculate the fractions, and give the result as a decimal: a)

4 7 55 11 5 21

b)

1 1 1 1 11
1 2

c)

6 1 1 + 3 = 9 3 8

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39. Divide, cancelling out all common factors, and give the result as a fraction: a)

2 1 3 = 0,8
7 6 49 3 = 18 5

b)

( )

40. Calculate the value of the expression:

10 25 [ 6 1]
2

6 ( 4 ) + 10 2

)=

41. Determine the relation of A and B (greater than, less than or equal to) in the following two problems of this question by first calculating A and B and then placing a check mark in the field with the correct answer.
7 vs. B = a) A = 1 18
1 12

+ 0,5

A<B

A=B

A>B

b) A =

7 2 (7 5 3 10 )

vs. B =

80% 5

A<B

A=B

A>B

42. How much is the rent for the poster space? (Rule of three) Your ProCredit bank is paying EUR 780 to put up a poster for 180 days in the city centre. At the bus terminal, the rent for poster space is 20% less expensive. How much is the rent to put up the same sized poster at the bus terminal for 240 days? 43. Calculate the proportions in percentage form: a)
2 3

of

5 4

b) 108.500 out of 3.500.000

44. Calculate the absolute values corresponding to the indicated percentages: a) 5% of 0,06 ? b) 0,2% of 75.500 ?

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45. A bowl of 250g yoghurt contains 12,5g of protein, 17,5g of carbohydrates and 7,75g of fat. Calculate the proportions of each of these three nutrients as a percentage. 46. One side of a rectangle is reduced by 20% and the other side is increased by 20%. Calculate the percentage change of the area of this rectangle. 47. An original sales price of USD 800 was marked down twice, resulting in a final sales price of USD 640. Calculate the percentage of the first reduction if the second reduction was 10%. 48. Find the exponential form with base 10 and simplify it as far as possible:

5.000.000 40.000 = 600.000

49. Calculate or simplify the radical expressions as far as possible (the roots need not to be calculated): a) b) c) 50. Find the expression A such that following equality holds.
3a 4 b 3b 4 A = b 2 a 6 a
2 3

(
8

5 2

=
3

814 4 58 + 9 2 =

51. Six friends want to buy a piece of land, such that each of them is paying an equal share. One day before the contract is signed two of the friends decide to recall their offer. Each of the remaining four friends must therefore increase his share by US$ 4.500.
Calculate the price of the land.

52. The base ground of your house measures 20m 9m. You want to build a rectangular fence surrounding your house which is at a distance of 3m from the house at all sides. How many metres of fence do you need?

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53. Allocate the graphics to their functions by filling in the table:

a)

4 3 2 1 -4 -3 -2 -1 -1 -2 -3 -4

b)

4 3 2 1

-4

-3

-2

-1 -1 -2 -3 -4

c)

4 3 2 1 -4 -3 -2 -1 -1 -2 -3 -4

d)

4 3 2 1

-4

-3

-2

-1 -1 -2 -3 -4

y = 2 ( x + 1)
y = 2x 4

y = 3x 1

y=

3x + 6 2

54. Calculate the x-intercepts of the parabola y = x 2 2 x 3 . Sketch the function and justify your calculation.

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y
5 4 3 2 1 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 1 2 3 4 5

55. a) Sketch the line with slope 1,5 and y-intercept 3:

y

x -1.5 -1 -0.5 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5

-1

b) Give the function which is parallel to the above line but crosses the y-axis at 0. 56. One side of a room is 60 cm (0,6 m) longer than the other. How long is the shorter side of the room if the area of the room is 15,91 m2 ? 57. Transform the percentages into decimals: a) 0,02% = b) 7,3% =

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c) 118% = 58. Transform the decimals into fractions, cancelling out all common factors: a) 1,25 = b) 0,45 = c) 0,0025 = 59. The balance of your account shows 250 EUR. The nominal interest rate of your bank is 6% yearly. How much will be in the account after: a) 1 year? b) 2 years, if interest is compounded after each year? c) 4 months? 60. You are in a cycle race and you are about to pass the rider who is currently lying in forth position. What will your position in the race be after you have passed him? 61. Transform the fractions into percentages: a) b)
5 3

4 800

1 = c) 1 + 250

62. John is 7 years older than Anna. How old are they if the sum of their ages is 33? Justify your answer by means of equations.

63. Add or subtract, as appropriate, and give the result as a fraction:

2 1,5 = a) 1, 2 5

b)

52+7 2 3 5

c)

3
2 3

1 2 2

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64. After 3 months you receive 400 EUR simple interest for an investment of 20.000 EUR. What is the yearly interest rate? 65. Calculate the fractions: a)
4 5 9 7 45 = ( ) ( 21 )

b)

7 5

2 4 3 5
6 5

c)

2 1 3 = 1 3 2

66. Which value has the variable x to exceed, such that the following relation hold: a)

x 7 > 13 3

b)

12 48 < x 17

67. Calculate the value of the expression:

11 1 32 36 3
1 3

( 8 3)

1 12

)=

68. How much interest will you earn? For the deposit of 300 EUR your ProCredit bank is paying the total interest of 6 EUR for 3 months. How much interest will you get for a deposit of 5000 EUR for half a year? 69. Calculate the proportions in percentage form: a) 1,125 out of 2,5 b) 0,1 out of 40

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70. Among the corporate clients of your ProCredit bank you may count 25% more current accounts than savings accounts, and twice as many savings accounts as term deposits. How many current accounts and term deposits, respectively, are there, if the number of savings accounts is 600? 71. Calculate the absolute values corresponding to the indicated percentages: a) 175% of 800 EUR? b) 0,02% of 6 million EUR? 72. Due to the financial crises value added tax (VAT) will be increased from 20% to 22%. What will be the new price of the laptop which you could buy for 480 EUR before the tax increase? 73. Allocate the graphics to their functions by filling in the table:
a)
y
8 6 4 3 2 1 -4 -3 -2 -1 -1 1 2 3

b)

y
4 3 2 1 -2 -1
0

-1 -2

-3

c)

y
3 2 1

y = x2 + x + 1
1 2 3 4

-2

-1 -1 -2 -3

x
5

y = x2 4 x + 1 y = x2 + 2x + 1

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74. Complete the missing decimals, fractions and percentages:

Decimal form

Fraction form

Percentage form

0,003

0,3%

4 25
1,34 72%

75. Add or subtract, as appropriate, and give the result as a fraction: a)

0,8 1, 5 + 4 = 3
1+3 2 5 5 +1 4 3
1 4

b)

c)

5 3= + 12 8

76. Calculate the fractions and cancel all common factors: a)

48 45 32 30 4= ( )5

b)

10 12 8 9 7 8

4 3

77. Calculate the value of the expression:

( 60 + 2 ) 6 3+ 2
2 7 4 + 0,5 8

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78. What is the relation of the three expressions? Bring A, B and C in the right order (like for example A < B < C). a)

A=

11 11 3 1 ; B= ; C= + 10 15 16 2
2

< <

< <

b)

13 3 A = ; B = 2,5 4 ; C = 16 4

79. Calculate the value of the expressions: a)

( 5 4 [5 3 6] + 30 )
4

b) 7 2 53 + ( 8 5 ) = 80. Calculate the proportions in percentage form: a) 0,03 EUR out of 9 EUR b) 497 out of 700 81. The initial price of 500 EUR for a sofa was decreased two times resulting in a final price of 360 EUR. Calculate the second price decrease in percentage if the first decrease was 20%. 82. Find the number which continuous the sequence correctly. Mark one of the answers offered: a) 10 ; 20 ; 40 ; 80 ; 160 ; ?

200 60

400 65

320 7

240 70

180 64

b) 100 ; 93 ; 86 ; 79 ; 72 ; ?

83. The balance of your account shows 750 EUR. The nominal interest rate of your bank is 12% yearly simple interest. a) How much will be in the account after 2 months? b) How long does it take to get balance of 795 EUR assuming that you earn only simple interest?

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84. The balance of Peters saving account is 150 EUR higher as the balance of Marias savings account. How many EUR do they each have in their savings account if the sum of both accounts is 830 EUR? Justify your answer by means of equations. 85. The price of gasoline is changing twice within one week. Firstly the price grows by 8% and secondly it declines by 8%. Indicate if the final price of gasoline is higher, smaller or the same than the initial price by marking the right answer.

The final price is higher than the initial price. The final price is smaller than the initial price. The final price is the same as the initial price.

86. How much interest will you earn? For the deposit of 1.500 EUR your ProCredit bank is paying the total interest of 22,50 EUR for half a year. How much interest will you get for a deposit of 240 EUR for 8 month? 87. Calculate the absolute values corresponding to the indicated percentages: a) 106% of 22 million EUR? b) 78% of 450 clients 88. Your ProCredit branch opened in the first three month of this year a total number of 600 current accounts. The number of opened current accounts in March was twice as many as the number of February. In January the branch opened 180 current accounts. Calculate the number of current accounts opened in February and March. 89. Given is a value table of two functions. Draw their graphic in the coordinate system and find the algebraic form of both functions.

-2

f1 ( x ) f2 ( x )

-5 2

-1 1

3 0

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y
5 4 3 2 1 -5 -4 -3 -2 -1 -1 -2 -3 -4 -5 1 2 3 4 5