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Practice Problems For Mte 2 - Operations With Positive Decimals

Practice Problems for MTE 2 – Operations with Positive Decimals and Percents

1. Write “twenty-one and fifty-six thousandths” as a number.

2. Identify the place value of the digit 7 in the number 0.4715.

3. Add. 9.69 + 1.4

4. Multiply 0.35 and 2.9.

5. Divide 52.7 by 3.4.

6. Simplify. 2.4 + 3.15 · 2

7. Round 0.4327 to the nearest hundredth.

8. Estimate 8.24 + 6.4705 by first rounding each number to the nearest whole number. Give

your estimate as a whole number.

9. Estimate 3.49 x 7.508 by first rounding each number to the nearest whole number. Give

your estimate as a whole number.

10. The square below contains 100 smaller squares, and 25 of them are shaded. What

percent of the whole is shaded?

11. Write 5/8 as a percent.

12. Convert 3/16 to a decimal.

13. Convert 0.83 to a fraction

14. Write 20% as a fraction in simplest form.

15. Write 12.5% as a decimal.

16. Order the list of fractions and decimals from smallest to largest. 5/6, 0.658, 7/10, 0.75

17. 30 is what percent of 150?

18. Mrs. Toner’s fifth-grade class increased from 16 students last year to 20 students this

year. What percent increase is this?

19. At the local paper mill, the number of industrial accidents decreased from 15 accidents

last month to just 9 accidents this month. Find the percent decrease.

20. A laptop computer is priced at $650. If the sales tax is 5%, find the total cost of the

computer, including sales tax.

21. Scott Samuels had pharmaceutical sales of $42,500 last month. If his commission rate is

9%, find the amount of his commission.

22. Bill and Sue Maples borrowed $8,000 for 2 years at a simple interest rate of 18% per year.

How much interest will they pay?

23. In the pie chart below, what percent of the Johnson’s weekly expenses are spent on

clothing?

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Practice Problems For Mte 2 - Operations With Positive Decimals