If 40% of the purchase at a grocery store consisted of dairy products and the cost of the dairy products was $70, what was the cost of the entire purchase?

A local store is having a sale. All shoes are 40% off. If a pair of shoes normally costs $13.72 plus 7% sales tax, how much will it cost to buy the shoes during the sale?

Monique works as a librarian and earns $1,300 on a bi-monthly basis. What is her average monthly income?

Upon arriving at the fair, Amari finds they have marked up the price of tickets from theprevious year. Last year, each ticket was $1.50. This year each ticket costs $3.00. What is thepercent change in cost of tickets from last year to this year? How many rides can Amari go on if each ride takes two tickets per ride?   Amari decides he will mow lawns over the next month to save up for more rides at the next carnival. For large yards Amari charges $30 and for small yards he charges $20. Amari makes $340 and mows 14 yardstotal. Set up an equation for this situation letting y be the number of large yards mowed. Howmany large yards did Amari mow?   Letting r be the number of rides Amari can go on, translate this situation to an inequality. At most, how many rides will Amari be able to go on with the money he made from mowing lawns?

If a meal costs $74.30 the tax is 7%, and you want to leave a 13% pre-tax tip how much do you pay in total

If the stew costs $3.78 per serving to prepare, what should the selling price be if I need a 15% food cost?

An employee receives $20 in commission on sales amounting to $500. What is the employee's commission rate in this situation?

A life insurance policy costs $13.01 for every $1,000 of insurance. At this rate, what is the cost of $80,000 of insurance?

A machine is sold for 42% of the original cost. If the original cost is $9255.00, find the selling price of the used machine.

Richard works for a cell phone retailer. He receives a monthly base salary of $1500 and he has a monthly sales quota of $5000. He is paid a commission of 5% on the next $5000 in sales and 10% on any additional sales. What were his gross earnings if he had sales amounting to $34,350?