Suppose your monthly income is $1500. You spend $500 for rent, $300 for car payment, $100 for car insurance, $200 for food and $400 for other purpose. Find each value as a percent.

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?

A local company charges a 3.5% restocking fee for all returned items.  What would be the fee amount for a $220 item that was returned?

The weekly payroll of Abkar Hardware includes 19 employees who earn $220 each. How much is the employer's share of total Social Security and Medicare taxes for the first quarter of the year?   a $218.46 b $436.92     c $4,157.01 d $8,314.02