Each of Mrs. White's two children received $50 for their savings account. The original amounts in their savings accounts were $500 and $300, respectively. Without calculating, which savings account had a greater percent of increase? Explain.

30% of what number is 70

A set of blocks contains 18 blocks. Jeremy has 5 sets of building blocks. Can he divide them into 8 equal piles? Explain your answer.

Cooper invested $510 in an account paying an interest rate of 3 3/8 % compounded daily. Nora invested $510 in an account paying an interest rate of 3 7/8% compounded monthly.

a t shirt cost 18 dollar before tax. after sales tax, the t shirt is 19.53. what is the sales tax rate?

A dance CD has 5 songs on it - 2 are slow, and 3 are fast. When the DJ at a dance plays a song it is not played again. All songs from the CD are played at random. What is the probability that the first two songs played are slow songs? a. 2/25 b.

Lúcia is using energy at a rate of 420 kilocalories (kcal) per hour (start text, h, end text,) ice skating. At what rate is Lúcia using energy in calories per minute left parenthesis, / frac cal / - end fraction, right parenthesis?

Tamika makes a 4% commission selling electronics. How much commission doe: she make if she sells a flat-screen TV for $8,000?

Dr. Cox loves to travel. He went to Alaska when it was - 24 and then flew to Florida where it was 69, what was the difference?

Write two numbers so that The first number is less than the second number, and The absolute value of the first number is greater than the absolute value of the second number

Wang Hao wants to spend at most $15 on dairy products. Each liter of goat milk costs $2.40 and each liter of cow's milk costs $1.