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Geometry, Measurement & Finance 10

Proportions, Unit Pricing, Best Buys, Currency Exchange, Markups & Discounts
Review Complete with Answer Key

SHOW ALL YOUR WORK FOR EVERY QUESTION. Include labels for all
calculations and write the units for your answer.

1. Solve.

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a) = b) 5 : 11 = 8 : x c) =
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d) 2 : 5 : 8 = 9 : x : y e) 4 : 8 : 7 = x : 15 : y

2. What is the unit price for salmon that costs $15.99 for 1.8 kg?

3. Which the better deal 20 lb of potatoes which costs $17.29 or at another store
5 lb of potatoes which costs $3.99?

4. A 640 mL bottle of Catelli pasta sauce costs $2.99 whereas a 510 mL bottle of
Sobeys brand pasta sauce costs $1.69. Which is the better buy?

5. A painted sign is built so that the ratio of the height to the width is 0.75 to
2. If the sign is 3.6 m wide, how tall is the sign?

6. If 1 euro is $1.58994 Canadian, how many Euros do you get for $1200 Canadian?

7. Convert 2000 Swiss Francs to Canadian dollars. The exchange rate is

$1 Canadian is 1.03547 Swiss Francs.

8. On a map 1 cm represents 2500 km. How many km is a distance of 13.5 cm on the

map?

9. What is the total cost, including 13% HST, of a TV that costs $645.95?

10. Pam is traveling from Mexico City (Mexico) to Athens (Greece) for a two week
vacation. She budgets 30 000 in Mexican pesos as spending money. How much
money is this in Euros? The exchange rate is 1 Mexican peso = 0.06113 Euros.

11. What is the markup in dollars and retail price of a coat with a wholesale price of
$97 and is marked up 70%?

12. A computer that sells for $1190 has a wholesale price of $680. What is the
percent markup?

13. A laptop computer that regularly sells for $1689.95 is now 35% off. What is
the sale price?

14. A car that regularly sells for $37 200 is now 30% off. What is the sale price
including HST (15%)?
15. Jill owns her own sporting goods shop. She buys snowboards for $118 and marks
them up 150%. What is the markup in dollars and the retail price? How much
HST(15%) would a customer pay?

16. The ratio of Pierres height to Stefans height is 6:7. How tall is Pierre, if
Stefan is 161 cm?

17. What is the discount in dollars and percent discount on a coat which regularly
sells for $350 and is now on sale for $240?

18. If 15 blue ink gel pens cost $12.95, what is the unit price?

19. Rob travels from New Zealand to Denmark. He converts $1000 New Zealand to
Danish krones. If 1 Danish krone equals $0.1945 New Zealand, how many Danish
krones does he have?

20. A machine can make 450 parts in 2.5 hours. How many parts can it make in
30 minutes?

21. A store buys winter coats for $78 and sells them for $165. What is the markup
in dollars and the percent markup?

22. Keano buys a set of skis on sale for $195. If the skis regularly cost $325, what
is the discount in dollars and the percent discount?

23. Which is the better buy?

20 packages for $13.00

30 packages for $17.40

24. If 120 fabric softener sheets costs $4.99, what is the unit price?

25. As a custodian, Mark makes a cleaning solution by mixing 45 g of concentrated

powdered cleanser into 2 L of water. How much cleaning powder will he need
for 3.5 L of water?

Answer Key
1. A) 13.5 B) 17.6 C) 8.75 D) X=22.5 Y=36 2) $8.88/Kg 3) $3.99/lb
4) $1.69/510ml 5) H=1.35m 6) 755 Euros 7) $1931.49 Cdn 8) 33 750 km
9) TC= $729.92 10) 1834 Euros 11) MU$ = $67.90 RP = $164.90 12) MU% = 75
13) SP = $1098.47 14) SP + 15% HST = $29 946.00 15) MU$=$177.00 RP=$295
15% HST=$44.25 16) Pierre is 138cm 17) D$=$110.00 D%=31.4%
18) Unit Price $0.86/gel pen 19) 5141 DK 20) 90 M/C parts in 30 minutes
21) MU$=$87 MU%=112% 22) D$=$130.00 D%=40%
23) Best buy = $17.40/30 pkgs 24) Unit Price = $0.04/sheet 25) 78.75g or 79g of
Cleaning Powder is needed.