Railroad Christmas Card

1: A suit is marked "100% wool except for trimming." What does this mean?
It is half wool, half trimming
The trimming is not wool
All of the trimming is wool
There is no trimming on the suit


2: A suit is marked 80% wool and 20% rayon. What does this mean?
Everything but the sleeves are wool.
The suit is made with 4 times as much rayon as wool.
The suit is mostly made of wool.
The trimming is rayon.


3: A sale price was 78% of the regular price of $45.00. What was the sale price?
$25.40
$38.20
$29.50
$35.10


4: Eighty percent of 36,500 accidents were not fatal. Give the percent of fatal accidents in this case.
10%
15%
20%
25%


5: Partway through the season, a baseball team won 30 games, lost 20 games, and had a rating of .600. Assuming they play 65 more games at this rate, how many games total will they have won this season?
69
64
72
67


6: A team had a standing in the league of .550. It had won 77 games. How many games had it played?
130
165
158
140


7: 15% of 90 > 90% of 15.
True
False
-
-


8: Bill spends 80% of his weekly allowance for recreation. This amounts to $19.20 What is his total allowance?
$12.00
$18.00
$24.00
$28.00


9: A class sold 48 of their 64 boxes of Christmas cards. What percentage of the boxes were sold?
60%
65%
68.5%
75%


10: Using a formula, find the amount of tax to be paid on a railroad ticket for $25 if the tax rate is 10%.
$2.50
$5.00
$3.25
$3.00


11: The tax on a ticket for $24.60 was $2.46. What was the tax rate?
5%
7.5%
10%
12%


12: Bob's mother bought a compact marked $5.50. It cost $6.16, including the tax. What was the tax rate?
10.3%
12%
15%
17.8%


13: A woman said, "70% of my salary went for living, 10% for savings, and the rest for taxes." What percent went for taxes?
20%
25%
28%
33%


14: If the whole of your allowance is spent, what percent is that?
60
50
75
100


15: Prices on goods were marked up 8% on the original price. This increased the price of a suit by $3.20. What is the new price?
$53.20
$48.70
$43.20
$41.50


16: In a city election 28,420 votes were cast. This was 70% of the possible votes. What is the total number of eligible voters?
40,600
45,000
43,500
42,400


17: From a yearly income of $5,280, a man saved $760. What percent of his income was saved?
13.5%
16.7%
14.4%
18%

The trimming is not wool
The suit is mostly made of wool
$35.10
20%
69
140
False
$24.00
75%
$2.50
10%
12%
20%
100
$43.20
40,600
14.4%

2007-02-07 08:25:03 by heather N

Merry Christmas to our employees.

1: A suit is marked "100% wool except for trimming." What does this mean?
It is half wool, half trimming
The trimming is not wool
All of the trimming is wool
There is no trimming on the suit


2: A suit is marked 80% wool and 20% rayon. What does this mean?
Everything but the sleeves are wool.
The suit is made with 4 times as much rayon as wool.
The suit is mostly made of wool.
The trimming is rayon.


3: A sale price was 78% of the regular price of $45.00. What was the sale price?
$25.40
$38.20
$29.50
$35.10


4: Eighty percent of 36,500 accidents were not fatal. Give the percent of fatal accidents in this case.
10%
15%
20%
25%


5: Partway through the season, a baseball team won 30 games, lost 20 games, and had a rating of .600. Assuming they play 65 more games at this rate, how many games total will they have won this season?
69
64
72
67


6: A team had a standing in the league of .550. It had won 77 games. How many games had it played?
130
165
158
140


7: 15% of 90 > 90% of 15.
True
False
-
-


8: Bill spends 80% of his weekly allowance for recreation. This amounts to $19.20 What is his total allowance?
$12.00
$18.00
$24.00
$28.00


9: A class sold 48 of their 64 boxes of Christmas cards. What percentage of the boxes were sold?
60%
65%
68.5%
75%


10: Using a formula, find the amount of tax to be paid on a railroad ticket for $25 if the tax rate is 10%.
$2.50
$5.00
$3.25
$3.00


11: The tax on a ticket for $24.60 was $2.46. What was the tax rate?
5%
7.5%
10%
12%


12: Bob's mother bought a compact marked $5.50. It cost $6.16, including the tax. What was the tax rate?
10.3%
12%
15%
17.8%


13: A woman said, "70% of my salary went for living, 10% for savings, and the rest for taxes." What percent went for taxes?
20%
25%
28%
33%


14: If the whole of your allowance is spent, what percent is that?
60
50
75
100


15: Prices on goods were marked up 8% on the original price. This increased the price of a suit by $3.20. What is the new price?
$53.20
$48.70
$43.20
$41.50


16: In a city election 28,420 votes were cast. This was 70% of the possible votes. What is the total number of eligible voters?
40,600
45,000
43,500
42,400


17: From a yearly income of $5,280, a man saved $760. What percent of his income was saved?
13.5%
16.7%
14.4%
18%

1) None of the answers are right. all it says is that the trimming is not 100% wool, this doesn't mean the trimming can't have wool in it.
2) The suit is mostly made of wool
3) $35.10
4) one would assume the other 20% weren't fatal normally
5) 69 games total (won)
6) 140 games won
7) F, they are the same number.
8) $24.00
9) 75%
10) $2.50 (what does it mean "use a formula"?
11) 10%
12) 12%
13) O.o 20%?
14) 100%... this is getting ridiculous
15) $43.20
16) 40,600
17) 14.4%

2008-03-30 18:08:47 by MORPHEOUS S

1: A suit is marked "100% wool except for trimming." What does this mean?
It is half wool, half trimming
The trimming is not wool
All of the trimming is wool
There is no trimming on the suit


2: A suit is marked 80% wool and 20% rayon. What does this mean?
Everything but the sleeves are wool.
The suit is made with 4 times as much rayon as wool.
The suit is mostly made of wool.
The trimming is rayon.


3: A sale price was 78% of the regular price of $45.00. What was the sale price?
$25.40
$38.20
$29.50
$35.10


4: Eighty percent of 36,500 accidents were not fatal. Give the percent of fatal accidents in this case.
10%
15%
20%
25%


5: Partway through the season, a baseball team won 30 games, lost 20 games, and had a rating of .600. Assuming they play 65 more games at this rate, how many games total will they have won this season?
69
64
72
67


6: A team had a standing in the league of .550. It had won 77 games. How many games had it played?
130
165
158
140


7: 15% of 90 > 90% of 15.
True
False




8: Bill spends 80% of his weekly allowance for recreation. This amounts to $19.20 What is his total allowance?
$12.00
$18.00
$24.00
$28.00


9: A class sold 48 of their 64 boxes of Christmas cards. What percentage of the boxes were sold?
60%
65%
68.5%
75%


10: Using a formula, find the amount of tax to be paid on a railroad ticket for $25 if the tax rate is 10%.
$2.50
$5.00
$3.25
$3.00


11: The tax on a ticket for $24.60 was $2.46. What was the tax rate?
5%
7.5%
10%
12%


12: Bob's mother bought a compact marked $5.50. It cost $6.16, including the tax. What was the tax rate?
10.3%
12%
15%
17.8%


13: A woman said, "70% of my salary went for living, 10% for savings, and the rest for taxes." What percent went for taxes?
20%
25%
28%
33%


14: If the whole of your allowance is spent, what percent is that?
60
50
75
100


15: Prices on goods were marked up 8% on the original price. This increased the price of a suit by $3.20. What is the new price?
$53.20
$48.70
$43.20
$41.50


16: In a city election 28,420 votes were cast. This was 70% of the possible votes. What is the total number of eligible voters?
40,600
45,000
43,500
42,400


17: From a yearly income of $5,280, a man saved $760. What percent of his income was saved?
13.5%
16.7%
14.4%
18%
please show me how u got the answer. thanks!

1) The trimming is not wool
2) The suit is mostly made of wool
3) $45.00 x .78 = $35.10
4) 36,500 x .20 = 7,300
5) 30 + (65)(.60) = 30 + 39 = 69
6) 77 / .55 = 140
7) false: they're both 13.50
8) 19.20 / .80 = 24.00
9) 48/64 = .75 or 75%
10) 25 x .10 = 2.50
11) 24.60 / 2.46 = 10%
12) 6.16 / 5.50 = 1.12, so the tax rate is 12%
13) 100% - 70% - 10% = 20%
14) 100% of something is the whole of it
15) 3.20/.08 = 40 (original price), so new price is 43.20
16) 28,420 / .70 = 40,600
17) 760 / 5,280 = 14.39 (14.4)%

2009-02-20 14:12:17 by EV

Just read, and laugh!

Anagram Hall of Fame
Attributions for anagrams (if known) are shown at the end of each anagram.
Internet Anagram Server = Isn't rearrangement rave?

Dormitory = Dirty Room

Dictionary = Indicatory

Schoolmaster = The classroom

Elvis = Lives

Listen = Silent

Clint Eastwood = Old West Action

Madam Curie = Radium came

A telephone girl = Repeating "Hello"

Western Union = No Wire Unsent

The country side = No City Dust Here

Evangelist = Evil's Agent

Astronomers = Moon starers / No more stars

Postmaster = Stamp Store

A telescope = To see place

The eyes = They see

The cockroach = Cook, catch her

Waitress = A stew, Sir?

The centenarians = I can hear ten "tens"

Desperation = A rope ends it

I run to escape = A persecution

The Morse Code = Here Come Dots

The Meaning of Life = The fine game of nil

Slot Machines = Cash Lost in'em

Conversation = Voices Rant On

Disraeli = I lead, Sir.

Clothespins = So let's pinch

Mr. Mojo risin' = Jim Morrison
(from the Doors song, "L.A. Woman")

The Great New York Rapid Transit Tunnel = Giant work in street, partly underneath

Florence Nightingale = Nigel, Fetch an Iron Leg / Flit on Cheering Angel
(Richard Stilgoe in "The Richard Stilgoe Letters")

MacDonalds = Clam and Sod

Darling I love you = leaving your idol / Avoiding our yell

Butterfly = Flutter-by

Heavy Rain? = Hire a Navy!

Tom Cruise = So I'm Cuter

Animosity = Is No Amity

Mother-in-law = Woman Hitler

Funeral = Real Fun

Protectionism = Nice to imports

A domesticated animal = Docile, as a man Tamed it

The Railroad Train = Hi! I Rattle and Roar

The Hilton = Hint: Hotel

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss = Stroller on Go, Amasses Nothing

Sunshine and Shadow = Show in Sun and Shade

The Check is in the Mail = Claim "Heck, I sent it (heh)"

The United States Bureau of Fisheries = I Raise the Bass to Feed Us in the Future

Snooze Alarms = Alas! No More Z's

Vacation Times = I'm Not as Active

Software = Swear Oft

Sycophant = Acts phony
(Stephen Jones)

Silicon Graphics = A Long Chip Crisis / Can logic ship, sir? / Gosh, sir, I can clip!

Alec Guinness = Genuine Class
(Dick Cavett)

The Detectives = Detect Thieves

The Hospital Ambulance = A Cab, I Hustle to Help Man

Semolina = Is No Meal

The United States of America = Attaineth its cause, freedom

Christmas tree = Search, Set, Trim

A Gentleman = Elegant Man

Presbyterians = Best In Prayers = Britney Spears

The Public Art Galleries = Large Picture Halls, I Bet

A Decimal Point = I'm a Dot in Place

The Earthquakes = That Queer Shake

Salman Rushdie = Read, Shun Islam

Martin Scorsese = Screen is a storm
(the director of movies "Taxi Driver," "Mean Streets," "GoodFellas," "Cape Fear," and "Age of Innocence.")

Barbie doll = I'll bare bod / Babe I'd roll / Liberal bod

Student Information Processing Board = Computation Transgression Forbidden
(MIT)

Statue of Liberty = Built to Stay Free

Eleven plus two = Twelve plus one

Patrick Stewart = A Crap Trek Twist

Mel Gibson = Bong Smile

Admirer = Married

Indomitableness = Endless ambition

New York Times = Monkeys write / Monkey writes
(by Andrew Glines)

Television programming = Permeating living rooms
(by Dan)

David Letterman = Nerd amid late TV

Howard Stern = Retard shown

Contradiction = Accord not in it
(by E. Tyron)

Debit card = Bad credit
(by Mike Morton)

God save us all = Salvaged soul
(by Dawn Amos)

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz = Cwm fjord bank glyphs vext quiz
(a pangram)

"Be Like Water" = We break tile
[a well-known quote attributed to martial-arts expert Bruce Lee]

Quote by Vonnegut:
Just because some of us can read and write and do a little math, that doesn't mean we deserve to conquer the universe. =
A masquerade can cover a sense of what is real to deceive us; to be unjaded and not lost, we must, then, determine truth.


Quote by Oscar Wilde:
There is only one thing worse than being talked about and that is not being talked about. =
Wilde died broken, beaten 'n' total nut. Hate being sunk in that rotten gaol. Shh, gay is taboo.


From Hamlet by Shakespeare:
To be or not to be: that is the question, whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. =
In one of the Bard's best-thought-of tragedies, our insistent hero, Hamlet, queries on two fronts about how life turns rotten.

Rate this from 1 to 10 (1=the worst 5=so-so 10=the best)
Ok, but some things are funny.And by the way, this is froma site http://wordsmith.org/anagram/hof.html go there and you will see.Thx!
As I said, I did not make these.These are from a site (shown up).Thanx to everyone who had time to read, at least 5 of these.

Very interesting! An easy 8.

2009-08-04 05:17:03 by Nicole16675