Quantitative Skills Flashcards
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A Mature Students Admissions Pathway professional needs to calculate a 15% increase on a base value of 240. What is the result?
Answer: 276
15% of 240 = 0.15 × 240 = 36. Adding this to the base: 240 + 36 = 276.
In Mature Students Admissions Pathway, if a process has a completion rate of 85% and 340 items were started, how many were completed?
Answer: 289
85% of 340 = 0.85 × 340 = 289 items completed.
A Mature Students Admissions Pathway report shows values of 42, 38, 45, 51, and 34. What is the mean (average)?
Answer: 42
Sum = 42 + 38 + 45 + 51 + 34 = 210. Mean = 210 ÷ 5 = 42.
If a Mature Students Admissions Pathway project budget is $50,000 and actual spending is $57,500, what is the percentage over budget?
Answer: 15%
Over budget amount = $57,500 - $50,000 = $7,500. Percentage = ($7,500 / $50,000) × 100 = 15%.
In Mature Students Admissions Pathway, a ratio of 3:5 is used to divide 480 units. How many units are in the larger portion?
Answer: 300
Total parts = 3 + 5 = 8. Each part = 480 ÷ 8 = 60. Larger portion = 5 × 60 = 300.
A Mature Students Admissions Pathway survey collected responses from 600 participants. If 72% responded positively, how many responded positively?
Answer: 432
72% of 600 = 0.72 × 600 = 432 positive responses.
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