$$\begin{array}{|c|c|c|} \hline & \begin{array}{c} \text { Average Salary } \\ \text { Increase } \end{array} & \begin{array}{c} \text { Consumer } \\ \text { Price Index } \end{array} \\ \hline 1993 & 4.6 \% & 3.0 \% \\ \hline 1994 & 4.2 \% & 2.5 \% \\ \hline 1995 & 4.2 \% & 2.8 \% \\ \hline 1996 & 4.1 \% & 2.9 \% \\ \hline 1997 & 4.1 \% & 2.3 \% \\ \hline 1998 & 4.1 \% & 1.6 \% \\ \hline 1999 & 3.4 \% & 2.2 \% \\ \hline 2000 & 4.1 \% & 3.4 \% \\ \hline 2001 & 3.8 \% & 2.8 \% \\ \hline 2002 & 3.3 \% & 1.6 \% \\ \hline 2003 & 2.9 \% & 2.3 \% \\ \hline \end{array}$$

Does the trend for the Consumer Price Index percents during those years also remain about the same?

Cassie Siebert borrowed $5,200 for 24 months to landscape her home. The promissory note carried 14 % interest. Find the amount of interest Cassie must pay. Also find the amount she must repay on the due date of the note.

A 13.5 oz . size of body lotion sells for $8.67. A 5.4 oz. size of the same lotion sells for$4.39 . Which size of lotion costs more per ounce? How much more per ounce, to the nearest tenth of a cent?

Angie Grosbeck's gross pay is $617.50 a week. How much will Angie earn in one quarter of a year at her current pay?

You can buy a sewin g machine for $625 cash or pay$125 down and the balance in 12 monthly payments of $46. What is the installment price? By what percent would your installment price be greater than the cash price , to the nearest tenth percent?

The Groat family has a fixed-rate mortgage with monthly payments of $682.40. They can refinance their current mortgage with a new loan at a lower interest rate and longer term. The monthly payments on the new loan will be$519 .18. To get the new mortgage loan, they had to pay a prepayment penalty of $680 and closing costs of$1,050. How much will they save in the first year by refinancing?

Round to the nearest cent: $\$ 19.9951$

Find $\frac{3}{4}+\frac{1}{2}$.

A social securit y tax of 6.2 % applies to a maximum wage of $87,900. The Medicare tax rate of 1.45 % applie s to all wages. What total did Liza pay for these two taxes on her yearly income of$90,000?

The Zanin Ore Company declares a quarterly dividend of $0.24 a share on its no-par value common stock. What dividend will Mattie receive on the 805 Zanin shares she owns?

Divide money amounts to find the percent one number is of another. Find the quotient. $\$ 30,000 \div \$ 120,000=0.25=25 \%$

$$\$ 120,000 \div \$ 400,000$$

$$\$ 5,000+\$ 125,000$$

$$\$ 150 \div \$ 1,000$$

$$\$ 12,000 \div \$ 60,000$$

Divide decimals and round to the nearest thousandth. Find the quotient. $100+140.2=0.7132=0.713$

3a. $100 \div 118.6$

3b. $100 \div 183.5$

3c. $100 \div 268.4$

3d. $100 \div 215.5$

Multiply dollar amounts and whole numbers. Find the product. $3 \times \$ 58=\$ 174$

$$4 \times \$ 93$$

$$\$ 7 \times 16$$

A graph in which bars are drawn left to right is called (a, an) ___.