Now move the cursor to cell C4, which holds the new CPI index number. Enter a new index number of 187.5.

Now enter a new CPI of 179 .9 in cell C4. Will the employees get COLA? What is the reason?

Five percent of a company's profits of $472,000 are to be shared with 4 supervisors. Thirty percent of the profits are to be shared with 48 hourly employees. What profit sharing amount did each of the supervisors and hourly employees get?

The Lentag Company spent $\$ 3,750$ per employee this year to provide a medical insurance benefit for its 1,100 employees. The insurance company notified Lentag that medical insurance costs would increase $12 \%$ next year. Lentag's management decides to keep the same medical coverage but will require employees to pay $15 \%$ of the total cost of the medical insurance increase.

What will be the new cost of medical insurance per employee?

Trex Graphics Compan y estimates it spends these amounts to hire each new employee: recruiting , $1,750; 15 hours personne l staff time at$31 an hour; 8 hours interview time at $84 an hour; 5 days employee orientation and training at$360 a day. What is the total cost of hiring an employee?

Select the best choice for each question.

A USB flash drive stores $256 \mathrm{MB}$ of data. How many USB flash drives are needed to store a 1 GB file?

A. $0.004$

B. 40

C. 4

D. 2,500

E. $0.25$

Add money amounts. Find the sum. $1,238 +$156 + $442 =$1,836

1a. $218 +$176 + $39 1b.$83,100 + $2,176

Review these math skills and solve the exercises that follow.

Multiply dollar amounts by whole numbers . Find the product. 8 X $35.50 =$284

1a. 52 X $5,600

1b. 12 X$3,765

Find the difference.

1,805 - 687

Answer each question.

Add: $45,384 +$3,482 + $2,005.34

Find the sum.

$0.57 +$14.83

Companies in the United States are ranked by revenue, growth, number of employees, return to investors, or profit. As the economy changes, companies pursue inventive approaches to remain financially viable in the marketplace. Use the bar graph to answer the question.

How many of these companies had revenues under $\$ 100,000,000,000$?

Review these math skills and solve the exercises that follow.

Subtract whole numbers. Find the rema inder. 592 - 187 = 405

1a. 83 - 29

1b. 118 - 47

1e. 1,276 - 345

Fill in the blanks with the word or words that best completes the statement.

The expenses of creating purchase orders and handling stock are called ___.

Refer to the timeline on page 423 as needed.

Douglas Kerr's employer will match hís contribution to a $401(\mathrm{k})$, The matching ā̄oun̄̄t will be a dollar-for-dollar match not to exceed $6 \%$ of his salary. In 2004, Douglas's salary was $\$ 36,470$. If he contributed $\$ 2,000$, what would be the total amount contributed to the plan? What would be the total amount contributed to the plan if he contributed $\$ 4,000$ ?