CXC General Proficiency Math Topic:

CONSUMER ARITHMETIC

 CONTENT: Percentages; profit and loss; discount; simple interest; interest and depreciation when compounded; mortgages; hire purchase; rates and taxes; insurance; currency conversion; invoices; investments; use of calculators SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: The student should be able to: 1. Calculate profit or loss as a percentage 2. Calculate discount, sales tax, profit or loss when these are given as a percentage; 3. Solve problems involving marked price (or selling price), cost price, percentage profit, loss or discount; 4. Solve simple problems involving payments by installments as in the case of hire purchase and mortgages; 5. Solve problems involving: (a) rates and taxes (b) utility bills (c) invoices and shopping (d) insurances (e) salaries and wages (f) investments 6. Calculate simple interest, principal, time, rate or amount; 7. Calculate compound interest, appreciation, depreciation and amount (for not more than 3 periods); 8. Solve problems involving simple interest, compound interest and depreciation 9. Solve problems involving measures and money (including exchange rate) 10. Use investigations to make inferences and generalizations utilizing the concepts listed above.
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guest (not verified) 20 April 2009 - 1:08pm

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guest (not verified) 2 April 2010 - 9:35pm

consumer arithmetic

(1) An electricity meter reading changes from 023.456 to 024.664. The first 100 units cost 0.15 cents per unit and the remaining unit cost 0.10 cents per unit. Calculate the total amount to be paid for energy charges.

(2) The charges on a telephone bill for August 1997 include a monthly rental fee of $30 which covers the charge of 30 local calls. A charge of 0.25 cents per call is made for each local call in excess of 30 calls. The number of calls made in August was$210 and the charges for overseas calls were 284.60. A tax of 50% is payable on overseas calls. Calculate

(a) The amount due for local calls
(b) the tax on overseas calls
(c) the total amount of the telephone bill

L.CLARKE (not verified) 2 April 2010 - 11:17pm

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guest (not verified) 3 April 2010 - 7:16pm

Math Help

Electricity
Ending reading minus initial reading = 24664 - 23456 = 1208 Energy units
Cost for ist 100 units = 100 x 0.15 = $15 Cost for other units ( 1208 - 100) x 0.1 = 1108 x 0.1 =$110.80
Total cost = $110.8 =$15 = $125.80 Telephone Cost of 30 local calls =$30
Total local calls made = 210
Local Calls in excess of 30 =(210-30) = 190
Cost of additional local calls = 190x 0.25 = $47.5 Total cost of local call = 30 + 47.5 =$77.50

Cost of overseas call = $284.60 Tax on overseas calls = 284.60 x 50% =$142.30
Cost of overseas calls including Tax = $284.60 + 142.3 =$426.90

Telephone bill = $Local calls +$ overseas call = $77.5 +$426.9 = \$504.40

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guest (not verified) 26 September 2010 - 8:57am

Hire purchase

Hello! :) I am a student. I really have such difficulties in mathematics especially in Hire Purchase. Could you tell me an easy way to learn it? Is there a formula?

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23 March 2011 - 8:00pm

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