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4. In one month, Kim made $450 at her job. The following month, she made twice as much. Calculate the total amount of money she made in those two months. 
    4b. If she spent one-fifth of the total on rent, how much did she spend?





Homework
Mathematics Revision

1. What is 0.2 written as a fraction in lowest terms. 

2. There are 98 pencils in 1 box. How many pencils would I find in 17 boxes?

3. Makayla started her homework at 3:50. If she worked for an hour and five minutes, at what time did she finish?

4. Three buses carry a total of 318 passengers. How many passengers are there on each bus?

5. A dealer buys a car for $5000. He sells it to a customer and makes a 20% profit. 
    a. What was his profit?
    b. What was the selling price?

6. Calculate the selling price of an item which had an original cost of $599.00 but made a loss of $189.

7. Find the product of 54.1 and 100.

8. What is two-thirds of $480.



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