Questions from Business Mathematics

Q: Calculate the missing value: Initial Value = 112 g

Calculate the missing value: Initial Value = 112 g Final Value = ? Percent Change = 112

Q: Calculate the missing value: Initial Value = 26.3

Calculate the missing value: Initial Value = 26.3 cm Final Value = ? Percent Change = 300

Q: A construction company has identified two machines that will accomplish the same

A construction company has identified two machines that will accomplish the same job. The Caterpillar model costs $160,000, and has a service life of eight years if it receives a $30,000 overhaul ever...

Q: A $100 investment purchased one year ago is now worth $

A $100 investment purchased one year ago is now worth $110. It also earned $10 of income during the year. Determine the investment’s: 1. Income yield. 2. Capital gain yield. 3. Rate of total return....

Q: The market value of Stephanie’s bonds has declined from $1053.

The market value of Stephanie’s bonds has declined from $1053.25 to $1021.75 per bond during the past year. In the meantime she has received two semiannual interest payments of $35 per bond. Calculate...

Q: Vitaly’s shares of Offshore Petroleum have dropped in value from $36

Vitaly’s shares of Offshore Petroleum have dropped in value from $36.75 to $32.25 during the past year. The shares paid a $0.50 per share dividend six months ago. Calculate Vitaly’s income yield, capi...

Q: Jeff purchased some Target preferred shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange for

Jeff purchased some Target preferred shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange for $56.49. The shares pay a quarterly dividend of $0.30. Twelve months later the shares were trading at $65.75. What was Jeff...

Q: Adjusted for stock splits, the price of Microsoft shares rose 40

Adjusted for stock splits, the price of Microsoft shares rose 40.06%, 24.16%, 19.44%, and 12.00% in the years 2013 to 2016, respectively. In 2017, the share prices rose 37.66%. 1. What was the overall...

Q: The federal government cut transfer payments to the provinces by a total

The federal government cut transfer payments to the provinces by a total of 20% over a five-year period. In the next budget speech, the Minister of Finance announced “the level of transfer payments wi...

Q: The price of Bionex Inc. shares rose by 25% in

The price of Bionex Inc. shares rose by 25% in each of two successive years. If they began the two-year period at $12 per share, what was the percent increase in price over the entire two years?