This document provides instructions for an assignment in a quantitative reasoning course to practice using Microsoft Excel to solve problems involving percentages. The purpose is for students to learn Excel skills like calculating percentage increases/decreases and converting between decimals and percentages, which are useful skills for managers. The assignment involves completing 10 Excel exercises that calculate values like the length of a wall based on a scale drawing, amounts of different products purchased, costs of items, payroll amounts, interest calculations, increases and decreases expressed as percentages.

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Purpose of Assignment
The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to use
Microsoft Excel® for solving formulas. Managers and staff need to
work with percentages daily in professional settings. Skills such as
finding the percentage increase/decrease and using Excel® to
convert from decimals to percentages and vice versa have become
necessary. This assignment provides students with the practice of
such fundamental quantitative concepts.
Assignment Steps

2. Resources: Fundamental Quantitative Concepts Exercises
Excel® Template
Save the Fundamental Quantitative Concepts Exercises Excel®
Template to your computer.
Read the instructions on the first tab.
Complete the ten Excel® exercises.
A scale drawing of an office building is not labeled, but indicates 0.25
inch = 5 feet. On the drawing, one wall measures 2 inches. How long
is the actual wall?
Marcus James purchased 2,500 pounds of produce. Records indicate
he purchased 800 pounds of potatoes, 150 pounds of broccoli, and
390 pounds of tomatoes. He also purchased apples. How many
pounds of apples did he purchase?
The formula for the installment price of an item purchased with
financing is Installment price = Total of installment payments + Down
payment. The formula can be written in
symbols as I = T + D.
Wallpaper costs $12.97 per roll and a kitchen requires 9 rolls. What is
the cost of the wallpaper needed to paper the
kitchen?
Wilson’s Auto, Inc., has 37 employees and a weekly payroll of
$10,878. If each employee makes the same amount, how
much does each make?
Jacob Kennedy borrowed $30,000 to start up his consulting business.
The loan had a simple interest rate of 6.2% for 3 years. Use the
formula I = PRT to find the amount of interest he will pay on the loan.
I = interest; P = principal; R = rate (expressed as a decimal 0.062); T
= time in years

3. A car odometer increased from 37,580.3 to 42,719.6. What
was the increase?
A number decreased from 486 to 104. Find the amount of
decrease.
A number increased from 224 to 336. Find the percent of
increase.
A number decreased from 250 to 195. Find the rate of
decrease.
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