Creative Editing
Chapter 4
Exercise 1
1. Supply the missing numbers in this exercise. Use the style outlined in Chapter 3 to express your answers unless your instructor directs you to use a different style guide.
a. The number of faculty members increased from 752 in 1991 to 767 in 1992, an increase of _____________ percent.
b. The number of students receiving scholarships was 1,520 last year, as compared with 1,432 this year, a decrease of _____________ percent.
c. During his career, the coach has had a record of 405 wins and 110 losses, a win/loss ratio of _____________ to _____________.
d. The United Way campaign has raised $136,000, _____________ [fraction] of its goal of $185,000.
e. The number of companies contributing to the United Way campaign increased _____________ percent, from 67 last year to 82 this year.
f. He deposited $3,260. At an annual interest rate of 6.4 percent, his deposit will earn _____________ during the next 12 months, giving him a total of $_____________.
g. The grade distribution this term for freshmen at the university was 157 A's, 203 B's, 436 C's, 179 D's and 124 F's. The percentage of freshmen making A's was _____________; B's, _____________; C's, _____________; D's, _____________ and F's, _____________.
h. The monthly subscription rate for cable television went from $11.95 for basic service to $13.97, an increase of _____________ percent.
i. Among football players at the university who had been in school for four years, four of 18 graduated last year and three of 20 graduated this year, a decrease of _____________ percentage points.
j. Census data indicate that 578 women in the county said they had been sexually assaulted last year, but the number of sexual assaults reported to all law enforcement units in the county was 265, indicating that _____________ [fraction] of the alleged sexual assaults went unreported to police agencies.
k. Here are the mill levies for three taxing units: city, 42.2; county, 32.5; school district, 75.7. Property is assessed at 8.6 percent of market value. The owner of a house with a market value of $70,000 would pay property taxes on an assessed value of $_____________ for a total of $_____________. The city would receive $_____________, the county would receive $_____________, and $_____________ would go to the school district.
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