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Makayla's mother is a nurse. She came to school to check our posture and our backs. She told us that about 4.9% of children have a problem called scoliosis. There are two hundred forty-six students in our school. If our school is like the average, how many children will have scoliosis? Express your answer to the nearest whole number.
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There is a herd of ibex (kind of like antelope) out on the range. Fifty-two percent of the ibex are male. If the herd consists of 1,181 individuals, how many are female?
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The school nurse made a presentation about smoking to the 7th grade class. She said that smoking hurts your health. She said it also hurts your pocket! She said that a pack of cigarettes costs about $4.17 plus 8% sales tax. How much would a person spend on cigarettes in a year if he smoked one package of cigarettes on each of the 365 days of the year?
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According to the Internal Revenue Service, 19.3 percent of the people who fill out federal income tax forms leave out pertinent information. Having to send back tax forms slows down the operation of the IRS. According to IRS figures, how many people out of one thousand will leave out pertinent information on their forms (round to the nearest person)?
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Elizabeth donated seven percent of the money she earned this summer to her local fire department. If she donated a total of $116 how much did she earn this summer?
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