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Here are figures for those receiving bachelor's degrees in a recent year broken down by gender, racial and ethnic groups. Also, figures are given for those receiving communications degrees. You are to find the percentages for the groups listed under the figures.

Total American Indian Asian Black Hispanic WhiteNon-resident aliens Race unknown
Bachelor's
Men522,445 2,810 29,860 32,114 24,367 398,85021,332 13,112
Women642,338 3,99932,964 57,170 32,533 485,025 16,358 14,289
Total 1,164,783 6,809 62,824 89,284 56,900 883,875 37,69027,401


Communications
Men 19,391
Women 27,929



1What percentage of men and women received bachelor's degrees?


2What percentage of men and women received communications bachelor's degrees?


3What percentage of the total black graduates were men, women?


4What percentage of the total Hispanic graduates were men, women?


5What percentage of the total white graduates were men, women?
Here is a table showing the U.S. population distribution by age group. Answer the following questions.

AGEPOPULATION
Total274,634,000
Under 1 year3,795,000
1-4 years15,192,000
5-14 years39,977,000
15-24 years38,077,000
25-34 years 37,233,000
35-44 years44,659,000
45-54 years37,030,000
55-64 years23,961,000
65-74 years18,136,000
75-84 years12,315,000
85 years and over4,259,000




6What percentage of the population is under 1 year of age?
A)1.38
B)1.39
C)0.13
D)3.33


7What percentage of the population is in the Social Security age bracket of 65 and over?
A)12.63
B)12.64
C)15.5
D)10.6


8What is the percentage of people in the largest age group in the table?
A)17.8
B)18.8
C)16.26
D)16.27


9Presuming that 85 percent of those in the 45 to 64 age group are alive in 20 years and the population holds steady at 274,634,000, what percentage of the population will be added to Social Security rolls?
A)16.6
B)22.2
C)18.9
D)20.1


10What percentage of the population is in the 25-65 age bracket?
A)52.0
B)52.1
C)50
D)45.8





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