Symbol Keys /, $, %, and -
 

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Objectives:
1. To learn reach strokes for /, $, %, and -
2. To combine /, $, %, and - smoothly with other keys.

Directions: Key each line twice in the box provided.  Use the tab key to move to the next textbox.  .

; ; /; /; ;; // ;/ ;/; 2/3 4/5/ and/or We keyed 1/2 and 3/4 . 

Space between a whole number and a fraction:  7 2/3, 18 3/4

f f $f $f ff $$ f$f $4 4$ for $4 Shift for $ and key $4

A period separates dollars and cents: $4.50, $46.25, $19.50. 

I must shift for $ but not for /:  Order 10 gal. at $16/gal 

Do not space on either side of /:  1/6, 3/10, 9 5/8, 4 7/12 

We sent 5 boxes of No. 6 3/4 envelopes at $11/box on June 2.

They can get 2 sets of disks at $49.85/set;  10 sets, $39.85.  

F f %f %f ff %% f%f  5% 5% Shift for the % in 5% and 15% 

Do not space between a number and %: 5%, 75%, and 85% 

; ; -; -; ;; -- ;-;  ;-; 4-ply I use a 2-ply tire on my bike. 

I gave each film a 1-star, 2-star, 3-star, or 4-star rating. 

A dash is two unspaced hyphens--no space before or after it.  

Kyle, send the parcel by fourth-class mail--a saving of 50%  

The prime rate may reach 9%--but he has no interest in that. 

You need 40 signatures--51% of the members--on the petition.  

Key a series of fractions as figures:  1/4, 1/3, and 1 3/10. 

The jacket was discounted from $172.99 to $98.99. 

This outlet store gives discounts to 20%, 25%, 35%, and 50%. 

We have 1-, 2-, and 3-bath condos--he wants a separate home. 

This 10 1/2% mortgage was rewritten at 8%--a $13,496 saving.  

These 3-part forms--minus a 10% discount--cost $75/thousand. 

Shana is to key all the forms for the city auditor by eight. 

Six of the girls do work for me;  eight do work for the city.  

The computer came into personal use in the past decade in a blaze of glory.  In schools and homes all over the country, it has quickly expelled the standard typewriter.  it is used to learn, to play, to keep records, and to process all sorts of information.  It is being used in major ways to arrange and compose music and to design art pieces of merit.