Percentages practice problems - page 2 of 110
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- Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for Rs 12000 and spent Rs 2840 on its overhauling. Then he sold it to his friend Rs 13860 . How much per cent did he gain or lose? - Cash discount
Marked price of a mobile phone Rs 6000. The shopkeeper offers a discount of 5% on cash payment . If the VAT is 8%, find the amount the customer has to pay in cash to purchase the mobile phone. - By selling
By selling an article for $ 21, a trader loses as much percent as the cost price of the article. Find the cost price. - Drying fruit
Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits?
- Scholarship 3
The ratio of number of boys to that of the girls in a school is 3:2. If 20% of boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders, find the percentage of those who are not scholarship holders? - The profit 5
A man buys 12 pens for 60 eur and sells them at 5 pens for 30 euros. What is his profit percentage? - The radius 3
The radius of a solid circular cylinder decreases by 20% and its height increases by 10% . Find the percentage change its : (a) volume (b) curved surface area. - Percent to number If 75% of a number is 225, what is the number?
- A merit scholarship Last year’s freshman class at Big State University totaled 5,307 students. Of those, 1,264 received a merit scholarship to help offset tuition costs during their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was N($
- Simple interest At what time will the sum be doubled at 5% per annum at simple interest?
- A shopkeeper 7
A shopkeeper bought 80 cricket bats for 2.55 euros each. He sells 20 of them at a 5% gain. What must be the gain percentage of the remaining bats to get a 10% gain overall? - An article An article is sold at 20% profit. If it were sold at a 25% profit, then he could get USD 35 more. Then, find the article's cost price.
- Twice a number
If 73 is one more than twice a number, what is 50% of the number? - Compound continuously
Find the balance in the account after 10 years. P= $1900; r= 6% Compound continuously.
- Sum of squares
If the first number is 80% of the second number and 4 times the sum of their squares is 656, find the numbers. - The value
The value of the property decreases every year at the rate of 5%. If its present value is 411540 USD, what was its value three years ago? - Susan 4
Susan went to school for 219 days in a full year. If her attendance is 75%, find the number of days on which the school was open. - Petrol and kerosene
What will be the ratio of petrol and kerosene in the final solution formed by mixing petrol and kerosene that are present in three vessels in the ratio 4:1, 5:2, and 6:1, respectively? - Impurity - glycerine
A sample of 50 L of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20%. Find how much pure glycerine should be added to reduce impurity percentagerity to 5%.
The town's population is 311250. The ratio of women to men is 43: 40. If 24% of men and 8% of women are literate, then find the total number of literate persons in the town.Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
