Percentages + equation - practice problems - page 2 of 32
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- Lemon tarts
A baker made some lemon tarts. He sold 40% of the tarts in the morning, 2/5 of the remaining tarts in the afternoon and had 54 tarts left. How many tarts did he bake altogether? - Consumption stable
If the price of sugar rises from Rs 6/kg to Rs 7.50/kg. A person having no increase in his expenditure on sugar, will have to reduce his consumption by? - A discount 2
A discount of 52.50 dollars is obtained if a discount of 15% is allowed. Find the marked price and the selling price. - A man 21
A man sells a bicycle at a profit of 25%. Had he bought it at a price less by 25% and sold it at 250 euro less then also he could have made a profit of 25%. Find cost price.
- An election
In an election between two candidates, one candidate secured 43% of the total votes polled and lost the election by 4900 votes. Find the total number of votes polled. - A man 20
A man sells an article at successive discounts of 10% and 5% on the listed price. Another man sells the same article at a discount of 15%.If the difference between the two selling prices be Rs 24, find the listed price of the article. - A reduction
A 40% reduction in the price of mango would enable a buyer to get 2 kg more for Rs 90. Find the initial/original price of mango per kg. - The population 4
The population of a city is decreasing at a rate of 2% per year. The population in 2002 was 700,000. What would be the population in 2009? - Students 48
If 80% of the students of a school are boys and 225 are girls, find the number of all students.
- A trader
A trader sold two saree at Rs 96 each & it causes the same% of profit and loss to each saree. If, as a whole he gets total loss of 4%, then what is the gain/loss% in the sale? - A fruit 4
A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. How many apples originally he had? - An apple 2 An apple tree was planted two years ago. It increases at the rate of 20% every year .If at present, the height of the tree is 540 cm, what was it when the tree was planted?
- An examination
In an examination 65% students passed in English and 56% in mathematics. And 25% failed in both the subjects. If 414 passed in both the subjects, then find the total number of students. - Solve 26
Solve percentages question: 75 % of p = 225
- The price 8 The price of a commodity has decreased by 10%. What is the percentage by which it should then be increased to get the original price?
- Per annum
At a certain time, a sum becomes 4 times at the rate of 5% per annum. At what rate of simple interest the same sum becomes 8 times in the same duration - An expensive watch
A watch when sold at a profit of 6% yields $ 870 more than when it is sold at a loss of 6% . Find the cost price of the watch. - Roland 2
Roland sold his watch at a 15% loss. If he had sold it for 210 USD more, he would have made a profit of 20%. Find the cost of price of the watch. - PC and laptop
A person spent Rs 50000 to purchase a desktop computer and a laptop computer. He sold the desktop at a 20% profit and the laptop at a 10% loss. If, overall, he made a 2% profit, then find the purchase price, in rupees, for the desktop.
The enrolment at a school has increased from 1400 learners to 1600 learners over 5 years. What is the percentage increase in enrolment?Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
