Percentages + money - practice problems
Number of problems found: 631
- A man 24
A man distributed 25300 EUR among his 3 sons A, B, C in such a way that the amounts of their parts at 10% simple interest in 2 years, 3 years, 4 years will be equal. A's share?
- 128 USD
128 USD is increased by 20 percentage. Determine the new amount.
- Doubling - simple interest
A sum becomes its double in 10 years. Find the annual rate of simple interest
- Triple the sum
At what rate a sum triples in 5 years at simple interest?
- Somebody
Somebody spend 5% of his wages on paying school fees. That is 800 shillings . How much does he earn?
- By selling 2
By selling 100 pens, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 20 pens. Find his gain percent.
- Dual profit
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest 18%. He gains 14% on the whole. Find the quantity of 8% profit.
- An article 2
An article is bought for 124 USD. What should be the marked up selling price so that there is a profit of 10% even after allowing a discount of 12%?
- Price of rice
The price of rice is reduced by 5% . How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money which was sufficient to buy 50 kg of rice earlier?
- A man 23
A man has some money. He gives 50% of it to his wife and 40% of the remaining to his daughter. He gives the rest to his son. If the son receives 12000 euro, how much did his wife receive?
- A furniture
A furniture dealer bought a dining set at 12000 USD. At what price would the dealer sell this set by offering a discount of 5% and still make a profit of 10%?
- 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.
- 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?
- 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.
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