Basic functions - practice problems - page 2 of 294
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- A retailer
A retailer buys an item for $2.16 and sells it for $2.70. What is the percent increase in price? - Wheat flour
If the cost of 1 kg of wheat flour is Tk 41 1/2, find the cost of 3 1/4 kg of wheat flour. - First year
First-year students enrolled at FEI were determined to be 2,000. Fifty-five percent are electronics students. How many are IT students? (Present your solution plus answer) - The loss
The cost is 80. They wanted to sell them for 100. In fact, a year later, they sold it for 60. What is the percentage of loss? - A tip
Determine a 20% tip for a dinner that costs $65.00. - A man 15
A man owns a piece of land worth 0.6 million. He taxed in 3/4 of its value at the rate of ₱7.00 per 1000. How much is he paying for the tax on his property? - Tax bill
What is the tax bill for a contractor if his shop has an assessed valuation of $75,000, and the tax rate is $27.50 per thousand dollars of assessed valuation? - Bulk purchase rabat
You can purchase a gross (12 dozen) of 1-inch tape at 93 cents per roll. Individual rolls of the same tape are $1.02 each. Describe the amount (in percent) that you will save if you take advantage of buying tape in bulk. - Glue strength
At 40°C, it takes 3 hrs to get 125% glue strength. How long does it take to get 100% at 50 ˚C? The higher the temperature, the faster it cures the glue. - Your brownie
Your brownie recipe calls for 5 cups of butter to make 80 brownies. You want to make 100 brownies for your family. How much butter should you use? - A piece 11
A piece of wood is 220cm long. If 66cm is cut away from the wood, what percentage remains? - Apples 29
In a fruit market, apples are currently £4 per kilogram. If you buy ten kilograms of apples, you will receive three-tenths of the total price. How much will you pay for ten kilograms of apples at the market? - Eva 46
Eva works as a sales clerk. She is paid a salary of 3000 a week plus a 2% commission on sales over 4000. Find her gross pay for a week in which her sales are 9500. - Time vs pizza
If Mr. Cromleigh can eat 1/4 of a pizza in 1/6 of an hour, how many pizzas can he eat in one hour? He can eat ____ pizzas. - Anneta
Anneta wants to buy a piece of land for farming; she wants to use 1/3 of the land to plant cocoa, 2/7 for a Palm plantation, and the rest for a vegetable plantation. 1). Find the fractions of the land used for vegetable plantation 2). If one wants to use - Hannah 2
Hannah finds purple, blue, and silver space rocks while exploring. 2/3 of the rocks are purple, and 3/4 of the remainder are blue. If there are 3 silver rocks, how many space rocks does Hannah have? - Forty 8
Forty students took the math test. Thirty-two students received an A, and the rest received a B. What percent of the students received a B? - A farmer
A farmer produces apples and pears in a ratio of 7:6. If she harvests 42 tonnes of apples, how many tonnes of pears does he produce? - Paycheck
Alex automatically deposited 70% of her weekly paycheck into a savings account. This week, $35 is deposited. Alex wants to know the total amount of her paycheck this week. - Pets stores
Pets Plus and Pet Planet are having a sale on the same aquarium. At Pets Plus, the aquarium is on sale for 30% off the original price, and at Pet Planet, it is discounted by 25%. If the sales tax rate is 8%, which store has the lower sale price? How much
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