Equation + percentages - practice problems
Number of problems found: 551
- The enrolment 2
The enrolment at a school has increased from 1400 learners to 1600 learners over 5 years. What is the percentage increase in enrolment? - Compound interest
Joel borrowed $3208.5 on November 2, 2021, at 3.6% p.a. How many days would it take for him to repay the loan if he made a payment of $ 3,720.34? Round up to the nearest day. - The sum 41
The sum of 640.00 was deposited in the first bank for five years, and the interest given was 160.00. Find the rate. - Exp decay
An element with a mass of 780 grams decays by 16.3% per minute. How much of the element is remaining after 16 minutes, to the nearest 10th of a gram?
- The balance 2
If your balance at the end of 4 years is 50000, at a 5% interest rate, What was your original investment? - Years 3
How long will it take for a given sum of money to triple itself at 20% annual compound interest? - General right triangle
In a right triangle, if a =x+34 and b = x and c= 50, then solve for x. Side c is a hypotenuse. Then discuss the case when a or b is a hypotenuse. - Peter 17
Peter ate 9 ounces of chocolate cake which was 75% of the entire cake. Which expression can be used to find the size of the full cake? - I have 2
I have $907 to pay 13 people. Five people will receive half of what the other 8 people will receive. How much will the payments to each person be?
- Cost and sell price
A wholesaler sold items at a profit of 20% of the sales, which was a profit of P52.80. What were the cost price and selling price of the item? - Pesos
What amount increased by 20% will equal P60? - Chelsea
Chelsea Donahue has a 20-year home mortgage of $74000 at 7.50% interest and will pay a $534 annual insurance premium. Her annual property tax will be $1534. Find her monthly PITI payment. - You bought
You bought a table with chairs, and you were charged $145.86. The sales tax was 4%, and the set was 15% off. What was the original price? - Passenger 18
Passenger and freight trains are operated between stations I and II, where the distance between stations is 16 km. The speed of the passenger trains is 100km/h, and the speed of the freight trains is 60km/h for a single-line railway track. The waiting tim
- Employees 83264
The company laid off employees during the crisis, so at the end of the crisis, it had 40% fewer employees than before the crisis. When the company hired 42 new employees after the crisis subsided, it had 25% more than at the end of the crisis. How many em - Daffodils 83181
The spring bouquet consists of 13 daffodils and 8 tulips, and the other 30% are freesias; how many flowers are there in total? - Remaining 83116
Ondra was reading a book. On the first day, he read one-tenth. On the second day, he read half of the remainder; on the third day, he read 20% of the new remainder; and on the fourth day, he read the remaining 72 pages. Thus, the book had 72 pages. - Distilled 83093
The 50% salt solution must be diluted with distilled water to make 20 liters of 35% solution. How many liters of original solution and how many liters of water do we need? - Millimeters 82983
Determine what thickness of the shielding material will be required if we reduce the radiation to 3% of the original value if we know that a thickness of 6 mm will reduce the level of the same radiation by 9%. Round up to the whole value in millimeters (t
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