Percent practice

Percentage is a way of expressing a number, especially a ratio, as a fraction of 100. See also our verbal problems in percent or
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50%	of	88	=
70%	of	50	=
60%	of	85	=
50%	of	64	=
70%	of	40	=
50%	of	42	=
90%	of	10	=
10%	of	40	=
80%	of	65	=
30%	of	80	=

Percentage in word math problems

• Dimensions of a fabric
  How many m² of fabric is needed to make a tent of a regular 3-sided prism if it is necessary to count on a 2% reserve of fabric? Dimensions - 2 m 1.6 m and height 1.4 m
• Built-up area
  John build-up area 4.3 x 6.3 = 27.09 m² with building with a wall thickness 25 cm. How many centimeters would he have to subtract from the thickness of the walls that the built-up area fell by 5%?
• The game of blind man's buff
  The Slovak levy system deducts contributions from the gross wages of employees. It has two components — the part paid by the employee and the part paid by the employer. Suppose that the employer's total labour cost (super-gross wage) is 21% more than the
• Road
  The angle of a straight road is approximately 12 degrees. Determine the percentage of this road.
• Volatile percents
  Peter is working as a forex trader. He suffered a loss of 60.1 percent. Calculate what percentage you must now earn to lift from loss.
• Stamps collection
  Together, Peter and Jan had 52,000 stamps in their collection. To compete with their friend, they must have 56700 stamps. They agreed that Peter would increase his collection by 8 percent and Jan would give 10 percent more than he has. How many stamps did
• Two municipalities
  The horizontal distance between municipalities is 39 km. The average sinking is 7 per mille. What is the difference in height between these municipalities?
• Temporary sale off
  With a temporary price reduction, the jacket's original fee of CZK 1,850 was reduced by 20%. Later, it was raised again by 20%. What was the jacket's final price?
• Probability - tickets
  What is the probability when you have 25 tickets in 5000 that you do not win the first (one) prize?
• Stock market
  Simon one day decided to invest € 38000 in the stock market. After six months, he invested in July 6 stock markets fell by 43%. Fortunately for Simon, from July 6 5 to October 6, his shares have risen by 22%. Simon is then: ...
• Temperature calculus
  Calculate the percentage of temperature stúpla if changed from 3°C to 7°C.
• Dice
  How many times must you throw the dice, and was the probability of throwing at least one pětky greater than 70%?
• Election mathematics
  In elections, 8 political parties received the following shares of votes: strana A ; 56 % strana B ; 11.9 % strana C ; 11.7 % strana D ; 8.8 % strana E ; 6.3 % strana F ; 5.1 % strana G ; 0.2 % Calculate what share each party would obtain in parliament if
• Percent calculation
  Calculate 12% if 41% is 74.
• Cube in ball
  The cube is inscribed into the sphere of radius 6 dm. How many percent is the volume of the cube of the volume of the sphere?

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