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 orexamples1, examples2, examples3, examples4, examples5.
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Percentage in word math problems
- 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 - Event probability
The probability of event N in 5 independent experiments is 0.4. What is the probability that the event N occurs in one experiment (chance is the same)? - Bank deposit
Ms. Jana, after the withdrawal amount of 2,500 euros after a year of saving in the bank. What was her deposit if the interest rate was 2.5% p.a? - Work
Workers work five days a week and have 28 days of vacation a year. Calculate how many days is out of work and express it as a percentage. Consider that a year has 52 weeks. - Acids
64% acid is made from the same acid of two different concentrations. The amount of weaker acid to the stronger acid is in the ratio 2:1. What was the concentration of the weaker acid if the stronger had 98% concentration? - The population 3
The population of the town is 126800. It increases by 15% in the first year and decreases by 20% in the second year. What is the population of the town at the end of 2nd year? - Mushrooms
Fresh mushrooms contain 94% water and dried 9%. How many kilograms of fresh mushrooms are needed to collect to get 10 kg dried? - Double percent
What is 60% of 30% of 8300? - Cardboard box
We want to make an open-top cardboard box in the shape of a quadrilateral prism with a rhombus-shaped base. The rhombus has a side of 5 cm and one diagonal of 8 cm. The height of the box is 12 cm. How many square centimetres of cardboard are needed if ove - Sugar
The sugar factory produced 180.6 tons of sugar in 1 day at 14% sugar content. How many tons of pure beet sugar factory processed in 1 day? - Water tank 2
The water tank cuboid is 12 meters long and 6.5 meters wide, and 1.2 meters high. How many hectoliters are in the tank when it is filled to 89%? - Reduce of the volume
Calculate how many % reduce the volume of the cube is reduced the length of each edge by 10%. - Internet households
There are 600 households in a certain village. Last year, three-fifths of them had an Internet connection. This year, the number of households connected to the Internet increased by 40. What proportion of households has an Internet connection this year? - Square - increased perimeter
How many times is the increased perimeter of the square, where its sides, increased by 150%? If the perimeter of the square increases twice, how much % increases the area of the square? - Savings distribution
Milo has 84 euros. He gave his brother 20% of his savings and his sister 25%. Find how much money each has.
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