Algebra - math word problems - page 20 of 304

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Markdown
February is sale month at the clothing store. All items are marked down 20 percent. If the sale price for a purse is $42, what was the price before the markdown?
Lemon tarts
A baker made some lemon tarts. He sold 40% of the tarts in the morning, 2/5 of the remaining tarts in the afternoon and had 54 tarts left. How many tarts did he bake altogether?
A reduction
A 40% reduction in the price of mango would enable a buyer to get 2 kg more for Rs 90. Find the initial/original price of mango per kg.
Min-max
What is the maximum and minimum of the data set: 6, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2
Salaries - ratio3
The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%, 10% and 20% are allowed respectively in their salaries, then what will be new ratio of their salaries?
Testing students
Giving a test to a group of students, the grades and gender are summarized below. Grades and Gender ; A; B ; C ; Total Male; 20; 6; 19 ; 45 Female ; 17; 18; 13; 48 Total; 37; 24; 32; 93 If one student is chosen at random, a) Find the probability that the
A,B and
A, B and C invested a capital in a ratio of 1/3:1/4:1/5. After 4 months A withdraws half of his capital. If the yearly profit is Rs 8470, find the share of A .
Clock error
How much does a watch lose per day, if its hands coincide every 64 minutes?
Remainder one
Find the least number when divided by 2,3,4,5,6, and 7, leaving the remainder as 1 in each case.
Titanic
Titanic and Star Wars have made the most money at the box office. Star Wars made about 76.7% of the money that Titanic made at the box office. If Star Wars made about $461 million, how much did Titanic make? Round to the nearest million dollars.
Collecting money
Rs 180 contained in a box of one rupee, 50 Paise and 25 Paise coins in the ratio 2:3:4. What is the number of 50 Paise coins? (One rupee = 100 paisa)
Numerator and denominator
If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 200% and the denominator of the fraction is increased by 150%, the resultant fraction is 9/35. What is the original fraction?
The balance 2
If your balance at the end of 4 years is 50000, at a 5% interest rate, What was your original investment?
Emu vs. Ostrich
The ostrich and the emu are the two largest birds. An emu is usually 1/2 the size of an ostrich. The sum of their heights is 150 inches. How tall is the average ostrich?
Doubling every day
If you start with 1 euro on day 1 and double your money daily, how many days before you get at least 1 million?
Money sharing
A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, and D in the proportion of 5: 2: 4 : 3. If C gets 1000 USD more than D, what is B's share?
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?
Gift baskets
Alessia and Alexia made some gift baskets to sell. 2/5 of them were Yu-Gi-oh themed, and the rest were Barbie-themed. They sold 3/4 of the yu-gi-oh-themed baskets and 7/12 of the Barbie-themed baskets. They remained with 56 gift baskets. How many gift bas
Division with a remainder
Find the least number which when divided by 8, 12, and 20 leaves a remainder of 5 in each case.
Sum of squares
If the first number is 80% of the second number and 4 times the sum of their squares is 656, find the numbers.

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