Basic functions - math word problems - page 13 of 311
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- Children ratio
In a certain office 1/3 of the workers are women,1/2 of the women are married and 1/3 of the married women have children. If 3/4 of the men are married and 2/3 of the married men have children, what part of the workers is without children? - 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? - A metre
A metre of lace trim costs $2.90. If Erik buys 3.2 meters of trim, how much will he have to pay? - A fish 2
A fish vendor sells 5/7 kilos of tilapia for P125.00. If you will buy 5 kilos of tilapia, how much will it cost?
- Bananas 5
A fruit vendor was able to sell 85% of his 80 kilograms of bananas. How many kilograms of bananas were sold? - Single discount 3
What will be the single equivalent discount for successive discounts of 10%, 20%, and 15% on marked price? - Smoothie 2
David is using 100 ml of pineapple juice to make a smoothie. He needs to use a pineapple juice to orange juice ratio of 2: 5. How much orange juice should he use? - The show At a show, two-fifths of the people are men, and the rest are women. 30% of the men are over 60 years old. 40% of the women are over 60 years old. What fraction of the people are less than 60 years?
- Flour to sugar ratio
I need 4 1/5 of flour for every 2/5 cups of sugar. How much sugar do I need for 8 cups of flour?
- Negative temperature
On a certain day, the temperature is - 12/5°F. After 2 days, the temperature decreases by a factor of 7/3. Find the temperature. - A tradesman A tradesman marks his goods at 35% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 15%. Find his profit percentage.
- Profit sharing
Three people, A, B, and C, started a business by investing Rs. 250000, Rs. 300000, and Rs.350000, respectively. Find the share of B out of an annual profit of Rs.187200. - Sami received
Sami received a salary of € 73.50 for 7 hours. How much would the salary have been in 8 hours? - Three workers 7
The daily wages of workers A, B and C are in the ratio 7:6:10. If C earns 80 EUR per day; find the per day earnings of A and B.
- Population growth 2 The present population of the town is 200,000. Its population increases by 10% in the first year and 15% in the second year. Find the population of the town at the end of the two years.
- Carol 3
Carol reduces the size of a photo by 30%. If the length of each side is 12 cm, what is the length of the side of the new photo? - Increase and decrease A number is first increased by 20% and the resulting number is then decreased by 10%. Find the overall change in the number as percent.
- Income comparing Arnold's income is 60% more than that of Brandy. By what percent is Brandy's income less than Arnolds's?
- Tricky result
Classic adding with percentages: Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280
Out of 270 students in 6th grade, only 60% are going on the field trip. How many students are NOT going on the field trip?Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
