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A promotion
Store A has a promotion. If you buy three shirts, you get 25% off the total price of the three shirts. Store B has the same shirts on sale with the promotion that if you buy three shirts, you get the third shirt at a 50% discount. Store C has the same shi
A tradesman
A tradesman marks his goods at 35% above the cost price and then allows a discount of 15%. Find his profit percentage.
Three 232
Three out of eleven working mothers in a major US city have at least one child under the age of Five(5). If there are 2,250 mothers employed in that city, how many have at least one child under the age of five? (round to nearest whole number)
Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for ₹12,000 and spent ₹2,840 on its overhaul. He then sold it to his friend for ₹13,860. What was his percentage gain or loss?
Customer 7
A customer wants a discount of 30% on the marked price. The dealer gives him two successive discounts of 20% and 12%. The discount was: (1) more than he wanted (2) the same as he wanted (3) less than he wanted (4) none of these Write the answer as a numbe
Price of rice
The price of rice is reduced by 5%. How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money that was sufficient to buy 50 kg of rice before the reduction?
Cash discount
The marked price of a mobile phone is ₹6,000. The shopkeeper offers a 5% discount for cash payment. If the VAT rate is 8%, find the amount the customer has to pay in cash.
The cost 15
The cost of a machine depreciates every year by 10% of its cost at the beginning of the year. If the present cost of the machine is USD 10000, find its cost after 2 years.
Three 262
Three farmers, A, B, and C, hire meadow for Rs 1460. Farmer A puts in 10 cows for 20 days, farmer B 30 cows for 8 days, and farmer C 16 cows for 9 days. Find the rent paid by each one of them.
Sales tax 2
The item cost $430 before tax. The sales tax is $17.20. Find the sales tax rate and percentage.
Healthier snacks
In hopes of encouraging healthier snacks at school, Dan brought in a tray of carrot sticks and apple slices to share. The tray had a total of 40 snacks, of which 60% were carrot sticks. How many carrot sticks did Dan bring?
Marcos 2
Marcos is bringing 36 cookies to his book club, but he's not sure how many people will be there. He wants to write an equation that shows how many cookies each person will get in terms of how many people (symbol n) are there.
Profit chain
If the manufacturer gains 10%, the wholesale dealer 15%, and the retailer 25%, then what is the production cost of a washing machine whose retail price is 1000 euros?
Usain
Usain and Kyle rented a house together for 3 years. Usain paid more rent because he had a bigger room. They always split the rent at a ratio of 4:3. They paid £30247 in rent over this period. How much of this did Usain pay?
A plumber 3
A plumber can buy plastic pipes in 6-foot and 12-foot lengths. The current job requires eight 4-foot lengths, five 5-foot lengths, and three 7-foot lengths. The plumber wants to figure out how many of each of the two stock lengths should be bought to mini
Visitors 2
Due to decrease in entry fees by 25% the presentation of visitors is increased by 30% . Find the effect of this on the total entry fee?
Hotel rooms 2
Waterside bed and breakfast has 10 rooms. On average, they sell 8 rooms. The rate is $45 per night, bed and breakfast, $65 per night. Calculate the yield.
Mei Mei
Mei Mei bought 15 chicken wings for $28.50. If Mei Mei spent $34.20, how many chicken wings did she buy?
An article 2
An article is bought for $124. What should the marked selling price be so that there is a profit of 10% even after allowing a discount of 12%?
Miloš
Miles and Martin helped water a new vineyard by carrying water from the well in buckets. How should they divide the 20-euro reward if Miles carried 20 buckets and Martin carried 30 buckets?

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