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My 4
My 4-digit number is a palindrome; it has a remainder of 21 when you divide it by 100. what is my number? A palindrome is a number that does not change if you write it backward.
Bananas 5
A fruit vendor was able to sell 85% of his 80 kilograms of bananas. How many kilograms of bananas were sold?
The tea
If the price of tea is increased by 20%, by how much percent must the consumption of tea be diminished so as not to increased the expenditure?
A mortgage
A mortgage company charges borrowers $3.50 plus 2% of the loan amount. What is the total charge to get a home loan of $190,000?
Compare offers
Which is the better offer: Three successive discounts of 10%, 10%, and 30% or Three consecutive discounts of 40%,5%, and 5%? Enter the answer as an A or B letter.
BODMAS rules
To solve this problem using BODMAS (Brackets, Orders, Division and Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction), we need to arrange the numbers 50,5,1,10,1,10 in a way that results in 222.
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?
A pie 16
A pie is divided into 100 guests. Guest 1 gets 1%, guest 2 gets 2% of what left,... and so on. Who gets the largest piece of pie?
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?
Tricky result
Classic adding with percentages: Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280
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?
Sami received
Sami received a salary of € 73.50 for 7 hours. How much would the salary have been in 8 hours?
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.
Single discount 3
What will be the single equivalent discount for successive discounts of 10%, 20%, and 15% on marked price?
Income comparing
Arnold's income is 60% more than that of Brandy. By what percent is Brandy's income less than Arnolds's?
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?
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?

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