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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?
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.
School trip
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?
Share profit
1,2,3 & 4 share profit in the ratio of 4:5:2:3. Total profit is £ 70,000 . What is the actual profit each individual expects
Bags
If six bags of flour have a mass of 27 kilograms, what will be the mass of 11 bags?
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.
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.
Julia - recipe
Julia is using 60 g of butter in a recipe. She needs to use a butter-to-sugar ratio of 6:5. How much sugar should she use?
Tavarius
Tavarius scored an 85% on his math exam. If there were 20 questions on the exam, how many did he get correct?
The ratio 14
The ratio of boys to girls is 8:7. If there are 40 boys, how many girls are there in the class?
Salary up and down
After reducing the salary of a man by 50%, it is increased by 50%. Find the loss or gain percent.
One half of students
There are 1200 students in the school. Of which 600 are girls. Find the percentage of boys.
The ratio 19
The ratio of males to females in a school is 1:2. If there are 24 pupils, find the number of males.
The ratio
At a certain convention, the ratio of men to women is 3 to 8. If there were 352 people there, how many were men?
The total 2
The total price of a car is $17,050 the selling price is $16500. What was the sale tax
Four years
Four years ago the average age of A and B was 18 years . If the present average age of A, B, and C is 24 years. Find the age of C after 8 years .

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