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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?
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.
The sum 43
The sum of Rs. 820 will be divided among Ali, Fakhar, and Zahid according to the ratio 3 : 4 : 5. How much does each receive?
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?
The temperature 46
The temperature in Mumbai at 5 AM is 25 degrees Celsius. It rises 3 degrees Celsius every hour for the next two hours and then 5 degrees Celsius per hour for the next 3 hours. What is the temperature after 5 hours?
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?
Tricky result
Classic adding with percentages: Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280
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?
Students to teachers
The ratio of students to teachers in a school is 19:1. In total, there are 380 students in the school. What is the number of teachers in the school according to the ratio?
Three workers 7
The daily wages of workers A, B, and C are in the ratio 7:6:10. If C earns €80 per day, find the daily earnings of A and B.
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?
Bags
If six bags of flour have a mass of 27 kilograms, what will be the mass of 11 bags?
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.
The total 2
The total price of a car is $17,050 the selling price is $16500. What was the sale tax
Children ratio
In a certain office, 1/3 of the workers are women. Of the women, 1/2 are married, and of the married women, 1/3 have children. Of the men, 3/4 are married, and of the married men, 2/3 have children. What fraction of the workers have no children?
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.
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.
Sharing money 2
Ann and Betty shared a sum of money in the ratio 2:3, and Ann received $120. What is Betty's share?
One half of students
There are 1200 students in the school. Of which 600 are girls. Find the percentage of boys.

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