Equation + percentages - math problems

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  • 15% of
    bank2 15% of the revenue from sales was CZK 24,000 and it had to be written off as sales tax. What was the net profit on sales?
  • Three groups
    workers In the company, employees are divided into three groups. In the first group, which includes 12% of the company's total number of employees, the average salary is CZK 40,000, in the second group CZK 35,000, in the third group CZK 25,000. The average salary
  • Two shops
    ski In two different shops, the same skis had the same price. In the first, however, they first became more expensive by 20% and then cheaper by 5%. In the second, they were first cheaper by 5% and then more expensive by 30%, so after these adjustments in the
  • Original plan
    zahrada Gardeners planted 16% more currant bushes than originally planned. In total, they planted x = 435 shrubs. What was the original plan?
  • Decibel
    tv By what percentage does the sound intensity increase if the sound intensity level increases by 1 dB?
  • Students
    test Students solve word problems. They received 3 points for each correctly solved task. Four points were deducted for a task that was not solved or incorrectly solved. Tomas solved a total of 15 tasks and scored 24 points. How many tasks did he solve correct
  • Solutions, mixtures
    roztoky We have 2 liters of 20% solution available. How much 70% solution do we need to add to it to get a 30% solution?
  • Beer tapping
    beers When checking compliance with the beer tapping, it was found that 60% of the offered beers were underfilled. The others were fine. Thus, instead of 0.5 l, the volume was 4.4 dcl on average. What was the volume of one average underfilled beer?
  • Bike cost
    bicycle_gears The father gave his son € 100 to buy a bicycle, which was 40% of the total amount of the bicycle. How much did the bike cost?
  • 14 percent
    percent If 14 percent is 56, what is the base?
  • Percentage increase
    exp_growth2 What is the annual percentage increase in the city when the population has tripled in 20 years?
  • Ditch
    vykop The excavator dug 40% of the excavation in 2 hours 20 minutes. How long does it take him to dig the whole ditch?
  • The number 72
    percent The number 72 increase by 25%. By how much % will you have to reduce the number you created to get the number 72 again?
  • Double price reduction
    tv The price of TV has been reduced twice. First by 15% and later by another 10% of the reduced price. After this double price reduction, the TV was sold for 8,874 crowns. What was the original price of the TV?
  • Savings
    500eur The depositor regularly wants to invest the same amount of money in the financial institution at the beginning of the year and wants to save 10,000 euros at the end of the tenth year. What amount should he deposit if the annual interest rate for the annua
  • In the classroom
    skola There are 30 boys and a few girls in the class. In the six months, 28 boys and all girls benefited, which was 95% of all pupils. How many pupils are there in the classroom?
  • Water tanks
    nadrz A different amount of water is poured into each of the three identical vessels. In the first vessel, water fills 30% of its volume and in the second vessel 40% of its volume. The third container contains 19 liters of water. If we distributed the water fro
  • Volume of wood
    wood Every year, at the same time, an increase in the volume of wood in the forest is measured. The increase is regularly p% compared to the previous year. If in 10 years the volume of wood has increased by 10%, what is the number p?
  • Growth of wood
    wood The annual growth of wood in the forest is estimated at 2%. In how many years will make the forest volume double?
  • Alcohol mixing
    roztoky How much 64% of the alcohol must be poured into 6 liters of 85% alcohol to produce 79% alcohol?

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