Geometric progression + percentages - math problems

Number of problems found: 32

Radioactive material
A radioactive material loses 10% of its mass each year. What proportion will be left there after n=6 years?
A perineum
A perineum string is 10% shorter than its original string. The first string is 24, what is the 9th string or term?
Rate or interest
At what rate percent will Rs.2000 amount to Rs.2315.25 in 3 years at compound interest?
Demographics
The population grew in the city in 10 years from 30000 to 34000. What is the average annual percentage increase of population?
Investment
1000$ is invested at 10% compound interest. What factor is the capital multiplied by each year? How much will be there after n=12 years?
Sale
If the product twice price cut by 25%, what percentage was price cut in total?
Deposit
If you deposit 719 euros the beginning of each year, how much money we have at 1.3% (compound) interest after 9 years?
JUDr. Usury
Judge JUDr. Usury approved the agreement on guilt and punishment where confessed to pay daily interest 0.18%. How big is a yearly interest? Year has 360 days.
Population
The town has 65,000 inhabitants. 40 years ago, there were 157,000. How many people will live in a city in 10 years if the population's average rate is as in previous years?
Growth of wood
The annual growth of wood in the forest is estimated at 2%. In how many years will make the forest volume double?
Machine
Price of the new machine is € 62000. Every year is depreciated 15% of residual value. What will be the value of the machine after 3 years?
The city
At the end of 2010 the city had 248000 residents. The population increased by 2.5% each year. What is the population at the end of 2013?
Sum of money
On a certain sum of money, invested at the rate of 10% compounded annually, the difference between the interests of the first year and the third year is 315 . Find the sum.
Computer
The computer was purchased 10000,-. Each year, the price of a computer depreciates always the same percentage of the previous year. After four years, the value of the computer is reduced to 1300,- How many percent was depreciated price of the computer eac
Crystal
The crystal grows every month 1.2 permille of its mass. For how many months to grow a crystal from weight 177 g to 384 g?
Wire
One pull of wire is reduced its diameter by 14%. What will be diameter of wire with diameter 19 mm over 10 pulls?
The crime
The crime rate of a certain city is increasing by exactly 7% each year. If there were 600 crimes in the year 1990 and the crime rate remains constant each year, determine the approximate number of crimes in the year 2025.
Account operations
My savings of php 90,000 in a bank earns 6% interest in a year. If i will deposit additional php 10,000 at the end of 6 months, how much money will be left if i withdraw php 25,000 after a year?
Compound interest
Compound interest: Clara deposited CZK 100,000 in the bank with an annual interest rate of 1.5%. Both money and interest remain deposited in the bank. How many CZK will be in the bank after 3 years?
Hiking trip
Rosie went on a hiking trip. The first day she walked 18kilometers. Each day since she walked 90 percent of what she walked the day before. What is the total distance Rosie has traveled by the end of the 10th day? Round your final answer to the nearest ki