Money - practice problems - page 4 of 104

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Saving from salary
A man spends 65% of his salary and saves 525 euros/month. Find his monthly salary.
The cost 15
The cost of a machine depreciates every year by 10% of its cost at the beginning of the year. If the present cost of the machine is USD 10000, find its cost after 2 years.
The profit 4
By selling an article for 19.25 USD a trader makes a profit of 25% How much must he sell the article to make a profit of 40 %?
The library
A certain number of people agreed to contribute equally to buy books worth $12000 for a school library. Five people pulled out, so others agreed to contribute an extra $100 each. Their contribution enabled them to buy books worth $ 2000 more than they ori
A lettuce
At Alan’s Produce, all produce is 20% off on Tuesdays. If a head of lettuce is normally $2.50, how much would it cost on Tuesday?
Von went
Von went to a mall to buy some things for his school projects. He spent 5/8 of his money in a bookstore and 1/5 of the remainder in a grocery store. If he spent P120 in the grocery store, how much money did he have at the start? How much money did he have
A shopkeeper 6
A shopkeeper allows 40% discount on the marked price and there is a loss of 30%. Find the profit percent if it is sold at the marked price.
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?
Two articles
A shopkeeper bought two articles each at Rs.800. There was 25% profit on one and 25% loss on the other. Find the total percentage profit or loss in the whole transaction.
A discount 2
A discount of 52.50 dollars is obtained if a discount of 15% is allowed. Find the marked price and the selling price.
A man 21
A man sells a bicycle at a profit of 25%. Had he bought it at a price less by 25% and sold it at 250 euro less then also he could have made a profit of 25%. Find cost price.
Three girls
Rs.1400 is divided among Amla, Bimla, and Simla so that Amla receives half as much as Bimla, and Bimla receives half as much as Simla. Then Simla's share is:
Billy 2
Billy has 3/4 of the money Derek has, and Derek has 7/9 of the Jason has. If they have a total of $680. How much does each person has?
Telephones
The cost of manufacturing x telephones by Josh Mobiles is given by C = 500 + 45x, and the revenue from selling these are given by R = 65x. How many telephones must be produced and sold in order to realize a profit?
A man 20
A man sells an article at successive discounts of 10% and 5% on the listed price. Another man sells the same article at a discount of 15%.If the difference between the two selling prices be Rs 24, find the listed price of the article.
Wheat plus and minus
If the price of wheat is increased by 20% today, at what percent should it be decreased tomorrow, so as to bring down the price back to the original?
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.
Three 262
Three farmers, A, B, and C, hire meadow for Rs 1460. Farmer A puts in 10 cows for 20 days, farmer B 30 cows for 8 days, and farmer C 16 cows for 9 days. Find the rent paid by each one of them.
3 purchases
Joe bought a sweatshirt for $19.95, a T-shirt for $10.75, and a pair of shoes for $65.70. How much did he spend on the three purchases?
Milk with water
How many liters of water are to be mixed in 12 liters of milk costing Rs 40 per liter so that it can be sold at Rs 32 per liter?

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