Percentages practice problems - page 2 of 112
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- 128 USD
128 USD is increased by 20 percentage. Determine the new amount. - Doubling - simple interest A sum becomes its double in 10 years. Find the annual rate of simple interest
- Triple the sum
At what rate a sum triples in 5 years at simple interest? - Somebody Somebody spend 5% of his wages on paying school fees. That is 800 shillings . How much does he earn?
- By selling 2
By selling 100 pens, a shopkeeper gains the selling price of 20 pens. Find his gain percent. - Percents and ratio
When 20% of a number is added to another number, the number increases by 50%. What is the ratio of the two numbers? - Inverse percentages
If a is 40 percent of b then, what percent is b of a? - Dual profit
A merchant has 1000 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 8% profit and the rest 18%. He gains 14% on the whole. Find the quantity of 8% profit. - An article 2
An article is bought for 124 USD. What should be the marked up selling price so that there is a profit of 10% even after allowing a discount of 12%? - Dilution
How many liters of water will have to be added to 1125 liters of the 45% solution of acid so that the resulting mixture will contain more than 25% but less than 30% acid content? - Price of rice
The price of rice is reduced by 5% . How many kilograms of rice can now be bought for the money which was sufficient to buy 50 kg of rice earlier? - Lightbulbs
The physical plant at the main campus of a large state university recieves daily requests to replace fluorescent lightbulbs. The distribution of the number of daily requests is bell-shaped and has a mean of 48 and a standard deviation of 10. Using the emp - Bananas 5
A fruit vendor was able to sell 85% of his 80 kilograms of bananas. How many kilograms of bananas were sold? - Two trains 16
Two trains cross each other in 14 seconds when moving in opposite directions, and in 3 minutes and 2 seconds when moving in the same direction. By what percentage is the speed of the faster train greater than that of the slower train? - Failed in examination
In an examination, 20% of total students failed in history,15% failed in English and 5% of total number of students failed in both subjects. Find the percentage of total number of students who passed in both the subjects. - A man 23
A man has some money. He gives 50% of it to his wife and 40% of the remaining to his daughter. He gives the rest to his son. If the son receives 12000 euro, how much did his wife receive? - A furniture
A furniture dealer bought a dining set at 12000 USD. At what price would the dealer sell this set by offering a discount of 5% and still make a profit of 10%? - Michael 9
Michael purchased an old scooter for Rs 12000 and spent Rs 2840 on its overhauling. Then he sold it to his friend Rs 13860 . How much per cent did he gain or lose? - Cash discount
Marked price of a mobile phone Rs 6000. The shopkeeper offers a discount of 5% on cash payment . If the VAT is 8%, find the amount the customer has to pay in cash to purchase the mobile phone. - By selling
By selling an article for $ 21, a trader loses as much percent as the cost price of the article. Find the cost price.
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