Percentages practice problems - page 2 of 110
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- 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. - Drying fruit
Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg of fresh fruits? - Scholarship 3
The ratio of number of boys to that of the girls in a school is 3:2. If 20% of boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders, find the percentage of those who are not scholarship holders? - The profit 5
A man buys 12 pens for 60 eur and sells them at 5 pens for 30 euros. What is his profit percentage?
- The radius 3
The radius of a solid circular cylinder decreases by 20% and its height increases by 10% . Find the percentage change its : (a) volume (b) curved surface area. - Percent to number If 75% of a number is 225, what is the number?
- A merit scholarship Last year’s freshman class at Big State University totaled 5,307 students. Of those, 1,264 received a merit scholarship to help offset tuition costs during their freshman year (although the amount varied per student). The amount a student received was N($
- Simple interest At what time will the sum be doubled at 5% per annum at simple interest?
- A shopkeeper 7
A shopkeeper bought 80 cricket bats for 2.55 euros each. He sells 20 of them at a 5% gain. What must be the gain percentage of the remaining bats to get a 10% gain overall?
- An article An article is sold at 20% profit. If it were sold at a 25% profit, then he could get USD 35 more. Then, find the article's cost price.
- Twice a number
If 73 is one more than twice a number, what is 50% of the number? - Compound continuously Find the balance in the account after 10 years. P= $1900; r= 6% Compound continuously.
- Sum of squares
If the first number is 80% of the second number and 4 times the sum of their squares is 656, find the numbers. - The value
The value of the property decreases every year at the rate of 5%. If its present value is 411540 USD, what was its value three years ago?
Susan went to school for 219 days in a full year. If her attendance is 75%, find the number of days on which the school was open.Do you have homework that you need help solving? Ask a question, and we will try to solve it. Solving math problems.
