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- 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 4
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. - Petrol and kerosene
What will be the ratio of petrol and kerosene in the final solution formed by mixing petrol and kerosene that are present in three vessels in the ratio 4:1, 5:2, and 6:1, respectively? - Impurity - glycerine
A sample of 50 L of glycerine is found to be adulterated to the extent of 20%. Find how much pure glycerine should be added to reduce impurity percentagerity to 5%. - Literacy ratio
The town's population is 311250. The ratio of women to men is 43: 40. If 24% of men and 8% of women are literate, then find the total number of literate persons in the town. - Math review
How much is 20% of 30% of 150? - Customer 7
The customer needs a discount of 30% on the marked price. The dealer gives him two successive discounts of 20% and 12%. The discount was: (1) more than he wants (2) same as he wants (3) less than he wants (4) none of these Write the result in numbers 1 to - A town 3
A town with 12,000 people has been growing at a rate of 2.5% per year. How many years ago was the population 8,000? - Selling cloth
By selling 33 m of cloth, a shopkeeper loses an amount equal to the selling price of 3 m of cloth. Find his gain or loss percentage. - Jeremy 2
Jeremy is digitally editing out some red-eye problems in the photos from his sister's birthday party. The eyes are small and hard to click on, so he zooms in on the photo from 100% to 400%. In the zoomed-in photo, the eyes are 3 cm wide. How many cm wide - A sum 6
A sum at simple interest of 4% per annum amounts to 3120 USD in 5 years. Find the sum. - Selling the article
If an article is sold at a gain of 6% instead of at a loss of 6%, then the seller gets 6 euros more. Find the cost price of the article. - Single discount 3 What will be the single equivalent discount for successive discounts of 10%, 20%, and 15% on marked price?
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