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Good at maths?!

1)Ata restaurant the bill for meal is £46.20 plus 10% service charge. What was thetotal for the bill?2)Asecond-hand car costs £2700. The price falls by 15% when it is sold the nexttime. How much is it sold for?3)Ina school there are 1600 pupils. The number of pupils rises by 2%. How manypupils are there now?4)Adesigner jumper costs £92. In a Christmas sale it is reduced by 35%. What isthe sale price?5)Iput £500 in a bank. After a year my money has increased by 2.5%. How much moneydo I now have in the bank?6)Adog weighs 9Kg and needs to go on a diet. After being on a diet for a while thedog has lost 15% of its weight. How much does it weigh now?7)Ina nearby town the population is 76,900. The population falls by 7%. What is thenew population? 8)In the past year the number of pupils in a school has risen by4%. There are now 1300 pupils in the school. How many were there before therise?9)The population of a local town has fallen by 3% in the lastyear. There are now 14,453 people in the town. How many were there before thefall?10)At a restaurant the bill for meal came to £68.20 including a10% tip. How much was the bill before the tip?

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Reply 1
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This is painful to look at
Reply 3
Original post by Student403
This is painful to look at


I think they want us to do their homework for them
Original post by hasfaz
1)Ata restaurant the bill for meal is £46.20 plus 10% service charge. What was thetotal for the bill?2)Asecond-hand car costs £2700. The price falls by 15% when it is sold the nexttime. How much is it sold for?3)Ina school there are 1600 pupils. The number of pupils rises by 2%. How manypupils are there now?4)Adesigner jumper costs £92. In a Christmas sale it is reduced by 35%. What isthe sale price?5)Iput £500 in a bank. After a year my money has increased by 2.5%. How much moneydo I now have in the bank?6)Adog weighs 9Kg and needs to go on a diet. After being on a diet for a while thedog has lost 15% of its weight. How much does it weigh now?7)Ina nearby town the population is 76,900. The population falls by 7%. What is thenew population? 8)In the past year the number of pupils in a school has risen by4%. There are now 1300 pupils in the school. How many were there before therise?9)The population of a local town has fallen by 3% in the lastyear. There are now 14,453 people in the town. How many were there before thefall?10)At a restaurant the bill for meal came to £68.20 including a10% tip. How much was the bill before the tip?

Do them yourself - those are trivial. And learn some formatting skills.
Reply 5
Questions 1)£50 2)£2296 3)£1632 4)£59.80 5)£512.50 6) 7.65kg 7) 71517 8) 1250 9) 14900 10) £62
Original post by Milzime
I think they want us to do their homework for them


I love how much effort they put in to the post. Just the 10 questions without any spaces between them :lol:
Reply 7
Original post by Student403
I love how much effort they put in to the post. Just the 10 questions without any spaces between them :lol:


lol yeah


but hey someone actually did them?!!?!??!

-might consider doing this
1) £50.82
2) £2295
3) 163 pupils
4) £59.80
5) £512.50
6) 7.65kg
7) 71517 people
8) 1250 pupils
9) 14900 people
10) £62
Hope this helps :smile:

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Reply 9
lazy af op :unimpressed:
Honestly, maths is a really enjoyable subject when you actually work hard :smile:
Amazing. I didn't know people used TSR as a tool like this. :beard:
Reply 12
Original post by Milzime
I think they want us to do their homework for them


Just checking my answers xD
Reply 13
Original post by null_geodesic
Do them yourself - those are trivial. And learn some formatting skills.


Uhm actually it looked fine until I pressed enter then it went weird
Original post by hasfaz
Just checking my answers xD


:smug: :smug: yeah k k k k
Reply 15
Original post by OGGUS
Questions 1)£50 2)£2296 3)£1632 4)£59.80 5)£512.50 6) 7.65kg 7) 71517 8) 1250 9) 14900 10) £62


thank uuuuu!
Reply 16
Original post by Student403
I love how much effort they put in to the post. Just the 10 questions without any spaces between them :lol:


i pasted the questions then it messed up lol
Reply 17
Original post by Benedict2314
1) £50.82
2) £2295
3) 163 pupils
4) £59.80
5) £512.50
6) 7.65kg
7) 71517 people
8) 1250 pupils
9) 14900 people
10) £62
Hope this helps :smile:

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Thank youuuu :smile:
Original post by syntheticdescent
Amazing. I didn't know people used TSR as a tool like this. :beard:


It's like an automatic (and very cynical) calculator :woo:
Reply 19
Original post by Alexion
It's like an automatic (and very cynical) calculator :woo:


ik xDDDDDDD

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