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UTME / JAMB 2025
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
A car dealer bought a used car for ₦270,000 and spent ₦70,000 to refurbish it. He later sold the car for ₦490,000. What was the percentage profit?
A
30%
B
35%
C
25%
D
45%
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2025
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
An amount of # 600,000.00 was realized when a principal y was saved for 5% simple interest for 4 years, find the value of y
A
# 570,000
B
# 500,000
C
# 300,000
D
# 400,000
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2024
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
Find the amount if simple interest is paid yearly at 5% per annum for 3 years, on a principal of # 200,000.00
A
# 23, 000.00
B
# 30,000.00
C
# 300,000.00
D
# 230,000.00
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2024
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
A boy bought Oranges at the rate of #24.00 for 5 and sold it at the rate of # 30.00 for 4 Oranges. Find the profit made of the ones sold
A
# 24.00
B
#30.00
C
# 10.80
D
#20.00
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
At simple interest, a man made a deposit of some money in the bank. The amount in his bank account after 10 years is three times the money deposited. If the interest rate stays the same, after how many years will the amount be five times the money deposited?
A
15 years
B
25 years
C
20 years
D
30 years
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
An article when sold for ₦230.00 makes a 15% profit. Find the profit or loss % if it was sold for ₦180.00
A
10% gain
B
10% loss
C
12% loss
D
12% gain
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
Find the compound interest (CI) on ₦15,700 for 2 years at 8% per annum compounded annually.
A
₦6,212.48
B
₦2,834.48
C
₦18,312.48
D
₦2,612.48
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2023
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
Bello buys an old bicycle for ₦9,200.00 and spends ₦1,500.00 on its repairs. If he sells the bicycle for ₦13,400.00, his gain percent is
A
25.23%
B
31.34%
C
88.81%
D
42.54%
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2022
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
Mary has $ 3.00 more than Ben but $ 5.00 less than Jane. If Mary has $ x, how much does Jane and Ben have altogether?
A
$(2x-8)
B
$(2x+8)
C
$(2x-2)
D
$(2x+2)
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
UTME / JAMB 2021
Financial Arithmetic
Solution
At what rate would a sum of N100.00 deposited for 5 years raise an interest of N7.50?
A
\(\frac{1}{2}\)%
B
2\(\frac{1}{2}\)%
C
1.5%
D
25%
medium Difficulty
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Mathematics
WAEC / WASSCE 2021
Financial Arithmetic
A trader paid import duty of 38 kobo in the naira on the cost of an engine. If a total of #22,800.00 was paid as import duty, calculate the cost of the engine.
A
#60,000.00
B
#120,000.00
C
#24,000.00
D
#18,000.00
medium Difficulty
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