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A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. What is the total number of apples he had originally?
(a)
Two-fifth
of one-third of three seventh of a number is 15.What is 40% of that number?
205
105
150
210
When the price of rice is increased by 30 percent, a family reduces its consumption so that the expenditure is only 20 percent more than before. If 50 kg of rice is consumed by family before, then find the new consumption by the family
43KG
44KG
45KG
46KG
Water tax is is increased by 20% but its consumption is decreased by 20%.Then increase or decrease in the expenditure of the money is
10%
4%
6%
20%
If the price of a product is first decreased by 25% and then increased by 20%, then what is the percentage change in the price?
20%
10%
25%
5%
The length and breath of a rectangle are increased by 20% and 30%.The area of the resulting rectangle exceeds the area of the original rectangle?
46%
56%
92%
30%
Rakesh spent 30 percent of his monthly income on food items. Of the remaining amount, he spent 60 percent on clothes and bills. Now he saves five-seventh of the remaining amount and the he saves $120,000 yearly, then find his monthly income.
60000
40000
50000
25000
Raj save 10%, after 2 years when his income is increased by 10% he could have saved the same amount. Then how much his expenditure increased?
5 %
10%
20%
15%
If X% of Y is equal to Z then what percent of Z is X
X^2/100
Y^2/100
100^2/Y
100^2/X
45% of ___ is equal to 25%of 355
195
176
127
197.22
Milk contain 10% of water. What quantity of pure milk should be added to 15ltr of milk to reduce water percentage to 7%?
6.6
6.4
6.2
6
Out of 500 students of school 35% plays football, 25% plays Cricket and 20% neither play football nor cricket. How many students play football and cricket?
50
94
100
200
Price of sugar is reduced by 3%. How many kg of sugar can be bought for the money which was sufficient to buy 50kg of sugar earlier?
50
55
51.5
56
Fresh fruits contain 70% of water and Dry fruits contains 20% of water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100kg of fresh fruits ?
35.5
37
37.5
40
In an examination full marks is 500, A gets 25% more than B, B gets 40% more than C And C gets 60% of D. If A got 320 , what percentage of full marks did D got (approx)?
21
22
23
24
If Harish height is 30% less than Lokesh. Then what percentage lokesh height is more than that of Harish?
42.80
42.58
42.60
42.85
Depreciation applicable to equipment is 25%. The value of equipment 4 years from now will be less by what percentage?
68.36
68.33
68.63
68.66
The population of city is increased by 5% , 7% and 11% in the last three years, what will be present population of town If population was 2,40,000 three years ago?
299600
299500
299400
299300
500 pencils were distributed equally among children in such a way that number received by each child is 20% of total number of children. How many pencil did each child receive?
45
50
55
60
What percent is 53 litres of 424 litres?
12.5%
8%
15%
12%
The price of a toy is first increased by 20% and then decreased by 20%. What is the change in the price of the toy?
₹4
6%
4%
₹8
If 40% of amount is paid and ₹120 is still to be paid, then the total amount to be paid is
₹200
₹300
₹240
₹320
Person A's expense is 60% more than that of Person B. How much percent is B's expense less than that of A?
60%
40%
37.5%
62.5%
A batsman scores 160 runs which included 8 boundaries and 12 sixes. What percent of his total score was made by running between the wickets?
65%
32%
68%
35%
A student has to obtain 33% of total marks to pass the exam. Shikhar got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. The maximum marks of the exam are
500
600
800
1000
A student scored 32% marks in Science subjects out of 300. How much should he score in language papers out of 200 in order to get overall 46%?
67
77
66
60
In a factory, there are 40% technicians and 60% non-technicians. If 60% of technicians and 40% of non-technicians are permanent employees, find the percentage of temporary employees in the factory?
52%
48%
40%
60%
The ratio of males and females in a city is 7 : 8 and the percentage of children among males and females is 25% and 20% respectively. If the number of adult females in the city is 156800 what is the total population?
245000
367500
196000
171500
5% people of a village got injured by bombardment, 15% of the remainder left the village on account of fear. If now the population is reduced to 3553, how much was it in the beginning?
3800
4200
4400
5500
In addition to the cost of the meal you must pay a 5% sales tax and leave a 15% tip.
What is the most expensive item you can order?
Due to a 25% price hike in the price of rice, a person is able to purchase 20 kg less of rice for Rs.400. Find the initial price.
(a)
A’s salary is 20% lower than B’s salary, which is 15% lower than C’s salary. By how much percent is C’s salary more than A’s salary?
(a)
The cost of manufacture of an article is made up of four components A, B, C and D which have a ratio of 3 : 4 : 5 : 6 respectively. If there are respective changes in the cost of +10%, –20%, –30% and +40%, then what would be the percentage change in the cost
(a)
20% of a number when subtracted from 108, gives the number itself. Find the number.
(a)
In an election between 2 candidates, Chaman gets 80% of the total valid votes. If the total votes were 12000, what is the number of valid votes that the other candidate Dhande gets if 15% of the total votes were declared invalid?
1645
1545
1675
2040
In a mixture of 100 litres of milk and water, 25% of the mixture is milk. How much water should be added to the mixture so that milk becomes 20% of the mixture?
25 L
15 L
20 L
24 L
The length, breadth and height of a room in the shape of a cuboid are increased by 10%, 20% and 50%, respectively. Find the percentage change in the volume of the cuboid.
47.20%
55.33%
48%
98%
The population of a town is 6000. If the number of males increases by 10% and the number of females increases by 20%, then the population becomes 6800. Find the population of females in the town.
(a)
An ore contains 20% of an alloy that has 50% copper. Other than this, in the remaining 80% of the ore, there is no copper. How many kilograms of the ore are needed to obtain 10 kg of pure copper?
100 kg
125 kg
80 kg
75 kg
In an examination, 80% students passed in Physics, 70% in Chemistry while 15% failed in both the subjects. If 3250 students passed in both the subjects. Find the total number of students who appeared in the examination.
7500
8000
3000
5000
After three successive equal percentage rise in the salary the sum of 1000 rupees turned into 1331 rupees. Find the percentage rise in the salary
(a)
The price of a certain product was raised by 20% in India. The consumption of the same article was increased from 400 tons to 440 tons. By how much percent will the expenditure on the article rise in the Indian economy?
32%
25%
27%
26%
The population of Swansea increases with a uniform rate of 8% per annum, but due to immigration, there is a further increase of population by 1% (however, this 1% increase in population is to be calculated on the population after the 8% increase and not on the previous years population). Find what will be the percentage increase in population after 2 years.
18.984%
18.081%
18.24%
17.91%
There are 80 apples in a carton of apples. There are 24 red apples and the rest of the apples are green. What percentage of the apples are green?
60%
70%
80%
85%
The number of pupils in a school increased by 17% in 2019. If there were 400 pupils at the school in 2018, how many were there in 2019?
468 pupils
468 teachers
864 pupils
864 teachers
non of the above
There are 20 questions in a test and you get 75% correct. How many questions do you get right ?
15
12
10
5
A number is increased by 50% and then the increased number is decreased by 50%. Find the net increase or decrease percent.
18%
13%
25%
27%
if A's salary is 25% more than B's than by what percent is B's salary less than A's salary
90%
56%
20%
10%
What percentage change is equivalent to:
an increase of 7% followed by a decrease of 7%?
0.49% decrease
0.49 increase
7% decrease
No change
What percentage change is equivalent to:
an increase of 15% followed by another increase of 20%.
38% increase
35% increase
30% increase
5% increase
What percentage change is equivalent to:
a decrease of 20% followed by another decrease of 35%.
55% percent decrease
15% decrease
40% decrease
48% decrease
Li bought a new car for $23 000. After one year the car had decreased in value by 20%. In the following year, the car decreased in value by a further 17%.
Calculate the value of the car after two years.
$18400
$15272
$14490
$13336
An electronics store increased the prices of all laptops by 8%. During the end of year sales, all stock was discounted by 10%. A laptop originally cost $995.
What was the new price of the laptop after the price increase?
1024.60
1044.60
1074.60
1084.60
An electronics store increased the prices of all laptops by 8%. During the end of year sales, all stock was discounted by 10%. A laptop originally cost $995.
What is the price of the laptop during the end of year sales?
867.14
917.14
947.14
967.14
Cafe X increased all prices by 10% but then offered a 5% discount to all customers with a Cafe X loyalty card. Before the prices were changed, a coffee cost $4.50. Following the price increase, how much would a coffee cost for a customer with a loyalty card?
$4.50
$4.60
$4.70
$4.80
Marco went on a weight-loss diet. Initially, his weight was 92.5 kg. In the first month, he reduced his weight by 1.7%. In the second month, his weight decreased by 2.9%.
What was Marco’s weight after two months of dieting? Answer to one decimal place.
91.5
90.4
89.6
88.3
After months of rain, the Clareville dam was full. Over the next year, the amount of water in the dam decreased by 16%. The following year it increased by 5%. What was the overall percentage change in the amount of water in Clareville dam?
11.8% decrease
11% decrease
8% decrease
8.8% decrease
At an intersection on a busy road, the number of accidents in 2010 was 35. In 2011 this increased by 20%.
At the start of 2012, a set of traffic lights was put in at the intersection and the number of accidents decreased by 69%.
How many accidents were there at the intersection in 2012? Answer to the nearest whole number.
7
9
11
13
A report consists of 20 sheets each of 55 lines and each such line consists of 65 characters. This report is reduced onto sheets each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70 characters. The percentage reduction in number of sheets is closest to:
20%
5%
30%
35%
2/5th of the voters promise to vote for A and the rest promised to vote for B. Of these, on the last day 15% of the voters went back of their promise to vote for A and 25% of voters went back of their promise to vote for B, and A lost by 200 votes. Then, the total number of voters is:
10000
11000
9000
9500
Forty per cent of the employees of a certain company are men and 75% of the men earn more than Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45% of the company’s employees earn more than Rs. 25,000 per year, what fraction of the women employed by the company earn Rs. 25,000 or less per year?
2/11
1/4
1/3
3/4
If the price of petrol increases by 25% and Raj intends to spend only an additional 15% on petrol, by how much % will he reduce the quantity of petrol purchased?
10%
12%
8%
7%
A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12% more than the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.
50
100
150
200
In an election contested by two parties, Party D secured 12% of the total votes more than Party R. If party R got 132,000 votes and there are no invalid votes, by how many votes did it lose the election?
30000
168000
36000
24000
In a village, two contestants (A & B) are contesting in an election. 70% of the registered voters cast their votes in the election and A wins the election by 400 votes. If A had received 12.5% less votes, A’s votes would have been equal to B’s votes. How many registered voters are there in the village?
4500
4200
4000
4250
A man earns x% on the first Rs. 2,000 and y% on the rest of his income. If he earns Rs. 700 from Rs. 4,000 and Rs. 900 from Rs. 5,000 of income, find x%.
20
25
15
Can't be determined
What percentage of the whole week does Pirkandu spend in office, if his office hours are 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday?
23.8%
28%
20.5%
25.8%
Prerna decided to donate 15% of her salary to an orphanage. On the day of donation she changed her mind and donated Rs 2,896 which was 90% of what she had decided earlier. How much is Prerna’s salary (approx)?
19500
17250
21450
Can't be determined
Ina class, 15 % of total number of students failed in science, 25% of total number of students failed in maths and 10% of total number of students failed in both. How much percentage of students passed in both maths and science?
70%
60%
50%
80%
Y has to score 40% marks to pass. He gets 20 marks and fails by 40 marks. The maximum marks of the exam are?
150
100
125
175
The price of apple is first increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%. What is the change in the price of apple ?
1%
10%
100%
2%
If 15% of Y is same as 21% of Z, then 12.5% of Y is equal to what percent of Z ?
17.5
16.5
15.514.5
An error 2% in excess is made while measuring the side of a square. The percentage of error in the calculated area of the square is:
2%
2.02%
4%
4.04%
Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio 5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and 75% respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
2 : 3 : 4
6 : 7 : 8
6 : 8 : 9
none
if 20% of a = b then b % of 20 is the same as :
4% of b
4% of a
4 % of ab
none of these
What is the percentage of males in 1951 was
50%
50.2%
48.8%
30.87%
What is the percentage increase of children 1971-81 was
10%
8.2%
5.23%
6.80%
What was the percentage decrease in expenditure from 1988 to 1989?
80%
50%
10%
40%
If A's salary is 20% less than B's salary, by how much percent is B's salary more than A's?
26%
30%
40%
25%
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was?
2700
2900
3000
3100
A towel, when bleached, was found to have lost 20% of its length and 10% of its breadth. The percentage of decrease in area is:
10 %
10.08%
20 %
28 %
If price of sugar increases by 20% ,then the percentage reduction in consumption so that expenditure remains the same will be ?
50/3 %
40/3%
60/3%
30/3%
The salaries of A and B together amount to Rs. 2000. A spends 95% of his salary and B 85% of his. If how, their savings are the same, then what is A’s salary?
(a)
Which number is 40% less than 90% of 100?
(a)
The population of a town is 18000. It increases by 10% during first year and by 20% during the second year. The population after 2 years will be…..
(a)
30% of the students in a class wear glasses, 10% of the students who wear glasses, wore gold rimmed glasses. If the class has 200 students, how many wear gold rimmed glasses?
(a)
A dishonest dealer sells as a weight of 800 gm in place of 1 kg and adds 20% impurities in sugar. What would be his profit %? If he claims to be selling at cost price?
(a)
if 15% of (A+B) = 25% of (A-B), then what percent of B is equal to A?
(a)
If the radius of a circle is decreased by 50%, its area is reduced by…..
(a)
A candidate has to secure 40% of the total marks to pass. He gets 190 marks and fails by 190 marks. Find the total marks.
(a)
Ram secured 49% marks in an examination. His score was 294. His sister secured 372 marks in the same examination. What is Ram’s sister's score in percent?
a. 72%
b. 62%
c. 58%
d. 64%
Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:
a. 39, 30
b. 41, 32
c. 42, 33
d. 43, 34
A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 70% apples and still has 390 apples. Originally, he had:
a. 1000 apples
b. 1200 apples
c. 1400 apples
d. 1300 apples
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 2 or 8 in the unit's digit?
a. 16%
b. 18%
c. 20%
d. 22%
Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number. The ratio of the two numbers is:
a. 3:5
b. 4:5
c. 6:7
d. 7:8
The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by 20% is:
a. 40%
b. 44%
c. 45%
d. 30%
A towel, when bleached, was found to have lost 20% of its length and 10% of its breadth. The percentage of decrease in area is:
a. 25%
b. 26%
c. 28%
d. 30%
A person gives X% of his salary rent,15% in electricity, (2X+4)% in shopping and rest are saving. His saving are 140% more than his expenditure on rent.
What is value of X?
15
12
16
18
Two fifth of one third of three seventh of a number is 15. What is 40% of that number ?
501
125
252
105
The population of a town is 176000. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum , What will be it's population 2 year hence?
194000
194040
194400
194140
Length and breadth of a circle are Increased by 20% and 30%. The area of resulting rectangle exceeds the area of original rectangle by
50%
56%
65%
156%
Water tax is increased by 20% , but it's consumption is decreased by 20%. Then increase or decrease in expenditure of money is
96%
4%
40%
None
Sugar contains 5% water.what quantity of pure sugar would be added to 10 litres of water to reduce this to 2%?
5 lit
6 lit
10 lit
15 lit
In an election between 2 candidates , candidate who gets 40% vote defeated by 15000. The no. Of votes polled by winner is
10000
45000
40000
6000
The price of fan is decreased by 20%. As a result of which the sale increased by 40%. What will be the affect on total revenue of the shop?
10%
30%
12%
20%
Raj save 10%, after 2 years when his income is increased by 10% he could have saved the same amount. Then how much his expenditure increased?
5 %
10%
20%
15%
If X% of Y is equal to Z then what percent of Z is X
X^2/100
Y^2/100
100^2/Y
100^2/X
Out of 500 students of school 35% plays football, 25% plays Cricket and 20% neither play football nor cricket. How many students play football and cricket?
50
94
100
200
In an examination full marks is 500, A gets 25% more than B, B gets 40% more than C And C gets 60% of D. If A got 320 , what percentage of full marks did D got (approx)?
21
22
23
24
If Harish height is 30% less than Lokesh. Then what percentage lokesh height is more than that of Harish?
42.80
42.58
42.60
42.85
Depreciation applicable to equipment is 25%. The value of equipment 4 years from now will be less by what percentage?
68.36
68.33
68.63
68.66
The bride and groom invited 120 guests for their wedding reception. 90 guests arrived. What percent of the guest list was not present?
92%
25%
20.9%
29.9%
There were 500 ml of water in a jug and 40 ml was poured out, what was the total percentage that was poured out?
50%
10%
6%
8%
At a birthday party 40% of the children had an ice-cream. 150 children attended the party. How many had an ice-cream?
60
70
80
90
At a sport club 40% prefer football, 30% basketball and the rest volleyball. 300 children attend this sport club. Find the number of those who prefer volleyball.
70
80
90
100
