Percentage Questions
Percentage questions involve expressing quantities as parts of 100. Practise percentage increases and decreases, successive changes, comparisons, and other calculations with methods that help save time in competitive examinations.
12 questions
- An audit shows assets invested in schemes giving 12% and 18% return yielding 15% average return. If total investment is ₹6,00,000, what is investment in the lower-return scheme?
- If P is 25% more than Q and R is 40% less than the sum of P and Q, then by what percentage is R more than P?
- The monthly income of Anita is ₹24,000, and her monthly expenditure is ₹16,000. If her income increases by 25% and her expenditure increases by 10%, find the percentage increase in…
- The monthly income of Suresh is ₹18,000, and his monthly expenditure is ₹12,000. Next year, his income increases by 20% and his expenditure increases by 15%. Find the percentage increase…
- If A is 50% more than B, and C is 30% less than the sum of A and B, then C is what percent of A?
- In a cricket series, Team A had a winning rate of 70% after playing x matches. Then they lost 20 matches consecutively, and their winning rate fell to 50%. Find…
- A population falls by 12% in the first year. By what percentage must it increase in the second year so that at the end of the second year the population…
- An item undergoes two successive discounts: 12.5% (i.e., 1/8) and then 20%. After those discounts, a tax of 18% is applied on the reduced price, and the final amount the…
- A circular iron plate of radius 24 cm is heated, and its radius increases by 1.8%. What is the approximate percentage increase in its area?
- Ravi scores 40% marks and fails by 30 marks. Sohan scores 50% marks and gets 20 marks more than the pass marks. Find the maximum marks of the exam.
- Which of the following is the least?
- The price of a shirt is increased by 20% and then again increased by 10%. What is the net percentage increase in price?