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Find the following:1) 25% of 300 2) 30% of 400 3) 49% of 800 4) 56% of 1200 5) 66.66% of 750 6) 33.33% of 540 7) 12.5% of 480 8) 80% of 550 9) 37.5% of 600 10) 16.66% of 1800

Given a number 1500, find:1) 1% 6) 76% 2) 10% 7) 53% 3) 28% 8) 91% 4) 33% 9) 87% 5) 69% 10) 83.33% LEVEL 1 1) A is 75% of B, then B is ____% of A. 2) A is 125% of B, then B is ____% of A. 3) A number is increased by 30% and then decreased by 30%. Find the percentage change in the number. 4) A number is decreased by 50% and then increased by 50%. Find the percentage change in the number. 5) A number is increased by 30% and then increased by 20%. Find the percentage change in the number. 6) The price of a commodity increases by 100%. By what percent should we reduce the consumption to keep the expenditure constant? 7) The length and breadth of a rectangle increase by 10%and 20% respectively. Find the percentage change in the area. 8) The price of a commodity increases by 20%, while the expenditure increases by 8%. Find the percentage change in the consumption. 9) A and B are 25% and 50% more than C. A is ___% of B. 10) By what percent should the price of an article be increased/decreased if there is a 20% increase in expenditure and 20% decrease in consumption. LEVEL 2 11) A scored 32% marks and failed by 30 marks while B scored 43% marks and scored 25 marks more than required to pass. Find the total marks for the paper. 1. 450 2. 500 3. 600 4. 750

12) In the previous problem, the pass percentage is 1. 35% 2. 40% 3. 38%

4. 34%

13) The lenghth and breadth of a room are increased by 25% and 40% respectively, while the height is decreased by 20%. Find the percentage change in the volume of the room. 1. 30% 2. 45% 3. 40% 4. 56% 14) A 200 lt mixture of milk and water contains 40% water. How much more water should be added to make the percentage share of water as 70%? 1. 100 lt 2. 60 lt 3. 150 lt 4. 200 lt 15) A candidate X secured votes of 65% voters on the voters list and won by 1600 votes. If there are only two candidates and 10% of the voters did not vote, find the total number of voters on the voter list. 1. 3000 2. 3500 3. 4000 4. 5000 LEVEL 3 16) Forty percent of the employees of a certain company are men, and 75 percent of the men more than Rs. 25,000 per year. If 45 percent 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 year or less'? 1. 2/11 2. 1 /4 3. 1/3 4.3 /4 17) The tax on a commodity is diminished by 25% and its consumption increases by 20%. Now, a person can save what per cent more/less from before? 1. 10% more 2. 10% less 3. cannot be determined 4. None of these 18) The owner of an art shop conducts his business in the following manner: Every once in a while he raises his prices by X%, then a while later he reduces all the new prices by X%. After one such up-down cycle, the price of a painting decreased by Rs 441. After a second up-down cycle the painting was sold for Rs 1944.81. What was the original price of the painting? 1. 2756.25 2. 2256.25 3. 2500 4. 2000 19) A college has raised 75% of the amount it needs for a new building by receiving an average donation of Rs 600 from the people already solicited. The people already solicited represent 60% of the total people the college will ask for donations. If the college is to raise exactly the amount needed for the new building, what should be the average donation from the remaining people to be solicited? 1. Rs.300 2. Rs.250 3. Rs.400 4. Rs.500 20) A, B and C went to buy ration from a wholesale market. They had a combined sum of Rs.900. A spent 80%, B spent 70% and C spent 75% of their respective amounts. Now the ratio of amounts left with them is 4 : 9 : 10. Find the ratio of amounts they had in the beginning. 1. 2 : 4 : 3 2. 3 : 4 : 2 3. 5 : 2 : 2 4. 2 : 3 : 4

21) Fresh grapes contain 90% water, rest is pulp, while dried grapes contain 20% water. How many kgs of dried grapes can we make from 20 kgs of fresh grapes? 1. 2 kg 2. 1.6 kg 3. 2.5 kg 4. 2.4 kg The proportion of male students and the proportion of vegetarian students in a school are given below. The school has a total of 800 students, 80% of whom are in the Secondary Section and rest equally divided between Class 11 and 12. Male (M) 0.60 0.55 0.475 Vegetarian (V) 0.50 0.55 0.53

Class 12 Class 11 Secondary Section Total

22. What is the percentage of male students in the secondary section? (1) 40 (2) 45 (3) 50 (4) 55 (5) 60 23. In Class 12, twenty five per cent of the vegetarians are male. What is the difference between the number of female vegetarians and male non-vegetarians? (1) less than 8 (2) 10 (3) 12 (4) 14 (5) 16 24. What is the percentage of vegetarian students in Class 12? (1) 40 (2) 45 (3) 50 (4) 55 (5) 60 25. In the Secondary Section, 50% of the students are vegetarian males. Which of the following statements is correct? (1) Except vegetarian males, all other groups have same number of students. (2) Except non-vegetarian males, all other groups have same number of students. (3) Except vegetarian females, all other groups have same number of students. (4) Except non-vegetarian females, all other groups have same number of students. (5) All of the above groups have the same number of students. 26) The length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 3:2:1. If the length and breadth are halved and the height is doubled, then the total area of the four walls will 1. remain the same 4.decrease by 18.75% 2. decrease by 13.64% 5. decrease by 30% 3. increase by 15%

27) In 1978, a kg of paper was sold at Rs.25/-. If the paper rate increases at 1.5% more than the inflation rate which is 6.5% a year, then what will be the cost of a kg of paper after 2 years? 1. 29.12 2. 29.72 3. 30.12 4. 32.65 28) A student gets 70% in one subject, 80% in the other. To get an overall of 75%, how much should get in third subject, if the 3rd paper is for 50 marks. 1. 75 2. 40 3. 37.5 4. 45