Percentage 19Questions video

Convert below fractions into percentages Ques 1. 783/1869

Ques 2. 459/685
Ques 3. 1234.5/15.5
Ques 4. 107.5/1007.5
Ques 5. 68.5 % of 6563
Ques 6. The population of a town is 2 lakhs. If the population increases at the steady rate of 2
% every year, what should be the population after 4 years ?
Ques 7. If all sides of a cuboid increases by 4 %, the volume would increase by
Ques 8. The price per unit of an article decreases by 4 %, while the consumption in units
decreases by 8 %. The final expenditure would decrease by
Ques 9. The length of a rectangle increases by 6 %, while its breadth decreases by 5 %. The
area would increase by
Ques 10. In accordance with the provisions of the new budget, Ram pays tax at the rate of 5
percent of the taxable income and 10 percent as special surcharge on the amount of income
tax levied. He altogether pays a tax of Rs. 22,000. Find the gross pay of the man. The taxable
income is 80 % of the gross pay.
Ques 11. In a colony, 60 % of the total population of the colony are men and 12 % of the total
population of the colony is literate. If 20 % of the women in the particular colony are literate,
then find the number of illiterate men in the colony as a percentage of the total number of
men in the colony.
Ques 12. In the General Election involving only two parties, the number of votes against
party A increased by 25 % over the previous election, and party A lost the election by a
margin twice as large as that by which it had won the previous election. If a total of 2,60,000
people voted at both the elections, how many voted for the party A at the previous general
election ?
Ques 13. At National Institute of Management, in a batch of 160 students, 75 % of the
students did not have any prior work experience. Out of the students who had prior work
experience, 80 % are engineers. The percentage of the number of commerce graduates as a
percentage of the number of students in this batch who are not engineers is 50. If the number
of engineers is greater than the number of commerce graduates, then find the minimum
possible number of engineers in this batch who do not have prior work experience.
Ques 14. The price of diesel increased by 25 % and so a person reduced his consumption by
25 %. What is the percentage change in the expenditure incurred by him on diesel ?

Ques 15. Radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is increased by 10 % and height is
decreased by 20 %. What is the percentage increase or decrease in (a) Area of the base (b)
Volume of right circular cylinder
Ques 16. Sam marks up an item successively by a % and b % on his cost price. Then he gives
a single discount of c % to bring the selling price down to the level of cost price. Which of
the following is definitely true ????
1. a + b = c
2. a + b > c
3. a + b < c
4. Not possible to find
Ques 17. Due to the reduction in the price of mangoes by 30 %, a customer can buy 15
mangoes more in the same amount. Find the original number of mangoes he used to buy ??
Ques 18. A water melon weighs 8.5 kgs. The watermelon contains 70 % water by weight.
However, once left to dry in the hot sun for 3 days, it loses 75 % of the water content by
weight. What is the water content by weight percentage in the watermelon after it has been
dried in the sun for 3 days ??
Ques 19. Arun was carrying eggs from his farm to the wholesaler On the way, 5 % of the total
number of eggs were broken. He sold the remaining eggs to the wholesaler at a price so that
he made neither a profit nor a loss on the total number of eggs he started with from his farm.
Find out the profit percentage on the eggs he sold to the wholesaler??

16 questions
Ques 1. Ram spends 20 % of his monthly income on his household expenditure, 15 % of the
rest on books, 30 % of the rest on clothes and saves the rest. On counting, he comes to know
that he finally saves Rs. 9520. Find his monthly income.
Ques 2. In an examination, 80 % students passed in Physics, 70 % in Chemistry while 15 %
failed in both the subjects. If 325 students passed in both the subjects. Find the total number
of students who appeared in the examination.
Ques 3. Ram sells his goods 20 % cheaper than Bobby and 20 % dearer than Krishna. How
much percentage is Krishna's goods cheaper or dearer than Bobby's ??
Ques 4. The entrance ticket of a circus in New Delhi is of Rs. 250. When the price of the
ticket was lowered, the sale of tickets increased by 50 % while collections recorded a
decrease of 17.5 %. Find the deduction in the ticket price in rupees ??
Ques 5. Sneha went to a furniture shop to buy a sofa set costing Rs. 13,080 . The rate of sales
tax is 9 % . She tells the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the sofa set to such an extent that
she has to pay Rs. 13,080 inclusive of sales tax. Find the percentage reduction needed in the
price of the sofa set to satisfy her requirement.
Ques 6. A and B have between them Rs. 1200. A spends 12 % of his money while B spends
20 % of his money. They are then left with a sum that constitutes 85 % of the whole sum.
Find what amount is left with A ?
Ques 7. A fraction is such that if the double of the numerator and triple of the denominator is
changed by +10 % and -30 % respectively then we get 11 % of (16/21). Find the value of the
fraction.
Ques 8. The minimum quantity of milk in litres that should be mixed in a mixture of 60 litres
in which the initial ratio of milk to water is 1:4 so that the resultant mixture has 15 % milk is
Ques 9. After three successive equal percentage rise in the salary, the sum of Rs. 100 turned
into Rs 140 and 49 paise. Find the percentage rise in the salary.
1. 12 %
2. 22 %
3. 66 %
4. 82 %
Ques 10. To pass an examination 40 % marks are essential. A obtains 10 percent marks less
than the pass marks and B obtains 11.11 % marks less than A. What percentage less than the
sum of A's and B's marks should C obtain to pass the exam ??
Ques 11. India scored a total of x runs in 50 overs. Australia tied the scores in 20 percent less
overs. If Australia's average run rate had been 33.33 % higher the scores would have been
tied 10 overs earlier. How many runs Australia scored ??

Ques 12. A salesman is appointed on the basic salary of Rs. 1200 per month and the condition
that for every sales of Rs. 10000 above Rs. 10000, he will get 50 % of the basic salary and 10
% of the sales as a reward. This incentive scheme does not operate for the first Rs. 10000 of
sales. What should be the value of sales if he wants to earn Rs. 7600 in a particular month.
Ques 13. In the previous question, which of the following amount of money can be achieved
by
the
salesman
in
a
month
1.
2.
3.
4. All of the above

6000
10000
11000

Ques 14. Price of a commodity is first increased by x % and then decreased by x % . If the
new price is K/100 then find the original price of the commodity.
1.
2.
3.
4. 100k/(1002-x2)

(x-100)100/k
(x2-1002)100/k
(100-x)100/k

Ques 15. The prices of raw materials has gone up by 15 %, labour cost has also increased
from 25 % of the cost of the raw material to 30 % of the cost of raw material. By how much
percentage should there be a reduction in the usage of raw materials so as to keep the cost
same.
Ques 16. In an election of 3 candidates A,B and C, A gets 50 % more votes than B. A also
beats C by 18000 votes. If it is known that A gets 5 percentage point more votes than C, find
the number of voters on the voting list given that 90 % voters on the voting list voted and no
votes polled were invalid.

Statement
Statement 1. If the value of an item goes up by r %, the percentage reduction that should be
made to bring it back to the initial/original value = ((100r)/(100+r)) %
Statement 2. If the value of an item goes down by r %, the percentage increase that should be
made to bring it back to the initial/original value = ((100r)/(100-r)) %
Statement 3. If X is r % more than Y, then Y is ((100r)/(100+r)) % less than X.
Statement 4. If X is r % less than Y, then Y is ((100r)/(100-r)) % more than Y.
Statement 5. If the ticket cost of a movie increases by r % then the number of tickets sold
should be reduced by ((100r)/(100+r)) % so that the collection remains same.
Statement 6. If the ticket cost of a movie decreases by r % then the number of tickets sold
should be increased by ((100r)/(100-r)) % so that the collection remains same.
Basic Terms that we often see while dealing with questions of Profit and Loss #SELLING PRICE(SP) - It is that price of an article on which it is sold.
#COST PRICE(CP) - It is that price of an article on which it is purchased.
#PROFIT/GAIN - If the SP of an article is greater than its CP then there will be profit for
that article equal to (SP - CP)
#LOSS - If the CP of an article is greater than its SP then there will be loss for that article
equal to (CP - SP)
#PERCENTAGE PROFIT(P %) = (SP - CP)100/CP = (Profit)100/CP
#PERCENTAGE LOSS(L %) = (CP - SP)100/CP = (Loss)100/CP
Some other formulas 1. SP = (CP)(100+P)/100 in case of profit
2. SP = (CP)(100-L)/100 in case of loss
3. CP = (SP)(100)/(100+P) in case of profit
4. CP = (SP)(100)/(100-L) in case of loss
#An Article sold at two different selling price say SP1 and SP2 and cost price be CP. The
gain percentage in both cases being P1 and P2, then the formula formed in this type of
situation would be CP/100 = SP1/(100+P1) = SP2/(100+P2)

Kindly note value of percentage will become negative in case of loss percentage.
Question 1. By selling an article for Rs. 450, a man loses 25 %. At what price should he sell
in order to gain 50 %.
#When two different Articles are sold at same selling price
In this we will discuss those cases where on one article we will be getting profit and on other
we will be getting loss.
1st case - Where profit percentage(p) and loss percentage(l) are not equal.
Overall gain or loss percentage would be ((2(100+p)(100+l))/((100+p)+(100+l))) - 100
Question 2. A man sold two almirahs for Rs. 4800 each. One one, he gains 30 % and on
other, he loses 20 %. How much does he gain or lose in the whole transaction ?
2nd case - Where profit percentage(r) and loss percentage(r) are not equal.
In this type of cases overall only loss would be there.
Loss Percentage would be = -(r2/100)
Question 3. Two watches were sold for Rs. 2000 each. One one, a gain of 20 % is made and
on the other, a loss of 20 %. How much percentage loss or percentage gain is made in the
whole transaction ??

Profit and loss

Question 1. By selling 9 items, a loss of selling price of 3 items is incurred. What is the
percentage loss incurred in the transaction ?
Question 2. A dealer sells a set of furniture for Rs. 900, which is 80 % more than the price he
paid for it. At what price he must sell the same set to make 120 % profit on the cost price ?
Question 3. The cost price of a commodity is Rs. 1,331. By selling it at a discount of Rs. 100,
the dealer makes a profit of 9.09 %. If he decides not to give any discount, what will be the
profit earned by him ?
Question 4. After allowing a discount of 11.11 %, a trader still makes a gain of 14.28 %. At
how much percentage above the cost price does he mark his goods ?
Question 5. Armaan buys few apples at 15 for a rupee and the same number of apples at 20 a
rupee. He mixes the two lots and sells them at 35 for 2 rupees. What is his gain or loss
percentage ?
Question 6. A man buys oranges at the rate of 6 for Rs. 2 and sells the whole lot at the rate of
7 for Rs. 3. In this process he gained Rs. 20. How many oranges did he purchase ?
Question 7. Shyam buys 2 lots of mangoes. The first lot costs him Rs. 30 per dozen and the
second lot Rs. 50 per dozen. He sold all the mangoes at Rs. 40 per dozen. Find his profit or
loss percentage if he spent the same amount of money on each of the lots.
Question 8. A trader marked the price of his goods 20 % more than his cost price. He then
sells 1/4th of his stock at a discount of 10 %, and half of the stock at the marked price, and
the rest at a discount of 25 %. Find his profit percentage.
Question 9. A dishonest shopkeeper at the time of selling and purchasing, weighs 10 % less
and 20 % more per kilogram respectively. Find the profit percentage earned by the
shopkeeper by doing this cheating if he professes to sell at Cost Price ?
Question 10. A dishonest dealer mixes 1 kg of sand with 5 kg of rice and sells the entire
mixture at 25 % more than the cost price of rice, what is his net percentage profit in this
transaction ?
Question 11. By selling toffees at 56 a rupee, a vendor loses 30 %. How many toffees for a
rupee should he sell in order to gain 40 % ?
Question 12. Sanam buys two watches for Rs. 1000 each. He sells one at a profit of 10 % and
the other at a loss of 10 %. What is the gain or loss percentage in the transaction ?
Question 13. A man sold two commodities for Rs. 1200 each, neither losing nor gaining in
the deal. If he sold one commodity at a gain of 29 %, the other commodity would have been
sold at a loss of ?

Question 14. The cost of manufacturing a commodity increased by 20 %. A trader who did
not revise the selling price noted that there was a drop of Rs. 20 in his profit. What is the
original cost price ?
Question 15. An apple vendor makes a profit of 20 % by selling apples at a certain price. If he
charges 1.2 times higher per apple he would gain 40 %. Find the original price at which he
sold an apple ?
Question 16. A toy and a softy were sold for Rs. 564, making a profit of 25 % on the toy and
a profit of 20 % on the softy. By selling the toy and the softy for Rs. 563, the profit would be
20 % on the toy and 25 % on the softy. Find the ratio of difference and the sum of the cost
prices of the toy and the softy ?
Question 17. A television set listed at Rs. 3200 is sold to a retailer at a successive discount of
25 % and 15 %. The retailer desires a profit of 20 % after allowing a discount of 10 % to the
customer. At what price should he list the television set ?

Time Speed and Distance

Question 1. Ram goes from Delhi to Jaipur at a speed of 40 km per hour and comes back at a
speed of 60 km per hour taking exactly the same path. Find his average speed of the entire
journey ?
Question 2. Shyam travelled first 1/3rd of the distance of his journey at a speed of 40 km per
hour, 1/3rd of his remaining distance at 50 km per hour and the rest at 90 km per hour. Find
his average speed ?
Question 3. A car travels at 50 km per hour for the first half time of the journey, at 25 km per
hour for the half of the remaining time of the journey, at 12.5 km per hour for the half of the
remaining time of the journey and so on until the car accomplishes its journey. The average
speed of the car is approximately equal to
Question 4. Excluding stoppages, the average speed of a bus is 54 km per hour, and including
stoppages it is 45 km per hour. For how many minutes does the bus stop per hour ?
Question 5. If Rohan walks from his house to his school at the rate of 4 km per hour, he
reaches school 10 minutes earlier than the scheduled time. However, if he walks at the rate of
3 km per hour, he reaches school 10 minutes later than the scheduled time. Find the distance
between the school and Rohan's house ?
Question 6. Rajlaxmi takes 20 minutes less than the usual time to reach her office if her speed
increases by 5 km per hour, and takes 30 minutes more than the usual time if her speed
decreases by 5 km per hour. What is her usual speed ?
Question 7. Two trains start at the same time from Shimla and Jammu and proceed towards
each other at 80 km per hour and 95 km per hour respectively. When they meet, it is found
that one has travelled 180 km more than the other. Find the distance between Shimla and
Jammu ?
Question 8. Ruchi and Shailly start simultaneously from A and B towards B and A
respectively. They meet on the way at C which is at a distance of 120 meters from A. If Ruchi
and Shailly takes 16 seconds and 25 seconds to reach their respective destinations from C,
then what is the distance between A and B ?
Question 9. Mohan and Arun start swimming simultaneously from the opposite ends of a pool
which is 50 meters long. They pass each other, reach the respective ends and immediately
turn back. Now they meet at a distance of 15 meters from where Mohan started, 10 seconds
after the start. Find the speed of Arun ?
Question 10. M and N were 580 miles apart and they started driving towards each other. M's
car had travelled at the speed of 20 miles per hour, 4 hours a day for 5 days, when it had met
N's car. If N had driven for 3 hours a day for 5 days, what was the speed of N's car ?
Question 11. Two boats start simultaneously towards each other at different speeds from the
parallel and opposite banks of a lake. When they pass each other for the first time, they are
300 meters from one of the banks. After the first meeting, they continue to move towards the
opposite banks. Once they reach the opposite banks, they turn around and move towards each

other once again. When they pass each other for the second time, they are 200 meters from
the other bank. Find the ratio of the speeds of the two boats ?

Time speed distance (Part 2)

Question 1. Martin walked 1 km per hour slower than usual and he could return home in 9/8
of his usual time. His normal walking rate is ?
Question 2. A train after travelling 60 km meets with an accident and then proceeds at 3/4 of
its former rate and arrives at the terminus 40 minutes late. Had the accident occurred 25 km
further on, it would have arrived 10 minutes sooner than the previous case. Find the speed of
the train and the total distance travelled ?
Question 3. The average speed of a bus is 20 percent less on the return journey than on the
onward journey. The bus halts for half an hour at the destination bus stand before starting the
return journey. If the total time taken for to and fro journey was 23 hours, covering a total
distance of 1000 km, the average speed of the train on the return journey was how much ?
Question 4. X and Y start running towards each other at 6 km per hour and 9 km per hour
respectively. What was the distance between them when they started if they met after 16
minutes ?
Question 5. A cycle, covers a distance of 80 km in 10 hours. If half the distance is covered in
3/5th of the time, then what will be the speed of the cycle to cover the rest of the distance in
the remaining time ?
Question 6. To cover 600 km train T1 takes 8 hours more than train T2. If however, speed of
the train T1 is doubled it takes two hours less than train T2. The speed of the train T2 in km
per hour is ?
Question 7. A train with velocity 90 km per hour crosses a bridge in 36 seconds. Another train
100 meters shorter crosses the same bridge at 45 km per hour. Find the time taken by second
train to cross the bridge ?
Question 8. A train 75 meters long overtook a man who was walking at the rate of 6 km per
hour and crossed him in 18 seconds. Again, the train overtook a second person in 15 seconds.
At what rate was the second person travelling ?
Question 9. Two trains of lengths 190 meter and 210 meter respectively, are running in
opposite directions on parallel tracks. If their speeds are 40 km per hour and 32 km per hour
respectively, in what time will they cross each other ?
Question 10. Two trains, 130 meter and 110 meter long, are going in the same direction. The
faster train takes one minute to pass the other completely. If they are moving in opposite
directions, they pass one another completely in three seconds. Find the speed of both the
trains ?
Question 11. A man can row at the speed of 4.5 km per hour in still water to a certain
upstream point and back to the starting point in a river which flows at 1.5 km per hour. Find
the average speed for the total journey ?
Question 12. A man rows 10 km upstream and back again to the starting point in 55 minutes.
If the speed of the stream is 2 km per hour, find the speed of rowing in still water ?

Question 13. A motor boat can travel at 10 km per hour in still water. It travelled 91 km
downstream in a river and then returned, taking altogether 20 hours. Find the speed of the
river flow ??

Race

Question 1. In a race, X beats Y by 100 meters and Y beats Z by 200 meters. By what
distance did X beat Z in that race ?
Question 2. In a race, X beats Y by 10 seconds, whereas Y beats Z by 20 seconds. By how
many seconds did X beat Z ?
Question 3. In a 1000 meter car race, Car X beats Car Y by 100 meters. Car Y beats Car Z by
50 meter in 500 meters race. If Car X beats Car Z by 300 seconds in a 2000 meter race, how
long would Car Y take to travel a distance of 3000 meters ?
Question 4. In a 500 meter race, the ratio of speed of two runners R1 and R2 is 3:5 . R1 has a
start of 200 meters. Who wins the race and what is the distance between R1 and R2 at the
finish of the race if R1 and R2 finish the race at the same time ?
Question 5. In a 1500 meter race, Rohan beats Sohan by 150 meters and in the same race
Sohan beats Mohan by 75 meters. By what distance does Rohan beats Mohan ?
Question 6. A runs a kilometer in 4 minutes and B runs a kilometer in 4 minutes and 10
seconds. How many meters start can A give to B in a 1000 meter race so that the race may
end in a dead heat ?
Question 7. In a race of 600 meters, X can beat Y by 60 meters and in a race of 500 meters, Y
can beat Z by 25 meters. By how many meters will X beat Z in a 400 meters race ?
Question 8. In a 400 meters race, A gives B a start of 5 seconds and beats him by 15 meters.
In another race of 400 meters A beats B by 50/7 seconds. Find their speeds ?

Time and Work (Part 1)

Question 1. X and Y together can do a piece of work in 18 days, Y and Z in 24 days, Z and X
in 36 days. How many days will it take if all of them work together ??
Question 2. M and N can do a job in 12 days, N and P can do it in 16 days. After M has
worked for 5 days and N has worked for 7 days, P can finish the rest in 13 days. In how many
days can P do the work alone ??
Question 3. Amit and Rupali can do a job in 8 days and 12 days respectively. If they work on
alternate days with Amit working on the first day, in how many days will the work be
finished ??
Question 4. Machines M1 and M2 produce 8000 clips in 4 hours and 6 hours respectively.
The machines work in alternate hours. If M1 starts first, then how much time will be required
to produce 8000 clips ??
Question 5. X, Y and Z can complete a job in 10 days, working together. But only two of
them can work together at a time. If all of them work for the same number of days with equal
efficiency, how many days would each one have worked for when the job is completed ?
Question 6. Ram can do a piece of work, working alone in 6 days and Shyam alone can do it
in 8 days. Ram and Shyam do it for Rs. 640 with the help of Sita, they finished it in 3 days.
How much was paid to Sita ??
Question 7. X is thrice as efficient as Y and Y is twice is efficient as Z. If X,Y and Z work
together, how long will they take to complete a job which Y completes in 10 days ??

Time and Work (part 2)

Question 1. If 3 boys or 4 girls can construct a tower in 43 days, then in how many days will
7 boys and 5 girls together take to construct it ??
Question 2. In 16 days, 45 persons can complete a particular job. After working on the job for
6 days, 30 more persons joined the rest. In how many days from now would they complete
the job ??
Question 3. Five men take as much time to do a job as 10 women take. If 6 men take 10 days
to complete a job working 4 hours a day, how much time would 10 women take to do a job
twice as much as the former working 6 hours in a day ??
Question 4. A man, a woman and a boy can finish a job in 3 days, 4 days and 12 days
respectively. How many boys must assist 1 man and 1 woman to do the job in 1.5 days ??
Question 5. If 3 men and 2 women together earn Rs. 306 in 9 days while 7 men and 3 women
earn Rs. 639 in the same time. In how many days will 8 men and 6 women together earn Rs.
376 ??
Question 6. Because of a leak, the tank which is usually filled in 3 hours, now takes 3.5 hours
to get filled. The leak alone will empty the full tank in
Question 7. Two pipes P1 and P2 can fill a tank in 36 minutes and 45 minutes respectively. A
third pipe P3 can empty the tank in 30 minutes. Initially both P1 and P2 are opened. After 7
minutes, P3 is also opened. In how much time from the beginning the tank will be full ??
Question 8. Two pipes P1 and P2 can fill a tank in 12 minutes and 15 minutes respectively. A
third pipe P3 empties the full tank in 6 minutes. P1 and P2 are kept open for five minutes
initially and then pipe P3 is also opened. Find out whether the tank will get filled or emptied
after that and in how many minutes after the first five minutes ??
Question 9. Two pipes can fill a cistern in 14 hours and 16 hours respectively. Two pipes are
opened simultaneously and it is found that due to leakage in the bottom of the cistern, it takes
32 minutes for the cistern to be filled up. When the cistern is full and only the leakage is
operating in what time the leak would empty it ??
Question 10. A tank T can be filled by an inlet pipe of circular cross section in 10 minutes.
Another tank twice as big is filled in by 3 inlet pipes whose diameters are in the ratio 1:2:3 .
If the smallest pipe among these is four times as much in cross section as the inlet pipe of
tank T. Find the time taken to fill the second tank if the speed of water flowing into the
second tank is half the speed of water flowing into tank T.
Question 11. The time taken by A and B individually to complete a work is 4 hours and 9
hours more respectively than the time taken by both of them combinedly to complete the
same work. Find the time taken by B to complete the work all on his own ??
Question 12. Anil can stitch a suit in 3 hours less than Sunil. Anil stitches it alone for 4 hours
and then Sunil takes over and completed the stitching. If altogether 14 hours were taken to
stitch the suit, how many hours Sunil and Anil individually would take to stitch the suit ??

Question 13. X alone would take 8 hours more to complete a job than both X and Y together.
If Y worked alone, he took 4.5 hours more to complete it than both X and Y together. What
time would they take if both X and Y worked together ??

Time and Work (Part 3)

Question 1. X,Y and Z can do a piece of work in 6 days, 8 days and 10 days
respectively. Find the time taken by X,Y and Z working together to do a work
which can be done by Z alone in 25 days ?
Question 2. Tap P2 takes thrice the time taken by tap P1 to fill a tank. It takes 12
hours to fill the tank if the two taps are opened simultaneously. How much time
does it take to fill the tank, if tap P2 alone is open ?
Question 3. A work can be completed by 7 boys and 2 girls in 8 days, if they work
for 12 hours a day. Working at the same rate, 6 boys and 20 girls can do the
same job in 4 days. In how many hours can 8 boys and 8 girls complete the
work ?
Question 4. M can complete a work in 20 days. There is another person N who is
25 % more efficient than M. If M and N work combinedly in how many days will
they finish the work ?
Question 5. A,B,C and D working together produce a total of 200 books. In
producing books, A is thrice as efficient as B but 75 % less efficient than C, which
in its turn is half as efficient as D. How many books will be produced by B in
these 200 books ?
Question 6. Three taps can fill a tank in 10,15 and 30 hours. If each tap is opened
for one hour one after the other till the tank gets full, how long does it take to fill
the tank ?
Question 7. In a tank of dimensions 5x6x7 meters, the inlet pipe can supply at 5
meter cube per hour and outlet pipe can empty the tank in 30 hours. If the two
taps are opened simultaneously, how much time does it take to empty the tank
which is completely filled ?
Question 8. In a tank, there is a leak, which can empty the tank in 20 hours at
3/4th of the height above the base. There are two pipes filling the tank which can
fill the tank in 6 hours and 12 hours respectively. In how much time will the tank
be filled if both the filling pipes are opened simultaneously ?
Question 9. If X can produce 60 watches in 9 days and Y can produce 70 watches
in 21 days, how many days do they take to produce 100 watches together ?
Question 10. An insect, which is at the bottom of a 50 meter deep well, is trying
to come out of it. In every jump it covers 1.25 meter but slips down 0.75 meter.
In how many jumps it would come out of the well ?
Question 11. There are four persons who can do a work in 19 days each
individually. The work is started by one of the persons on the first day. Everyday

one more person joins and starting from the fourth day, all the four peoples work
together. In how many days will the work be completed ?

Simple int (part 2)

Thomas invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided in two different schemes A
and B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a. respectively. If the
total amount of simple interest earned in 2 years be Rs. 3508, what was the
amount invested in Scheme B?
A father left a will of Rs.35 lakhs between his two daughters aged 8.5 and 16
years such that they may get equal amounts when each of them reach the age
of 21 years. The original amount of Rs.35 lakhs has been instructed to be
invested at 10% p.a. simple interest. How much did the elder daughter get at the
time of the will?

3 years diff Simple int and Compound int

Question 1. Calculate the difference between the Simple Interest and Compound
Interest for a time period of three years on a principle of Rs. 1000
Question 2. The difference between the Simple Interest and Compound Interest
for 3 years on a sum of Rs. 1000.

Simple int question solving (1)

Question 1. What will be the simple interest earned on an amount of Rs. 16,800
in 9 months at the rate of 6.25% per annum?
Question 2. The simple interest on Rs. 1820 from March 9, 2003 to May 21, 2003
at 7.5% rate will be
Question 3. A person borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% per annum simple
interest. He immediately lends it to another person at 6.25 % per annum for 2
years. Find his gain in transaction per year.
Question 4. How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81
as interest at 4.5% per annum of Simple Interest?
Question 5. A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of
simple interest. What is the rate of interest.

Simple int questions solving (2)

Question 1. A sum of Rs. 1600 gives a simple interest of Rs. 252 in 2 years and 4
months. Find the rate of interest per annum.
Question 2. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years
as the rate of interest. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan
period, what was the rate of interest ?
Question 3. A man took a loan from a bank at the rate of 12% per annum simple
interest. After 3 years he had to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period. The
principle amount borrowed by him was ?
Question 4. What is the present worth of Rs. 132 due in 2 years at 5 percent
simple interest per annum ?
Question 5. A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at the rate of 9
percent per annum in 5 years. What is the sum ?
Question 6. The simple interest at x percent for x years will be Rs. x on a sum
of ?
Question 7. Rs. 800 becomes Rs. 956 in 3 years at a certain rate of simple
interest. If the rate of interest is increased by 4 percent, what will Rs. 800
become in 3 years ?
Question 8. A certain amount earns a simple interest of Rs. 1750 after 7 years.
Had the interest been 2 percent more, how much more interest it would have

earned?
Question 9. In how many years, Rs. 150 will produce the same interest @8
percent as Rs. 800 produce in 3 years @4.5 percent ?
Question 10. If Rs. 64 amounts to Rs. 83.20 in 2 years, what will Rs. 86 amount
to in 4 years at the same rate percent per annum?

Simple int questions solving (3)

Question 1. The simple interest on a certain sum of money at the rate of 5
percent per annum for 8 years is Rs. 840. At what rate of interest the same
amount of interest can be received on the same sum after 5 years?
Question 2. The interest on a certain deposit at 4.5 percent per annum is Rs.
202.50 in one year. How much will the additional interest in one year be on the
same deposit at 5 percent per annum?
Question 3. The sum invested at 5 percent simple interest per annum increase to
Rs. 504 in 4 years. The same amount at 10 percent simple interest per annum in
2.5 years will grow to ?
Question 4. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at
the same rate of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years ?
Question 5. Nitin borrowed some money at the rate of 6 percent per annum for
the first three years, 9 percent for the next five years and 13 percent per annum
for the period beyond eight years. If the total interest paid by him at the end of
eleven years is Rs. 8160 then how much money did he borrow ?
Question 6. The simple interest on a sum of money will be Rs. 600 after 10 years.
If the principle is tripled after 5 years, what will be the total interest at the end of
the tenth year ?
Question 7. The simple interest on Rs. 10 for 4 months at the rate of 3 paise per
rupee per month is ?
Question 8. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple
interest, but he includes the interest every six months for calculating the
principal. If he charges an interest of 10 percent, the effective rate of interest
becomes ?
Question 9. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and
to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is ?

Question 10. A sum of money lent out at simple interest amounts to Rs. 720 after
2 years and to Rs. 1020 after a further period of 5 years. The sum is ?

SI and CI question solving

Question 1. Seema lent part of the Rs. 10000 that she had to a friend at 8 %
Simple Interest for four years. She invested the remaining amount at 12 %
Simple Interest. The total income from interest after four years was Rs. 3800.
What was the amount that Seema lent to her friend ??
Question 2. The rate of interest for the first two years is 3 percent per annum.
For the next three years it is 8 % per annum and for the period beyond 5 years it
is 10 % per annum. If a man gets Rs. 1520 as simple interest for 6 years, how
much did he deposit ??
Question 3. Simple Interest on a certain sum is 9/16 of the sum. Find the rate
percent and the time in years, if both of them are equal.
Question 4. If the difference between the Compound Interest and Simple Interest
at the end of two years for the same principal is Rs. 100, what is the principal
amount ? Rate is 5 percent per annum in both the cases.
Question 5. An amount doubles in seven years when invested under Compound
Interest at a certain rate. In how many years will the amount become eight times
of the original amount at the same rate ????
Question 6. Ram and Shyam invested some money at 6 % and 7 % per annum
Simple Interest respectively. At the end of two years they found that together
they received Rs. 354 as interest. One fourth of Ram's initial investment is equal
to one fifth of the money invested by Shyam. Find the total money that has been
invested ??
Question 7. The Compound Interest on a certain sum of money for two years at
10 % per annum is Rs. 420. The Simple Interest on the same sum at the same
rate and for the same time will be
Question 8. A sum of money is kept in a bank at 8 % interest compounded
annually. Had the interest been 10 % compounded semi annually, the amount
after one year would have been Rs. 225 more. What was the principal amount
kept in the bank ??
Question 9. A man invested Rs. 1000 at the rate of 15 % per annum at Simple
Interest. He withdraws the final amount after T years. He keeps half of the
withdrawn amount with him and invests the remaining. This invested amount
kept on reducing at simple interest rate of 12.5 % per annum for a period of 6
years. If the aggregate sum with the man after T+6 years is Rs. 1000, then find
the value of T ?
Question 10. A man borrowed Rs. 30000 from a bank at compound interest,
interest being compounded annually. At the end of every year he paid Rs. 9000.

At the end of the third year, he wanted to clear the loan. How much should he
pay to clear the loan ?
Question 11. Mahinder borrowed a certain sum of money at certain rate of
Simple Interest. If, instead the amount was borrowed at Compound Interest, the
interest for the first two years increases by Rs. 100, while the total interest for
the first three years increased by Rs. 305. Find the sum.
Question 12. A sum of money invested at Simple Interest amounts to Rs. 10,240
at the end of three years. If the interest at the end of five years is the same as
the sum invested, then the interest at the end of first four years is
Question 13. A sum of money under Compound Interest, interest being
compounded half yearly, doubles itself in three years. In how many years will it
become 32 times itself ??
Question 14. A sum of money invested at Simple Interest doubles itself in eight
years. In how many years will it become 16 times itself at double this rate of
Simple Interest ??
Question 15. The difference between compound interest compounded annually
at 10 % per annum and simple interest at 12 % per annum on a certain sum of
money for two years is Rs. 2640. Find the sum
Question 16. Sanjay borrowed Rs. 75,000 from two banks at compound interest,
compounded annually. One bank charges interest at the rate of 15 % per annum
and the other bank at 20 % per annum. If at the end of the year, Sanjay paid Rs.
12,000 as the total interest to the two banks, how much did he borrow from the
second bank ??
Question 17. Hina borrowed a certain sum from a money lender under compound
interest, compounded annually. If the interest for the third year is four times the
interest for the first year, then what is the per annum rate of interest ?

Ratio and proportions

Question 1. Which one is bigger ?
24/36 or 33/54
Question 2. Arrange the following in ascending order.
33/45, 40/50, 55/65
Question 3. Find B's share in Rs. 6300 if A:B = 2:3 , B:C = 4:5 , C:D = 3:7