Chapter: Percentage

CLASS WORK

1. A is 20 % more than B and B is 20 % more than C Then A is what % More than C

a) 40 b) 30 c) 44 d) None of these

2. What is 11.11% of 25% of 72

a) 40 b) 1 c) 36 d) 2

3. A student got 40% of the maximum Marks and failed by 20 marks another student got 55%
marks and scored 25 marks more than the pass marks. Find the maximum marks
a) 300 b) 150 c) 360 d) 200

4. A batsman scored 120 runs which included 4 fours and 4 sixes. What percent of his total score
did he make by running between the wickets?
a) 40 b) 80 c) 33.33 d) 66.66

5. A student has to obtain 38% of the total marks to pass. He got 138 marks and failed by 14 marks.
The maximum marks are
a) 400 b) 438 c) 450 d) None of these

6. If the price of sugar increased by 30% and Salman intends to spend only an additional 4% on
sugar, by how much percent should he reduce the quantity of sugar purchased?
a) 30 b) 20 c) 26 d) 25

7. If 25% of P = Q, then Q% of 25 is what percent of P

a) 25 b) 50 c) None of these d) Cannot be determined

8. Akshay went to a shop and bought mobile phone worth Rs. 22670, including service tax of
13.35% on original price. What was the cost of the mobile phone without tax?
a) 21550 b) 20000 c) 21670 d) 20670

9. Ram and Leela were looking at the price of a car. The price of the car was 50% more than
amount with Ram, and separately, the same price was 20% more than amount with Leela. Then
by What percent is the amount with Ram less than Leela.
a) 25 b) 20 c) 30 d) 50

10. A man gave 20% of his money to his wife, 25% of the remainder to his son and the remaining
money equally to his four daughters. If each daughter gets Rs. 180K, what does the wife get?
a) 250k b) 240k c) 300k d) 360k
11. The Length of a Rectangle is increased by 30% then by what percent should its Breadth be
decreased so that area increases by only 17%
a) 90 b) 10 c) 20 d)13

12. In a museum, the entrance ticket costs Rs. 628.5. In vacations, the cost of the ticket is reduced
thereby increasing the sale by 40%. But it was found that the collection is increased by only 12%.
What percent deduction is done in the ticket price?
a) 28 b) 12 c) 20 d) 25

13. If the radius of circle increased by 10 Percent, then its area will increase by
a) 100 b) 10 c) 20 d) 21

14. At an election between two candidates, the candidate who got 54.5% of votes cast won by 180
votes. Find total number of voters on the voting list if 80% people cast their vote and there were
no invalid votes.
a) 2000 b) 2500 c) 1550 d) 2550

15. After receiving 2 successive raises, Reena’s salary became equal to 15/8 times of her initial
salary. By how much percent was the salary raised the first time if the second raise was twice as
high (in percent) as the first?
a) 20 b) 10 c) 33.33 d) 25

16. In a certain examination, there were 1500 students, out of which 1000 were boys and the rest
were girls. If 55% of the boys and 45% of the girls passed, find the total percentage of failed
students.
a) 51.66 b) 48.33 c) 47.33 d) 52.67

17. Three persons P, Q and R have their monthly incomes in the ratio of 5:6:8. Their monthly
expenditures are in the ratio of 4:7:14. If c saves 12.5% of his income then what percent of A’s
saving is B’s saving?
a) 80 b) 75 c) 120 d) 83.33

18. The savings of A are 40% of his income and savings of B are 100% more than savings of A, then
their combined savings as a percentage of their combined earning cannot be
a) 60 b) 75 c) 62.5 d) 66

19. The ratio of the populations of 3 cities A, B and C in 2013 was 4:5:8. From 2013 to 2014 the
population of cities A, B and C increased by 25%, 20% and 15% respectively. Find the percentage
increase in the total population of these 3 cities
a) 20 b) 16.66 c) 18.82 d) 20.41

20. A’s salary first increased by 20% and then decreased by 15% whereas B’s salary first increased by
20% and then decreased by 10%. If the salaries of A and are equal after increments then what
will be the ratio of their original salaries?
 a) 6:5 b) 1:1 c) 18:17 d) 17:18

HOME WORK
21. If the radius of cylinder increased by 20% and its height increased by 10% then its volume will
increase by
a) 30 b) 50 c) 54.8 d) 58.4

22. 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. What are the marks obtained by them?
a) 42, 36 b) 42, 33 c) 42, 36 d) 44, 33

23. Two employees X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their employer. If X is paid 120
percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per week?
a) 250 b) 200 c) 150 d) 300

24. Rahul went to a shop and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of which 30 Paise went on sales tax on
taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
a) 15 b 19.70 c) 16.80 d) 12.10

25. In a competitive examination in State A, 6% candidates got selected from the total appeared
candidates. State B had an equal number of candidates appeared and 7% candidates got
selected with 80 more candidates got selected than A. What was the number of candidates
appeared from each State?
a) 8000 b) 8200 c) 7000 d) 7500

26. A student has to obtain 33% of the total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks.
The maximum marks are
a) 400 b) 600 c) 500 d) 300

27. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3.What is the percentage error in the
calculation?
a) 34% b) 64% c) 42% d) 32%

28. A pipe X is 30 meters and 45% longer than another pipe Y. find the length of the pipe Y
a) 20.5 b) 20 c) 20.12 d) 20.68

29. Q as a percentage of P is equal to P as a percentage of (P + Q). Find Q as a percentage of P

a) 66% b) 62% c) 50% d) 75%

30. In an examination, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the eligible candidates
belonged to the general category. If 4275 eligible candidates belonged to other categories, then
how many candidates applied for the examination?
a) 32000 b) 28000 c) 30000 d) 33000
 SOLUTIONS
CLASS WORK

1. Let C = 100, then B = 120, then A = 144. So A is 44% more than C

2. 1/9 of 1/4 of 72 = 2

3. The difference is 55% and 25% = 20 + 25

=> 30% = 45 then 100% = 150

4. Total runs = 120, runs scored by fours and sixes = (4x4) + (6x4) = 40, runs between the wickets =
80
120 – 40 = 80, percentage of runs between the wickets= x 100 = 66.66%
120

5. 138 + 14 = 152 = 38% of maximum marks. Hence maximum marks = 400

6. Let us assume Expenditure=100, Price=10 and Consumption=10

Expenditure = Price x Consumption
100 = 10 x 10
Price increased by 30%. So new price, Price’=13
He intends to spend 4% more. So new expenditure, Expenditure’= 104
Expenditure’ = Price’ x Consumption’
104 = 13 x 8
Consumption reduced from 10 to 8 = 20%
OR Use successive percentage formula
30 b
4=30+ b+
100
b= -20%
7. Let P = 100, 25% 0f P = Q = 25, then 25% of 25 = 6.25

8. 113.35% of price = 22670, then 100% of price = 20000

9. Let Ram have 100, then Car price = 150 so money with Leela = 125
so Ram has 20% less money as compared to Leela

10. Let the man have 100/-, wife gets 20%=20, 25% of remaining 80 to son = 20, out of remaining
60, equally 15 given to four daughters=180k. So
if 15 = 180k then 20 = 240k

11. Like in question number 6,

Area = Length x Breadth
100 = 10 x 10
Area’ = Length’ x Breadth’
117 = 13 x 9
 Breadth reduced from 10 to 9 = 10%
OR Use successive percentage formula
30 b
17=30+b+ b = -10%
100

12. Use successive percentage formula

40b
12=40+b+ b = -20%
100

13. Use successive percentage formula

10 ×10
10+10+ = 21%
100

14. Votes given to candidate 1 = 54.5%, Votes given to candidate 1 = 45.5%

the difference of votes = 9% = 180 votes
hence total votes cast = 100% = 2000 votes
But only 80% people voted. So if 80% = 2000 then 100% = 2500

15
15. =187.5 % , it means there is an increase of 87.5% in the salary.
8
2 x2
Use successive percentage change, x +2 x + =87.5, solving which x= 25%
100
OR We can verify the Successive Percentage Change from options to be equal to 87.5%

16. 45% of 1000 Boys failed = 450

55% of 500 Girls failed = 275
450+275
Failure% = ×100 = 48.33%
1000+500

17. Let income ratio be = 10 : 12 : 16

Expenditure ratio is = 4 : 7 : 14
Saving ratio will be = 6 : 5 : 2
A’s saving will be 120% of B’s saving

18. Let A earn 100/-, then his saving = 40/-

Saving of B is 100% more than A’s, hence = 80/-
let us assume the best case for B, that is let Earning of B = 80/-
So total saving = 40 + 80 = 120/- and total earning = 180
120
This 120 is what percent of 180 = ×100=66.66 %
180
so the answer can never be more than 66.67%
19. Population of city A, B and C be equal to 400, 500 and 800 ( Total = 1700 )
After increment of 25%, 20% and 15% it becomes 500, 600 and 920 ( Total = 2020 )
2020−1700
percentage increase = x 100 = 18.82%
1700

20. Using Successive percentage change, A’s salary increased by 2% and B’s salary increased by 8%.
X 18
Let A’s salary be X and B’s salary be Y. So 102X = 108Y, hence =
Y 17

Home Work

1. d 2. b 3. a 4. b 5. a

6. c 7. b 8. d 9. b 10. c

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