Percentage – Set 2

1) In an examination in which full marks were 800, A gets 20% more than B, B gets 20% more than C, and C gets 15% less than D. If A got 576, what percentage of full marks did D get (approximately) ?

2) 5 kg of metal A and 20 kg of metal B are mixed to form an alloy. The percentage of metal A in the alloy is ?

3) In a test, minimum passing percentage for girls and boys is 35% and 40% respectively. A boy scored 483 marks and failed by 117 marks. What is the minimum passing marks for girls ?

5) Solve : 105.27% of 1200.11 + 11.80% of 2360.85 = 21.99% of (?) + 1420.99

6) Find the missing value :35568 ÷ ? of 650 = 456

7) Aman’s expense is 30% more than Vimal’s and Vimal’s expense is 10% less than Raman’s. If the sum of their expenses is Rs. 6447, then what would be Aman’s expense ?

8) Find the number :85% of 420 + ?% of 1080 = 735

9) The difference between 38% of a number and 24% of the same number is Rs. 135.10. What is 40% of that number ?

10) One litre of water is evaporated from a 6 litre solution containing 4% sugar. The percentage of sugar in the remaining solution is :

12) The price of a certain item is increased by 15%. If consumer wants to keeps his expenditure on the item same as before, how much percent must he reduce his consumption of that item ?

13) Solve this : (7.9% of 134) – (3.4% of 79) = ?

14) A clothing supplier stores 800 coats in a warehouse, of which 15 percent are full-length coats. If 500 of the short-length coats are removed form the warehouse, then what percent of the remaining costs are full length ?

17) Solve this : 30% of 1225 – 64% of 555 = ?

18) 40% of 60% of 32% of an amount is Rs. 432. What is the amount ?

20) What is 45% of 25% of 45“>4/5^th of 850 ?

21) In a certain organisation, 40% employees are matriculates, 50% of the remaining are graduates and the remaining 180 are post-graduates. What is the number of graduate employees ?

22) In an examination it is required to get 36% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 198 marks and is declared failed by 36 marks. What is the maximum aggregate marks a student can get ?

23) In a factory, producing parts for an automobile, the parts manufactured on the shop floor are required to go through three quality checks, each conducted after a specific part of the processing on the raw materials is completed. Only parts that are not rejected at one stage are put through the subsequent stages of production and testing. If average rejection rates at these testing machines during a month are 10%, 5% and 2% respectively, then what is the effective rejection rate for the whole plant ?

24) From the salary of an officer, 10% is deducted as house rent, 20% of the rest, he spends on conveyance, 20% of the rest he pays as income tax and 10% of the balance, he spends on clothes. Then, he is left with Rs. 15552. Find his total salary.

25) The difference between 54% of a number and 26% of the same number is 22526. What is 66% of that number ?

26) A bag contains 600 coins of 25p denomination and 1200 coins of 50p denomination. If 12% of 25p coins and 24% of 50p are removed, the percentage of money removed from the bag is nearly :

27) Mr. More spent 20% of his monthly income on food and 15% on children’s education. 40% of the remaining he spent on entertainment and transport together and 30% on medical. He is left with an amount of Rs. 8775 after all these expenditures. What is Mr. More’s monthly income ?

28) The number which exceeds 16% of it by 42 is :

29) A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It grows at the rate of 20% every year. If at present, the height of three is 540 cm, what was it when the tree was planted ?

30) Twenty-five percent of Reena’s yearly income is equal to seventy-five percent of Anubhab monthly income . If Anubhab yearly income is Rs. 240000, What is the Reena’s monthly income ?

31) In an examination, 96% of students passed and 500 students failed. How many students did appear at the examination ?

32) 23% of 8040 + 42% of 545 = ? % of 3000

33) A bakery opened with its daily supply of 40 dozen rolls. Half of the rolls were sold by noon and 60% of the remaining rolls were sold between noon and closing time. How many dozen rolls were left unsold ?

34) What will be the answer : 140% of 56 + 56% of 140 = ?

35) The price of an article is reduced by 25%. In order to retain the original price, the present price has to be increased by :

36) One-fourth of sixty percent of a number is equal to two-fifth of twenty percent of another number. What is the respective ratio of the first number to the second number ?

37) The value of which of the following fractions is less than twenty percent ?

38) What percent of Rs. 2650 is Rs. 1987.50 ?

39) If A is 150 percent of B, then B is what percent of (A + B) ?

40) A person’s salary is decreased by steps of 20%, 15% and 10%. Approximately by what percent should the reduced salary be increases so as to get back the original salary ?

41) If the price of erasers goes down by 25%, a man can buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers are available for a rupee ?

42) Solve this :(23.6% of 1254) – (16.6% of 834) = ?

44) While purchasing one item costing Rs. 400, I had to pay the sales tax at 7% and on another costing Rs. 6400, the sales tax was 9%. What percent of the sales tax I had to pay, taking the two items together on an average ?

45) Peter could save 10% of his income. But two years later when his income is increased by 20%, he could save the same amount only as before. By how much percent has his expenditure increased ?

46) Solve this : 36% of 365 + (?)% of 56.2 = 156.69

47) It costs Rs. 1 to photocopy a sheet of paper. However, 2% discount is allowed on all photocopies done after first 1000 sheets. How much will it cost to copy 5000 sheets of paper ?

48) A building worth Rs. 133100 is constructed on land worth Rs. 72900. After how many years will the value of both be the same if land appreciates at 10% p.a. and building depreciates at 10% p.a. ?

49) Twelve percent of Kaushal’s monthly salary is equal to sixteen percent of Nandini’s monthly salary. Sanal’s monthly salary is half that of Nandini’s. If Sonal’s annual salary is Rs. 1.08 lacs, what is Kaushal’s monthly salary ?