Chapter 5: Percentages

Objective Questions

1 Convert 20 into percentage.

50
A 0.2% C 40%
B 20% D 200%

2 Express 16% as a fraction in its lowest terms.

A 16 C 4
100 25
B 8 D 2
50 20

3 Change 21 into a percentage.

5
A 20% C 220%
B 215% D 225%

4 In an examination, 60 out of 200 students failed. What is the percentage of the students
who passed?
A 30% C 70%
B 60% D 120%

5 A class consists of 21 Malay students, 15 Indian students and 4 Chinese students.

Calculate the percentage of Chinese students in the class.
A 4% C 10%
B 8% D 40%

6 The price of a bag is RM150. What is the new price of that bag if the price is reduced by
20%?
A RM110 C RM130
B RM120 D RM140

7 Ali bought a digital camera for RM980. Three months later, he sold it to his friend for
RM833. Calculate the percentage of loss from the sale of the camera.
A 1.47% C 15%
B 14.7% D 17%

8 If 80% of x is 20, then the value of x is

A 4 C 16
B 10 D 25

9 150% of 30 + 50% of 12 =
A 30 C 51
B 44 D 510

10 The table shows the marks scored by a group of students. Calculate the percentage of
students who obtained grades C and D.

Grade A B C D
No. of students 12 4 6 18

A 25% C 60%
B 40% D 75%

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11 There are 1 000 students in a school. 60% of them are boys. How many of them are
girls?
A 400 C 800
B 600 D 1 000

12 Choose the true statement.

I: RM700 increased by 2% is RM140
II: 2 hours increased by 30% is 156 minutes
III: 10 kg decreased by 6% is 9.4 kg
A I and II C I and III
B II and III D I, II and III

13 Last year, petrol price was RM1.60 per litre. This year, the price increased by 2.5%.
What is the petrol price this year?
A RM1.04 C RM1.56
B RM1.40 D RM1.64

14 Affin received RM60 as interest after he saved an amount of money in a bank with a
simple interest of 2%. How much did he save in the bank?
A RM120 C RM1 200
B RM250 D RM3 000

15 Mr. Chew bought a pair of shoes and a T-shirt. He gave RM200 to the cashier. How
much money did he receive from the cashier?

Item Shoes T-shirt

Original price RM90 RM50
Discount rate 10% 15%

A RM16.50 C RM95.00
B RM76.50 D RM123.50

16 Pak Man invests RM20 000 in a unit trust. The unit trust gives a dividend of 5.5% a year.
How much dividend will he receive after one year?
A RM1 100 C RM21 100
B RM20 092 D RM11 000

17 Which of the following is true?

I: If 20% of a number is 60, then the value of the number is 12.
II: 21 % of RM200 is RM5.
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III: If a RM50 item is sold for RM30, then the percentage of discount is 40%.
A I and II C II and III
B I and III D I, II and III

18 The difference between 40% of 80 and 70% of 30 is

A 11 C 32
B 21 D 53

19 Which of the following is equal to 0.4?

A 20% C 60%
B 40% D 80%

20 A dining table is sold at RM245 after a discount of 30%. What is the original price before
discount?
A RM73.50 C RM350.00
B RM105.00 D RM450.00

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Subjective Questions

1 Convert 75% to fraction in its lowest term.

2 If 25% of M is 85, find the value of M.

3 20% of 190 apples in a basket are rotten. Calculate the number of rotten apples.

4 The price of a local magazine is increased from RM3.20 to RM3.60.

Find the percentage of increase in price.

5 Sofia deposited RM5 800 into her bank account with an interest rate of 4% per annum.
What is the interest after 11 years?
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6 Calculate the value of 120% of 30 – 1 × 20.

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7 Ramli bought a bicycle with RM360. One year later, he sold it to his friend for RM288.
Find the percentage of loss.

8 The water level in a tank dropped 15% from 10 m. What is the water level now?

9 Evaluate 102 % of RM150.

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10 Ali is 25% older than his wife. If Ali is 40 years old, what is their total age?

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