Percents

1. John spent $25, which is 15 percent of his monthly wage. What is his monthly wage?
(A) $80 (B) $166(2/3) (C) $225 (D) $312.5 (E) $375

2. If a = 4b, what percent of 2a is 2b?

(A) 10% (B) 20% (C) 25% (D) 26% (E) 40%

3. p = 5q
r = 4q (q > 0)
Column A 40 percent of 3p
Column B 46 percent of 3r

4. A jar contains 24 blue balls and 40 red balls.

Column A 50% of the blue balls
Column B 30% of the red balls

5. In a company with 180 employees, 108 of the employees are female. What percent of the employees are male?
(A) 5% (B) 25% (C) 35% (D) 40% (E) 60%

6. John bought a shirt, a pair of pants, and a pair of shoes, which cost $10, $20, and $30, respectively. What percent
of the total expense was spent for the pants?
(A) 16 (2/3)% (B) 20% (C) 30% (D) 33 (1/3)% (E) 60%

7. Last year Jenny was 5 feet tall, and this year she is 5 feet 6 inches. What is the percent increase of her height?
(A) 5% (B) 10% (C) 15% (D) 20% (E) 40%

8. Last month the price of a particular pen was $1.20. This month the price of the same pen is $1.50. What is the
percent increase in the price of the pen?
(A) 5% (B) 10% (C) 25% (D) 30% (E) 33(1/3) %

9. Stella paid $1,500 for a computer after receiving a 20 percent discount. What was the price of the computer before
the discount?
(A) $300 (B) $1,500 (C) $1,875 (D) $2,000 (E) $3,000

10. A town has a population growth rate of 10% per year. The population in 1990 was 2000.What was the
population in 1992?
(A) 1600 (B) 2200 (C) 2400 (D) 2420 (E) 4000

11. In a class of 200 students, forty percent are girls. Twenty-five percent of the boys and 10 percent of the girls
signed up for a tour to Washington DC. What percent of the class signed up for the tour?
(A) 19% (B) 23% (C) 25% (D) 27% (E) 35%

12. If 15% of a number is 4.5, then 45% of the same number is

(A) 1.5 (B) 3.5 (C) 13.5 (D) 15 (E) 45

13. Susan gives 30% of his balls to Aryan and 25% to John. If she still had 450 balls, how many did she have
originally?

14. Mr. X gave 90 books to Mr. Y and 45 to Mr. Z, Mr. X still had 45 books left. What percent of books did Mr. X
give away?
15. In 2001 the population of city A and city B were the same. But from 2001 to 2006 the population of city A
decreased by 40% while the population of city B increased by 40%. In 2006 the population of city A was what
percent of the population of city B?

16. A shopping mall always run a sell on shirts at 50% off the price marked. But big shop sells shirts at 30% off the
price marked and often run a special sale during on it reduces its prices by 20%.
Column A: the price of a shirt when it purchased from shopping mall
Column B: the price of a shirt when it purchased from big shop.

17. The temperature in December, 1999 decreased by 20% and in June, 2000 the temperature increased by 25%, so
what will be the temperature at the end of the June, 2000?
(A) Less (B) same (C) equal (D) cannot be determined.

18. The growth of frogs in Texas State doubled in every 5 years period from 1995 to 2010. What was the percent
increase of frogs during this period of time?
(A) 100% (B) 200% (C) 400% (D) 500% (E) 700%

19. Vandelay Industries reported a $6000 profit over the three month period from March to May of the current year.
If over the previous three month period, Vandeley Industries realized a $3500 profit, by approximately what percent
did its profit increase?
(A) 25% (B) 32% (C) 42% (D) 55% (E) 70%

20. A recent survey of registered voters in City x found that 1/3 of the respondents support the mayor’s property tax
plan. Of these who did not support the mayor’s plan, 1/8 indicated they would not vote to reelect the mayor if the
plan was implemented. Of all the respondents, what fraction indicated that it would not vote for the mayor if the
plan is enacted?
(A) 1/16 (B) 1/12 (C) 1/6 (D) 1/3 (E) 2/3

21. During a sale, a store decreases prices on all its scarves by 25 to 50 percent. If all of the scarves in the store
originally cost $20, what could be the range of sale price of a scarf?

22. (a) One liter of water is added to 5 liter of a 20% solution of alcohol in water. The strength of alcohol in now
(A) 12.5% (B) 16.75% (C) 16.66% (D) 24% (E) 28%
(b) one liter of water is evaporated from 6 liter of a solution containing 4% of sugar. The percentage of sugar in
the remaining solution is
(A) 12/5% (B) 26/5% (C) 24/5% (D) 17/5% (E) 3/5%

23. In a class, the number of boys is more than the number of girls by 12% of the total strength. The percent of boys
in the class?

24. In an election between two candidates, one of them got 65% of the valid votes. 25% of the votes were invalid. If
the total votes are 8000, what is the number of valid votes that the other person got?
(A) 1500 (B) 2100 (C) 3900 (D) 6000 (E) 7500

25. In a certain company, 15% parts produced are found to be defective. Of the flawless parts, 60% are supplied to
company A and 40% parts supplied to company B. what is the number of parts supplied to company B, if the total
parts produced are 11000?
(A) 2730 (B) 3740 (C) 5610 (D) 6830 (E) 9350

26. A 25% discount reduces the price of a commodity by $75. If the discount is reduced to 15%, then the price of the
commodity will be
(A) $180 (B) $210 (C) $255 (D) $270 (E) $300
27. Last year, a certain millionaires’ donation to the art museum has equal to 25 percent of all the other donations to
the art museum. The millionaires’ donation was what percent of the total donations made to the art museum last
year?
(A) 10% (B) 15% (C) 20% (D) 30% (E) 50%

28. If increasing 50 by A percent is the same as decreasing 75 by A percent, the value of A is

(A) 5 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 20 (E) 25

29. Five percent of a certain grass seed is timothy. If the amount of the mixture needed to plant “one acre” contains
2 pounds of timothy how many acres can be planted with 240 pounds of the seed mixture?
(A) 6 (B) 12 (C) 20 (D) 24 (E) 120

30. A man bought 10 crates of oranges for $80 total. If he lost 2 crates at what price would he have to sell each of
the remaining crates in order to earn a total profit of 25% of the total cost?
(A) $10.00 (B) $12.50 (C) $15.00 (D) $100.00 (E) $120.00

31. A ratio of the number of boys and girls in a school is 3:2. If 20% of the boys and 30% of the girls are scholarship
holders, the percentage of the students who are not scholarship holders?
(A) 50 (B) 65 (C) 72 (D) 75 (E) 76

32. Two numbers are less than a third number by 30% and 37% respectively. How much percent is the second
number less than the first?
(A) 7% (B) 6% (C) 3% (D) 10% (E) 12%

33. If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 20% and its denominator be diminished by 10%, the value of the
fraction is 16/21. The original fraction is
(A) 3/5 (B) 4/7 (C) 6/9 (D) 2/3 (E) 5/7

34. If Rs. 516 are divided among A, B, C so that A receives 25% more than B and B receives 25% less than C, then
C’s share is ( in Rupees)
(A) 144 (B) 180 (C) 192 (D) 204 (E) 215

35. In a factory that manufactures light bulbs, .04% of the bulbs manufactured are defective, if is expected that there
will be one defective light bulb in what number of bulbs that are manufactured?
(A) 250 (B) 500 (C) 1000 (D) 1250 (E) 2500

36. During the course registration 28 students enroll in a certain college class. After three boys are dropped from the
class, 44% of the class consists of boys. The percent of the original class that girls comprised was
(A) 20% (B) 25% (C) 50% (D) 60% (E) 75%

37. A radioactive chemical decays by 20 percent each day. If 48 pounds of this chemical remain today. How many
pounds of this chemical were present 2 days ago?
(A) 60 (B) 66 (C) 70 (D) 72 (E) 75

38. How many ounces of water must be added to a 30-ounce solution that is 40 percent alcohol to dilute the solution
to 25 percent alcohol?
(A) 9 (B) 10 (C) 15 (D) 16 (E) 18

39. By weight, liquid A makes up 8 percent of solution R and 18 percent of solution S. If 3 grams of solution R are
mixed with 7 grams of solution S, then liquid A accounts for what percent of the weight of the resulting solution?
(A) 10% (B) 13% (C) 15% (D) 19% (E) 26%
40. The total amount that marry paid for a book was equal to the price of the book plus a sales tax that was 4 percent
of the price of the book. Mary paid for a book with a $10 bill and received the correct change, which was less than $
3.00. Then which of the following statement must be true? Indicate all such statements.
[A] The price of the book was less than $9.50
[B] The price of the book was greater than $6.90.
[C] The sales tax was less than $0.45.

41. When Leo imported a certain item, he paid a 7 percent import tax on the portion of the total value of the item in
excess of $ 1000. If the amount of the import tax that Leo paid was $87.50, what was the total value of the item?
(A) $1600 (B) $1850 (C) $2250 (D) $2400 (E) $2750

42. A bakery opened yesterday with its daily supply of 40 dozen of rolls. Half of the rolls were sold by noon and 80
percent of the remaining rolls were sold between noon and closing time. How many dozen rolls had not been sold
when the bakery closed yesterday?
(A) 1 (B) 2 (C) 3 (D) 4 (E) 5

43. In a certain population, there are 3 times as many people aged 21or under as there are people over 21. How many
percent of the population those 21 or under to the total population?

44. A glass was filled with 10 ounces of water, and 0.01 ounce of water evaporated each day during a 20 day period.
What percent of the original amount of water evaporated during this time?
(A) 0.002 %( B) 0.02% (C) 0.2% (D) 2% (E) 20%

45. A dealer originally bought 100 identical batteries at a total cost of q dollars. If each battery was sold at 50
percent above the original coat per battery, then, in terms of q, for how many dollars was each battery sold?
(A) 3q/200 (B) 3q/2 (C) 150q (D) 150/q (E) (q/100) +55

46. If candy bars that regularly sell for $0.40 each are on sale at two for $0.75, what is the percent reduction in the
price of two such candy bars purchased at the sale price?
(A) 2.5 %( B) 6.25% (C) 6.67% (D) 8% (E) 12.5%

47. A pharmaceutical company received $3milion in royalties on the first $ 20 million in sales of the generic
equivalent of one of its products and then $9 million in royslties. By approximately what percent did the ratio of
royalties to sales decrease from the first $20 million in sales to the next $ 108 million in sales?
(A) 8 %( B) 15% (C) 45% (D) 52% (E) 56%

48. A factory has 500 workers, 15 percent of whom are women. If 50 additional workers are to be hired and all of
the present workers remain, how many of the additional workers must be women in order to raise the percent of
women employees to 20 percent?
(A) 3(B) 10 (C) 25 (D) 30 (E) 35

49. A toy store regularly sells all stock at a discount of 20 percent to 40 percent. If an additional 25 percent were
deducted from the discount price during a special sale, what would be the lowest possible price of a toy costing $16
before any discount?
(A) $5.60 (B) $7.20 (C) $8.80 (D) $9.60 (E) $15.20

50. During a certain season, a team won 80 percent of its first 100 games and 50 percent of its remaining games. If
the team won 70 percent of its games for the entire season, what was the total amount of games that the team
played?
(A) 180 (B) 170 (C) 156 (D) 150 (E) 105
Answers:
Answer1: B

Answer 2:C

Answer 3: A

Answer 4: C

Answer5: D

Answer 6:D

Answer 7: B

Answer 8: E

Answer 9: C

Answer 10: D

Answer 11: A

Answer 12: C

Answer 13: 1000 [450*100/45]

Answer 14: 45% [135*100/180]

Answer 15: App. 43% [60*100/140]

Answer 16: Column B is greater.

Answer 17: same

Answer 18: E
Answer 19: 2500/3500=5/7=70%
Answer 20: B.
Answer 21: 10 $ to 15$
Answer 22 (a): C
Answer 22 (b) : C
Answer 23 : (x-y)=12%(x+y)=>x/y=14/11, so percent of boys will be 56%
Answer 24 : B
Answer 25: 3740
Answer 26 : C
Answer 27 : C
Answer 28: D
Answer 29: 5% of 240 pounds=12 pounds.
12/2= 6 pound.
Answer 30: 25% of 80=20 and the total amount with profit are 100
For 10-2= 8 crate 100/8= $12.5
Answer 31: total students=100=> 60 are boys and 40 are girls
20% of 60=12 and 30% of 40=12
The total numbers of students who are scholarship holders are 24. So 100-24= 76 is the students are not
scholarship holders. Answer is E
Answer 32: D (10%) => [(70-63)/70]*100=10%
Answer 33: 120% of x/90%of y=16/21 => x/y=4/7
Answer 34: A: B: C= 15:12:16
C’s share is 516*16/43=>192
Answer 35: .04/100 (x)=1
X=2500
Answer 36: new strength of the class=28-3=25
44% of the class consists of boys=.44*25=11
Number of girls=25-11=14
So the 14 is what percent of 28=>50%

Answer 37: x *.80=48 (one day ago) x=60

X*.80=60 (two days ago) x=75

Answer 38: Let x be the amount of water added. Since there is no alcohol in the water, the percent of alcohol
in the water is 0%x. The amount of alcohol in the original solution is 40 %( 30), and the amount of alcohol in
the final solution will be 25 %( 30 + x). Now, the concentration of alcohol in the original solution plus the
concentration of alcohol in the added solution (water) must equal the concentration of alcohol in the resulting
solution:
40 %( 30) + 0%x = 25 %( 30 + x)
Multiplying this equation by 100 to clear the percent symbol yields
40(30) + 0 = 25(30 + x)
1200 = 750 + 25x
450 = 25x
18 = x
The answer is (E).
Answer 39: A makes up 8 percent of the weight of solution R and 18 percent of the weight of solution S.
therefore, 3 grams of solution R contains (.08) (3) =.24 grams of liquid A and 7 grams of solution S contain
(.18) (7) =1.26 grams of liquid A. when the two solution are mixed, the resulting solution weighs 3+7 or 10
grams and contains .24+1.26= or 1.5 grams of liquid A. so 1.5/10= 15 percent.

Answer 40: Marry paid x dollars plus 4% of x from a $10 bill, so 1.04x dollars must be less than $10. Since
the change was less than $3.00, the total amount Mary paid for the book must have been greater than $7.00,
so,
7.00<1.04x<10.00
6.73<x<9.62
To examine choice C, you could compute the tax for the greatest possible price, which would be 4% of
9.62=.38. Since the greatest possible tax is less than $.45.
Correct answer is C.
Answer 41: 7% of value in excess of $1000=87.50
.07(x-1000) =87.50=>x=2250
Answer 42: D
Answer 43: 75 percent
Answer 44: total= 20(0.01) =.2 ounce evaporated. So the percent will be 0.2/10*100=2%
Answer 45: q/100(1.5) =3q/200
Answer 46: B
Answer 47: C [9/108-3/20]/ (3/20) *100=45% decrease
Answer 48: (75+w)/550=0.20 =>w=35
Answer 49: B
Answer 50: (0.80) (100) + (0.50) (G-100) = (0.70) (G) => G=150