PEA303

PERCENTAGE
Prepared By:
Mr. Ankit Khandelwal
To express percentage as fraction- divide by 100
To express fraction as percentage- multiply by 100
Q.1 What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9
in the unit's digit?

A. 1
B. 20
C. 14
D. 21
Q.2 45 x ? = 25% of 900

A. 4
B. 5.2
C. 16
D. 5
Q.3 One fourth of one third of two fifth of a number is 15.
What will be 40% of that number?

A. 180
B. 360
C. 90
D. 270
Q.4 If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by
2, the number is

A. 14
B. 18
C. 16
D. 20
Q.5 The population of a town has increased from
133575 to 138918. The percent increase in population
is

A. 2.5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 4.5
Q.6 A fruit seller had some oranges.
He sells 40% oranges and still has 420 oranges. How
many oranges he had originally?

A. 500
B. 700
C. 600
D. 800
Q.7 Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of
A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8%
of B. Find the ratio of A : B.

A. 2:1
B. 3:4
C. 4:3
D. 1:2
Q.8 Ramesh makes $60 a week from his job. He earns a
raise and now makes $70 a week. What is the percent
increase?

A. 16.66 3c
B. 16
C. 18.55
D. 17.55
Q.9 Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280

A. 252
B. 269
C. 246
D. none of these
Q.10 An inspector rejects 0.08% of the meters as
defective, How many meters he examine to reject 2 meters

A. 2500
B. 1900
C. 1200
D. 2400
Q.11 Three candidates contested an election and received
1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage
of the total votes did the winning candidate got

A. 56%
B. 58%
C. 57%
D. 59%
Q.12 Raman's salary was decreased by 50% and
subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does
he loss.

A. 25% . xa
B. 45%
C. 35%
D. 55%
Q.13 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. The marks obtained
by them are:

A. 39, 30
B. 41, 32
C. 42, 33
D. 43, 34
Q.14 If 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:

A. 4% of a
B. 5% of a
C. 20% of a
D. None of these
Q.15 A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of
5/3. What is the percentage error in the calculation?

A. 34%
B. 44%
C. 54%
D. 64%
Q.16 In an election between two candidates, one got
55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were
invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the
number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:

A. 2700
B. 2900
C. 3000
D. 3100
Q.17 Two numbers are less than third number by 30%
and 37% respectively. How much percent is the second
number less than by the first

A. 8%
B. 9%
C. 10%
D. 11%
Q.18 A housewife saved Rs. 2.50 in buying an item on
sale. If she spent Rs. 25 for the item, approximately how
much percent she saved in the transaction

A. 9%
B. 10%
C. 11%
D. 12%
Q.19 The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of
10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its
present value is Rs. 8748, its purchase price was :

A. 10000
B. 12000
C. 14000
D. 16000
Q.20 The population of a town is 10000. It increases
annually at the rate of 20% p.a. What will be its population
after 2 years?

A. 14440
B. 14400
C. 12400
D. 11400
Q.21 A batsman scored 120 runs which included 3
boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total
score did he make by running between the wickets.

A. 40%
B. 50%
C. 60%
D. 70%
 Q.22 10% of inhabitants of a village having died of
cholera, a panic set in, during which 25% of the remaining
inhabitants let the village. The population is then reduced to
4050. Find the original inhabitants

A. 5500
B. 6000
C. 6500
D. 7000