Practice: Percentages

Question 1 of 25

Medium Percentages

A shopkeeper marks up the price of a product by 50% and then offers a discount of 20% on the marked price. What is the overall percentage profit if the cost price of the product is Rs. 200?

Question 2 of 25

Hard Percentages

A trader marks an article 50% above the cost price and offers a discount of 20%. If the selling price is Rs. 720, find the cost price.

Question 3 of 25

Medium Percentages

A man spends 70% of his income. If his income increases by 20% and his savings increase by 30%, find the percentage increase in his expenditure.

Question 4 of 25

Medium Percentages

If 60% of a class of 50 students are boys, how many more girls need to be admitted to the class to make the percentage of boys 50%?

Question 5 of 25

Medium Percentages

A shopkeeper marks up the price of an article by 40% above its cost price. During a sale, he offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the cost price of the article is Rs. 500, what is the final selling price?

Question 6 of 25

Hard Percentages

A quantity is increased by 10% and then reduced by 15%. The final value is 17 less than the original quantity. What was the original quantity?

Question 7 of 25

Medium Percentages

A salary of an employee is increased by 20% and then decreased by 10%. What is the effective percentage change in the employee's salary?

Question 8 of 25

Hard Percentages

If A's salary is 20% more than B's salary, and B's salary is 20% less than C's salary, then by what percentage is C's salary more than A's salary?

Question 9 of 25

Medium Percentages

What is 25% of 25% of 1600?

Question 10 of 25

Medium Percentages

In an examination, 40% of the students failed and 30% of the failed students were awarded grace marks to pass. If the total number of students is 500, how many students finally passed the exam?

Question 11 of 25

Hard Percentages

A student scored 75% in an examination. If he had scored 20 more marks, he would have scored 80%. What was the maximum possible marks in the examination?

Question 12 of 25

Hard Percentages

The price of a commodity increases by 50% and then by another 25%. By what percentage should the new price be reduced to bring it back to the original price?

Question 13 of 25

Medium Percentages

What is 87.5% as a fraction?

Question 14 of 25

Medium Percentages

A discount of 40% on ₹500?

Question 15 of 25

Medium Percentages

The population of a town increases by 15% annually. If the population of the town is currently 20,000, what will be the population after 2 years?

Question 16 of 25

Medium Percentages

A shop offers 20% discount, then an additional 10%. Effective discount on ₹1000?

Question 17 of 25

Hard Percentages

In a company, 60% of employees are male. 30% of the male employees and 20% of the female employees have a postgraduate degree. If the total number of employees is 1000, how many employees have a postgraduate degree?

Question 18 of 25

Medium Percentages

Discount of 15% on ₹2000?

Question 19 of 25

Hard Percentages

If the price of a product is first increased by 20% and then decreased by 15%, the net effect is equivalent to which of the following?

Question 20 of 25

Medium Percentages

25% of x = 75. Find x.

Question 21 of 25

Medium Percentages

What is 15% of 15% of 1000?

Question 22 of 25

Medium Percentages

A man spends 60% of his monthly income on household expenses, 25% on savings, and the remaining Rs. 3,000 on miscellaneous. What is his total monthly income?

Question 23 of 25

Hard Percentages

A shopkeeper marks up the price of an item by 60% and then gives a discount of 25% on the marked price. What is the overall percentage gain or loss if the cost price of the item is Rs. 500?

Question 24 of 25

Hard Percentages

The price of a book is increased by 40% and then decreased by 30%. If the final price of the book is Rs 182, what was the original price?

Question 25 of 25

Hard Percentages

If the population of a town increases by 10% annually and its present population is 20,000, what will be the population after 3 years?

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A shopkeeper marks up the price of a product by 50% and then offers a discount of 20% on the marked price. What is the overall percentage profit if the cost price of the product is Rs. 200?

A trader marks an article 50% above the cost price and offers a discount of 20%. If the selling price is Rs. 720, find the cost price.

A man spends 70% of his income. If his income increases by 20% and his savings increase by 30%, find the percentage increase in his expenditure.

If 60% of a class of 50 students are boys, how many more girls need to be admitted to the class to make the percentage of boys 50%?

A shopkeeper marks up the price of an article by 40% above its cost price. During a sale, he offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. If the cost price of the article is Rs. 500, what is the final selling price?

A quantity is increased by 10% and then reduced by 15%. The final value is 17 less than the original quantity. What was the original quantity?

A salary of an employee is increased by 20% and then decreased by 10%. What is the effective percentage change in the employee's salary?

If A's salary is 20% more than B's salary, and B's salary is 20% less than C's salary, then by what percentage is C's salary more than A's salary?

What is 25% of 25% of 1600?

In an examination, 40% of the students failed and 30% of the failed students were awarded grace marks to pass. If the total number of students is 500, how many students finally passed the exam?

A student scored 75% in an examination. If he had scored 20 more marks, he would have scored 80%. What was the maximum possible marks in the examination?

The price of a commodity increases by 50% and then by another 25%. By what percentage should the new price be reduced to bring it back to the original price?

What is 87.5% as a fraction?

A discount of 40% on ₹500?

The population of a town increases by 15% annually. If the population of the town is currently 20,000, what will be the population after 2 years?

A shop offers 20% discount, then an additional 10%. Effective discount on ₹1000?

In a company, 60% of employees are male. 30% of the male employees and 20% of the female employees have a postgraduate degree. If the total number of employees is 1000, how many employees have a postgraduate degree?

Discount of 15% on ₹2000?

If the price of a product is first increased by 20% and then decreased by 15%, the net effect is equivalent to which of the following?

25% of x = 75. Find x.

What is 15% of 15% of 1000?

A man spends 60% of his monthly income on household expenses, 25% on savings, and the remaining Rs. 3,000 on miscellaneous. What is his total monthly income?

A shopkeeper marks up the price of an item by 60% and then gives a discount of 25% on the marked price. What is the overall percentage gain or loss if the cost price of the item is Rs. 500?

The price of a book is increased by 40% and then decreased by 30%. If the final price of the book is Rs 182, what was the original price?

If the population of a town increases by 10% annually and its present population is 20,000, what will be the population after 3 years?

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