Percentage Questions

• If the salary of Manoj is 40% less than that of Subhash, then by how much percentage is the salary of Subhash more than that of Manoj?
• The sum of three numbers is 67. If the ratio of the first number to the second number is 3 : 5 and that of the second number to the third number is 4 : 7, then what is the second number ?
• Marked price of an article is Rs 520 and selling price is Rs 384.8. What is the discount percentage?
• A student multiplied a number by 4/7 instead of 7/4. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
• Two number P & Q are 20 % and 28 % less then a number X. What is the percentage the number Q is smaller then the number P?
• If X = 600 and Y = 800, then X is how much percent less than Y?
• Ticket for an adult is Rs 1600 and a child is Rs 1200. 1 child goes free with two adults. If a group has 23 adults and 10 children what is the discount the group gets?
• If Giridhar's salary is 5/3 times of Hariraj's and Shaunak's is 2/3 times of Hariraj's, what is the ratio of Giridhar's salary to Shaunak's.
• Tapas, Avi and Rishi shared a cake. Tapa had 1/2 of it, Rishi had 1/3 of it, and Avi had the rest. What was Avi's share of the cake?
• 5% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code the customer wins 20% cash back. What is the effective discount?
• 25% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code the customer wins 8% cash back. What is the effective discount?
• If the value of a company stock drops from Rs. 25 per share to Rs. 21 per share, the percentage decrease per share is
• If the price of kerosene be raised by 11%, find by how much percent a house holder must reduce his consumption of kerosene so as not to increase his expenditure?
• A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above the cost price and allows a discount of 25% on it. His gain % is
• The marked price of a sofa set is Rs 4800 which is sold at Rs 3672 at two successive discounts. If the first discount is 10%, then what will be the second discount (in %)?
• The rate of simple interest for which a sum of money becomes 5 times in 8 years is
• If one-third of a number is 45, then what will be the 45% of that number?
• In a school 60% of the students are girls. If number of boys is 480, then what is the total number of students in the school?
• The marked price of an article is Rs 960 and it is sold at a discount of Rs 192. What is the discount percentage?
• In an election between two candidates, the winning candidate has got 70% of the votes polled and has won by 15400 votes. What is the number of votes polled for loosing candidate?