Percentage Questions

• A Number is increased by 20%. To get back to the orignal number, the increased number is to be reduced by
• A Village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360. What was the orignal number before the flood?
• A scored 72% in a paper with a maximum marks of 900 and 80% in another paper with a maximum marks of 700. If the result is based on the combined percentage of two papers, the combined percentage is
• On a certain date, Pakistan has a success rate of 60% against India in all the ODIs played between the two countries. They lost the next 30 ODIs in a row to India and their success rate comes down to 30%. The total number of ODIs played between the two countries is
• A retailer marks up his goods by 150% and offers 40% discount. What will be the selling price (in Rs) if the cost price is Rs 800?
• On a television of brand A the discount is 25% and on television of brand B the discount is 40%. The price of B after discount Rs 2,250 greater than the price of A after discount. What is the marked price of A (in Rs) if marked price of B is Rs 35,000?
• Rs 10,200 has to be divided between A,B & C so that A gets 2/3 of what B gets and B gets 1/4 of what C gets. How much more does C get over A (in Rs)?
• 2% of a = b, then b% of 10 is the same as:
• Giving two successive discounts of 40% is equal to giving one discount of ________%.
• A shopkeeper marks up his wares by 125% and offers 25% discount. What will be the selling price if the cost price (in Rs) is Rs 640?
• The difference between cost price and selling price is Rs 221. If profit percentage is 17%, then what is the selling price (in Rs)?
• Marked price of an article is Rs 3600 and selling price is Rs 3132. What is the discount percentage?
• If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 1000 which is marked as Rs 1250, then what is the discount he is offering?
• If the shopkeeper sells an item at Rs 960 which is marked as Rs 1200, then what is the discount he is offering?
• 20% discount is offered on an item. By applying a promo code the customer wins 5% cash back. What is the effective discount?
• In a shop 4.5% of 1500 kg toor dal was sold. Find the quantity sold
• What is 15% of 34 ?
• There are total 200 students in a school, of which 1/5th are boys. Find the number of girls in the school.
• If 3 dupatta is offered free on purchase of 6 dupattas priced Rs 1200 each what is the effective discount on each dupatta?
• Each question contains Quantity I and Quantity II. Read the contents clearly and answer your questions accordingly. Quantity I: if the length of a rectangle is increased by 20% while the breadth of the rectangle is decreased by 10% then find percentage change in area of the rectangle? Quantity II: if the side of a triangle is increased by 30% while the height of a triangle is decreased by 20% then find the percentage change in area of the triangle?