Percentage Questions

• At 10% discount the selling price of a toaster is Rs 18000, what is the selling price if the discount is 37.5%?
• An engineering student has to secure 24% marks to pass. He gets 61 and fails by 29 marks. What is the maximum marks for that exam?
• When a number is increased by 24, it becomes 110% of itself. What is the number?
• Ticket for an adult is Rs 2200 and a child is Rs 990. One child goes free with two adults. If a group has 23 adults and 11 children, what is the discount the group gets?
• Marked price of an item is Rs 500. On purchase of 2 items discount is 8%, on purchase of 3 items discount is 16%. Radha buys 5 items, what is the effective discount?
• The price of an article is cut by 33%, to restore to its original value, the new price must he increased by
• Two numbers are 50% and 90% lesser than a third number. By how much percent is the second number to be enhanced to make it equal to the first number?
• A student multiplied a number by 3/10 instead of 10/3. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
• The cost price of an article is x. It is marked up by 120%. It is sold at Rs 8800 after giving 20% discount. What is the value (in Rs) of x?
• When a number is increased by 105, it becomes 135% of itself. What is the number?
• A Rs 100 shirt is offered at 10% discount and a Rs 300 pair of trousers at 20% discount. If Pritam bought 1 shirt and 3 pairs of trousers, what is the effective discount (in %) he got?
• If the edge of a cube is increased by 10%, then what will be the percentage increase in its volume ?
• If 2 T-shirts are offered free on purchase of 5 T-shirts, what is the effective discount (in %) on each T-shirt?
• If the successive discounts be 20% , 10% and 5% , then the single equivalent rate of discount is
• A basket contains 300 mangoes . 75 mangoes were distributed among some students . Find the percentage of mangoes left in the basket
• What is the difference between 0.6 and 0.6%?
• A's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he lose?
• When a number is increased by 120, it becomes 130% of itself. What is the number?
• A dealer marks his goods 20% above cost price. He then allows some discount on it and makes a profit of 8%. The rate of discount is
• Sum of two numbers is thrice their difference. Their ratio is