Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• A car manufacturing company manufactures 4,650 cars, 7,500 cars and 9,860 cars of A, B and C type respectively. If 24% of A type, 39% of B type and 35% of ...
• In an examination a candidate who gets 30% of the marks fails by 75 marks. But another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 15 marks more than are required fo...
• In the year 2014, the population of a village P was 20% more than the population of village R. In the year 2015, after increasing by 40%, total popula...
• In a two digit positive number, the digit in the unit’s place is equal to the square of the digit in ten’s place, and the difference between th...
• The total number of students in a college is 13,200. If the number of male students increases by 30% and the number of female students increases by 20% in ...
• In a recent survey in a city, 60% houses contained two or more persons and rest have only 1 person. Of those houses having only one person, 45% were having...
• The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 3:2. If 15% of the boys and 25% of the girls are adults, then adults are approximately how much % less tha...
• What will be the fraction of  20%
• 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. ...
• One fourth of one third of two fifth of a number is 15. What will be 40% of  that number ...
• If x% of y is 100 and y% of z is 200, then find the relation between x and z. ...
• 270 candidates appeared for an examination, of which 252 passed. The pass percentage is : ...
• If x is 80% of y, then what percent of 2x is y?
• 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 ? ...
• 1100 boys and 700 girls are examined in a test; 42% of the boys and 30% of the girls pass. The percentage of the total who failed is :
• If  the length of a rectangle is increased by 10% and  the area is unchanged , then its corresponding breadth must be decreased by? ...
• A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3, What is the percentage error in the calculation ? ...
• Sahil spends 30% of his monthly income on food articles, 40% of the remaining on conveyance and clothes and saves 50% of the remaining. If his monthly sala...
• If A's height is 40% less than that of B, how much percent B's height is more than that of A? ...
• 20% of 35% of a number is 175. What is 18% of that number? 
• In a job fair, 50% of the people are graduates, one fifth of them are post graduates and rest are double graduates. If three-fourth of the graduates, 60% o...
• Lalit buys wheat at Rs. 20/kg and puts a price tag on it so as to earn a profit of 30%. However, his faulty balance shows 1000 gm when it is actually 600 g...
• In order to maximise his gain, a theatre owner decided to reduce the price of tickets by 10% and as a result of this, the sales of tickets increased by 40%...
• A car driver’s income consist of his salary and tips. During one week his tips were 5/4 of his salary. What portion of his total income came from tip...
• Arun saves 30% of his salary while Gagan saves 32%. If both get the same salary and Gagan saves Rs. 1600, find the savings of Arun?
• The weight of two persons Vishwas and Vivek are in the ratio 5:7. If the weights are increased in such a way that Vivek’s weight is increased by 20% ...
• A salesman is allowed 24% commission on the total sales by him and a bonus of 1% on the sales over Rs. 25000. If the total earnings of a salesman is Rs. 11...
• 57L of milk water is poured into a tub and the tub was found to be 5% empty. To completely fill the tub, what mount of additional milk must be poured?
• There were two candidates in an election. 10% of the total voters did not cast their votes whereas 5% of the casting votes were declared invalid. If the wi...
• A number when reduced by 35% gives 195. Find the number?
• The difference between the value of the number increased by 10% and the value of the number decreased by 20% is 72. Find the number.
• The difference between the value of the number increased by 10% and the value of the number decreased by 20% is 72. Find the number.
• A no. is multiplied by 35 instead of being multiplied by 53. What % is the result of the required correct value?
• A person gives 20% of his salary to his wife and 25% of the remaining to his children. Now he is left with Rs. 27000. What is his total salary?
• 8.5 can be expressed in terms of percentage as:
• A village lost 20% of its cattle in a flood, 20% of remaining died due to diseases and 20% of the rest were disabled. If the number left now is 9600. What ...
• Vipul decided to donate 5% of his salary. On the day of donation he changed his mind and donated Rs. 1687.50, which was 75% of what he had decided earlier....
• If 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the number itself, then the number is:
• Sunita scored 434 marks in a test and failed by 6 marks. If the passing marks of the test is 25%. What is the maximum mark of the test? 
• The ratio between the numbers of girls and boys in a class is 2:3 respectively. What is the percentage of girls in the class?