Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• A candidate just passed by getting 30 answers correct by attempting 60 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a c...
• A candidate just passed by getting 30 answers correct by attempting 65 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a c...
• Suresh’s monthly salary is equal to 30% of Mahesh’s monthly salary. Mahesh’s monthly salary is Rs. 28000 less than Mohit’s monthly salary. If Mohit...
• Chetan’s monthly salary is equal to 36% of Chintu’s monthly salary. Chintu’s monthly salary is Rs. 32000 less than Chirag’s monthly salary. If Chir...
• The price of sugar has increased by 30%. Sachin has decided to spend only 17% more than what he initially did on buying sugar. What is the percentage decre...
• The price of wheat has increased by 45%. Mohit has decided to spend only 16% more than what he initially did on buying wheat. What is the percentage decrea...
• The price of wheat has increased by 65%. Rohit has decided to spend only 32% more than what he initially did on buying wheat. What is the percentage decrea...
• In a department 20% of the employees are females. 40% of the male employees know Hindi. The total number of employees who know Hindi is 46%. Find the perce...
• In a department 20% of the employees are females. 45% of the male employees know English. The total number of employees who know English is 52%. Find the p...
• A Sales Executive gets a commission on total sales at 8%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.10,000 he gets an additional commission as a bonus of 4% on the excess...
• A Sales Executive gets a commission on total sales at 6%. If the sale is exceeded Rs.18,000 he gets an additional commission as a bonus of 3% on the excess...
• The cost of packaging of the oranges is 25% the cost of fresh oranges themselves. The cost of oranges increased by 30% but the cost of packaging decreased ...
• A seller calculated his intended selling price at 6% profit on the cost of a product. However, owing to some mistake while selling, the units and tens digi...
• A seller calculated his intended selling price at 6% profit on the cost of a product. However, owing to some mistake while selling, the units and tens digi...
• Z spends 60% of his salary and saves the remaining. After his salary is increased by 30%, he saves 55% of the increased amount besides the amount he used t...
• A bag contains 300 coins of 25p denomination and 600 coins of 50p denominations. If 10% of 25p coins and 20% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of mo...
• A bag contains 400 coins of 25p denomination and 800 coins of 50p denominations. If 14% of 25p coins and 28% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of mo...
• A bag contains 500 coins of 25p denomination and 1000 coins of 50p denominations. If 15% of 25p coins and 30% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of m...
• A bag contains 700 coins of 25p denomination and 1400 coins of 50p denominations. If 17% of 25p coins and 34% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of m...
• A bag contains 350 coins of 25p denomination and 700 coins of 50p denominations. If 16% of 25p coins and 32% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of mo...
• A bag contains 550 coins of 25p denomination and 1100 coins of 50p denominations. If 11% of 25p coins and 22% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of m...
• A bag contains 750 coins of 25p denomination and 1500 coins of 50p denominations. If 20% of 25p coins and 40% of 50p coins are removed, the percentage of m...
• Ali the barber shaved 38% of his customers and gave a haircut to 76% of his customers. He charged Rs. 12 for a shave and Rs. 9 for a haircut. If 25% of cus...
• A scored 246 marks in an examination and B got 50 percent marks in the same examination which is 48 marks less than A. If the minimum passing marks in the ...
• What is the percentage change in the result when we add 25 to a certain number x, instead of subtracting 25 from the same number x? 
• What is the percentage change in the result when we add 36 to a certain number x, instead of subtracting 36 from the same number x? 
• 40 Litres of water is added to 60 litres of a solution containing 40% alcohol . What is the concentration of alcohol in solution now?
• In a class of 40 students and 8 teachers, each student got gifts that were 20% of total number of students and each teacher got gifts that were 15% of tota...
• In a class of 60 students and 15 teachers, each student got gifts that were 40% of total number of l7students and each teacher got gifts that were 30% of t...
• In a zoo, 25% of the people are males. 40% of the remaining are females and the remaining 720 are children’s. Find the total number of people in a zo...
• In a zoo, 40% of the people are males. 50% of the remaining are females and the remaining 570 are children’s. Find the total number of people in a zoo....
• A gave 45% of the amount he had to B. B gave 2/3rd of what he received from A to C. After paying Rs. 240 to the taxi driver out of the amount he gets from ...
• A gave 60% of the amount he had to B. B gave 3/5th of what he received from A to C. After paying Rs. 220 to the taxi driver out of the amount he gets from ...
• A gave 40% of the amount he had to B. B gave 2/5th of what he received from A to C. After paying Rs. 260 to the taxi driver out of the amount he gets from ...
• In a village election between two candidates, the winner secured 65% of the total votes cast and won by a majority of 9000 votes. How many votes did the lo...
• In a village election between two candidates, the winner secured 70% of the total votes cast and won by a majority of 13000 votes. How many votes did the l...
• In a village election between two candidates, the winner secured 54% of the total votes cast and won by a majority of 4000 votes. How many votes did the lo...
• There are two slabs of income tax, 8% tax for income up to 3 lakh and 12.5% for income above 3 lakh. Akhil tried to evade tax by hiding some of the income,...
• There are two slabs of income tax, 7% tax for income up to 3 lakh and 12.5% for income above 3 lakh. Nitin tried to evade tax by hiding some of the income,...
• Anita has some money left after spending 20%, 10% and 30% of monthly salary on rent, electricity and shopping respectively. The remaining money with Anita&...