Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• 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? 
• A student has to secure 40% marks to pass an examination. He gets 150 marks and fails by 30 marks. What are the maximum marks?
• Vodafone charges a fixed rental of Rs. 450 per month. It allows 200 calls free per month. Each call is charged at 1.8 when the number of calls exceeds 200 ...
• If 35% of 40% of 7/5 of a number is 490, then what is 25% of 2/3 of that number?
• A student multiplied a number by 2/5 instead of 5/2. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
• In an assembly election, a candidate got 60% of the total valid votes. 2% of the total votes were declared invalid. If the total number of voters is 126000...
• A student multiplied a number by 8/5 instead of 5/8. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
• If a student scores 30% marks then he is failed by 50 marks, but when he scores 50% marks then he is passed by 30 marks. Find the passing %?
• A Salesman is allowed 18% commission on the total sales made by him and a bonus of 1% on the sales over Rs. 40000. If the total earning of a salesman is Rs...
• 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...
• A salesman is allowed 12% commission on the total sales by him and a bonus of 1% on the sales over Rs. 10000. If the total earnings of a salesman is Rs.770...
• In a competitive examination containing 200 questions, 2 marks are awarded for every correct answer and 1 mark gets deducted for every wrong answer. If a s...
• Population of a village is three lakh out which 40% were male and the rest were females. The male population earned a profit of 6% and the female populatio...
• A company allowed 9% commission on the total sales made by the salesman and a bonus of 1% on the sales over Rs. 40000. If the salesman deposited Rs. 81400 ...
• In an election, two candidates A and B participated. 2⁄5 of the voters promised to vote for A and rest promised to vote for B. On the voting day 25% of t...
• There were two candidate in an election. 15% of the total voters did not cast their votes whereas 10% of the casting votes were declared invalid. If the wi...
• In a college election a candidate who got 40% of the total votes polled was defeated by 126 votes. Assuming that there were only two candidates in the elec...
• After increase in the price of coffee by 25%, a person is able to buy 4 kg less for Rs. 1,640. Find the original and increased price of the coffee per kg.�...
• An army lost 20% its men in war, 20% of the remaining due to diseases and 20% of the rest were disabled. Thus, the strength was reduced to 64,000 active me...
• In physics examination a student scored 45% marks in the first paper out of 160. How much percent marks should he score in the second paper out of 140 mark...
• After increase in the price of coffee by 20 %, a person is able to buy 4 kg less for Rs. 1,440. Find the original and increased price of the coffee per kg....
• A Company allow 8% commission on the total sales to its salesman but if the salesman is appointed on a fix salary of Rs. 10000 and 6% commission on the sal...
• The average age of three children in a family is 35% of the average of the age of father and the eldest child. The total age of the mother and the younger ...
• Fresh Watermelon contain 60% water, Dry Watermelon contain 30% water. From 1 Quintals fresh Watermelons, approximately how many kg of Dry Watermelon can be...
• In an election two candidates participated. 10% voters did not vote. 11(1/9) % votes declared invalid and the winner got 50% of the valid votes. If he won ...
• There were two candidates in an election. 10 % of the total voters did not cast their votes whereas 15% of the casted votes were declared invalid. If the w...
• In a village 40% of votes were cast in an election. A and B were the contestants. A won by 600 votes. If B had got 60% more votes, there would have been a ...
• There are 100 students in a particular class. 60% students play cricket, 25 % play football and 15% play both the games. What is the number of students who...
• Akshay, Vishal and Dipak purchased 2, 20 and 50 notebooks for a total of Rs 16, Rs 140 and Rs 400 respectively from a stationery shop. In his transaction w...
• A’s income exceeds that of B’s by Rs.2,000 and B’s income is 40% less than that of C’s. If the total income of all of them put toge...
• A student multiplied a number by 8/5 instead of 5/8. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
• A’s income exceeds that of B’s by Rs.2,000 and B’s income is 40% less than that of C’s. If the total income of all of them put toge...
• If 35% of 40% of 7/5 of a number is 490, then what is 25% of 2/3 of that number?
• There were two candidate in an election. 15% of the total voters did not cast their votes whereas 10% of the casting votes were declared invalid. If the wi...
• In a mixed school 25% of the scholars are infants under 7 and the number of girls above 7 is 4/5 of the number of boys above 7, and amounts to 120. Find th...
• In a school, 60% of the students pass and 30 fail. The number of students appearing from another school is 25 more and 20 more students pass than the forme...
• A towel was 75 cm long and 120cm broad. When bleached, it was to have lost 40% of its length and 20% breadth. The percentage of decrease in area is:
• If the student scores 25% marks then he is failed by 210 marks. But if he scores 55% marks then he is passed by 240 marks. Find the passing percentage?
• The population of the town is 234000. 4/9th of them are males and rest are females. 50% males and 40% females are married. Find the percent of married popu...