Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• Meenu spent 20% of the salary on entertainment and 10% on makeup. She spent 20% of the remaining on the food and 50% of the remaining invested in mutual fu...
• In a Lok Sabha election, two candidates vied for a parliamentary seat. Out of the total eligible voters in the constituency, 20% opted not to exercise thei...
• The reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables a person to obtain 50 kg more for Rs.450. Find the original price of rice per kg.
• The length and breadth of a rectangle are increased by 8% and 5%, respectively. By how much percentage will the area of the rectangle increase
• Number p is 15% more than 150. If k is 15% less than p, then k is equal to:
• If the price of petrol is increased by 28%, by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer if the expenditure on petrol remains unc...
• If 20% of (A + B) = 30% of (A – B), then what percentage of B is equal to A?
• If the student scores 30% 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. Le...
• If the student scores 27% of the marks, then he has failed by 186 marks. But if he scores 54% marks then he is passed by 246 marks. Find the passing percen...
• The population of the town is 270,000 4/9th of them are males and the rest are females. 50% males and 40% females are married. Find the percentage of the u...
• The population of the town is 270,000 4/9th of them are males and the rest are females. 50% males and 40% females are married. Find the unmarried populatio...
• Find the successive discounts of 10%,20% and 40%.
• In a competitive examination, 70% of candidates pass and 480 candidates fail, then how many total candidates appeared in the examination?
• What is the value of √25% =?
• In a shop, there are a total of 15,000 chip packets. Out of these, 28% are Green Lays packets, and out of the remaining, 75% are Red Lays packets, and the ...
• A shopkeeper charges sales tax of x% up to Rs, 2000 and above it he charges y%. A customer pays a total tax of Rs. 320, when he purchases the goods worth R...
• A, B, C, and D purchased a cine-multiplex for Rs. 56 lakhs. The contribution of B, C, and D together is 366.66% that of B’s contribution and contribution...
• Aryan, Bhavya, and Chetan initiated a venture with initial investments of Rs. 50,000, Rs. 60,000, and Rs. 72,000 respectively. After six months, Aryan, Bha...
• A plane can travel 36 km against the wind and 80 km with the wind in 4 hours. How much percent is the speed of the plane against the wind less than the spe...
• Akshita and Monika started a business with initial investments of Rs. 2,400 and Rs. 2,500 respectively. After one year, Akshita withdrew ___% and Monika wi...
• From her overall earnings, Veena allocates Rs. 8000 to SIP. From the remaining salary, she allocates 10% to vegetables and 7.5% to transportation, which is...
• A product, coffee beans, was marked up by 40% above the cost price and sold at a discount of ____%. The profit earned by the retailer is ____%. The values ...
• The cost price of juice is 50% more than the cost price of lemon soda. A juice seller mixed 120 ml of juice with 30 ml of lemon soda in a glass. By mistake...
• A pear has a cylindrical-shaped seed exactly in the center. If the diameter and height of the seed are both equal to one-fifth of the diameter of the fruit...
• Anchal allocates 20% of his monthly salary to transportation, dedicates 50% to shopping, and invests 20% of the remaining balance in food expenses. The rem...
• The income of 'Amit' surpasses that of 'Bhishma' by a certain percentage. If the average of their incomes amounts to Rs. ____, then the individual income o...
• The ratio of the salary of K and L is 4:5. The salary of M is 50% of the sum of salary of K, L, and M. If the salary of M and sum of the salary of K, L, an...
• In the Reebok factory, there are two units of workers, I and II, with a strength ratio of 2:1. The ratio of male to female in Unit I is 3:1, and in Unit II...
• The combined salaries of 'Arvind' and 'Bhanu' amount to Rs. 20,000. 'Arvind' utilized 80% of his salary, while 'Bhanu' spent 60% of his salary, resulting i...
• 'Aman' is 4 years younger than 'Bharti', and 'Bharti' is 8 years younger than 'Chetna'. If the ratio of 'Aman's age 8 years from now to 'Chetna's age 6 yea...
• Rakesh obtained 25% more marks than Ambuj Suresh obtained 52% less marks than Rakesh. Marks obtained by Suresh are what percent less than marks obtained by...
• Anju spends 16% of her monthly income on rent, 22% of it on groceries, 14% of it on children's education and 50% of the remaining on other items. If ₹ 22...
• A fruit seller bought 186 bananas at the rate of ₹72 per dozen. He found that 36 bananas were rotten and could not be sold. He sold the remaining bananas...
• The income of Anand is 20% more than the income of Mayank and the income of Radhika is 60% of the combined income of Anand and Mayank. By what percentage i...
• In an examination having total 300 questions, in the first section having 180 questions. A student got 75% marks in first section, but he got 80% marks in ...
• Rakesh obtained 25% more marks than Ambuj Suresh obtained 40% less marks than Rakesh. Marks obtained by Suresh are what percent less than marks obtained by...
• In an election between two candidates Abhay and Bharti, Abhay got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the total votes were invalid. If the total number of...
•   Rakesh obtained 25% more marks than Ambuj and Suresh obtained 40% less marks than Rakesh. Marks obtained by Suresh are what percent less than marks obta...
• In a company interview test, 65% of the students passed in the first round, and 55% passed in the technical round, while 15% of students failed in both tes...
• In village P, the number of male voters is 45% more than the number of female voters. The ratio of male voters in village P to village Q is 8:5. If the num...