Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• S allocated 40% of his monthly income for food, followed by 60% of the remaining amount for entertainment, 75% of the remaining for shopping, and the rest ...
•  In a lock-making factory, 10 percent of the total produced locks were found to be defective, and 80 percent of the non-defective locks were exported. If ...
• 0.5 is what percentage of 20?
• In an examination of three papers of 200 marks each, a candidate got 120 and 100 marks in the first two papers. The percentage of marks he should get in th...
• There are two types of boxes small and large. Identical sweets are sold in these two types of boxes and selling price of larger box is 50% more than sellin...
• In a company, 45% of the workforce consists of females. The number of male employees exceeds that of females by 350. What is the equivalent of 40% of the t...
• If the sugar price is increased by 20% by how much percent consumption should be reduced that expense remains same.
• 'V' sold 40% fewer candies than 'P' did. The ratio between the quantity of candies sold by 'V' and 'B' is 4:7. If 'B' sells 630 sweets, get the number of s...
• Aman allocated 40% of his monthly income for purchasing newspapers and then spent 52% of the remaining amount on food, saving the rest. If the amount saved...
• Neeraj's earnings decreased by 50% and after that subsequently increased by 50%. Find the final loss % on his earnings.
• 'M' allocates 20% of his income to food and 40% of the remaining amount to rent. The expenditure on education is three times higher than his savings, which...
• 'M' allocates 20% of his income to food and 40% of the remaining amount to rent. The expenditure on education is four times higher than his savings, which ...
• If the length of a rectangle is increased by 60%, what would be the percentage decrease (correct to the nearest integer) in the width to maintain the same ...
• The population of the town is 10,000. If the male population increases by 5% and the female population by 10%, the population will become 10,700. How much ...
• In an office with 400 employees (comprising both men and women), preferences for either 'Tea' or 'Coffee' exist. The number of men who like 'Tea' to those ...
• In an examination, Maya scored 42 marks less than Priya. Priya scored 30 more marks than Rohit. Neel scored 90 marks which is 25 marks more than Maya. Tanv...
• In an assessment, Harsh scored 38 marks less than Simran. Simran scored 28 more marks than Alok. Kunal scored 100 marks which is 23 marks more than Harsh. ...
• In a test series, Ishaan scored 50 marks less than Kirti. Kirti scored 34 more marks than Lata. Mohit scored 120 marks which is 40 marks more than Ishaan. ...
• The total income of 'P' and 'Q' is Rs. 2,00,000. 'P' spends 55% of his income, while 'Q' spends 80% of her income, such that the savings of 'Q' are Rs. 12,...
• 'M' and 'N' have a combined income of Rs. 1,80,000. 'M' spends 65% of his income, whereas 'N' spends 60% of her income, resulting in 'N's savings being Rs....
• The sum of the earnings of 'D' and 'E' is Rs. 2,20,000. 'D' uses 75% of his income, while 'E' uses 65% of hers, so that 'E's savings are Rs. 17,000 more th...
• During a particular year, 'R' managed to sell 1500 shirts. 'A' sold 30% more shirts than 'R', and 'X' sold 20% fewer shirts than 'A'. What is the ratio of ...
• In 2021, the ratio of men to women in a college was 5:4. The following year, the men's count dropped by 10%, while the women's count rose by 20%, resulting...
• A person initially spends 50% of his salary and saves the rest. After his salary increases by 30%, he continues to save the same amount but now spends Rs. ...
• Initially, a person spends 80% of his salary and saves the remaining 20%. After receiving a 10% salary increase, his savings remain unchanged, and he spend...
• Initially, a person spends 65% of his salary and saves the remainder. When his salary is increased by 40%, his savings remain unchanged, and he finds that ...
• 'P' allocates 25% of his income to rent and then spends 40% of the remaining amount on food and travel. After these expenses, he spends Rs. 5600 on miscell...
• In a society, 20% of residents enjoy swimming and 35% enjoy running. If 5% enjoy both activities and the rest, which amounts to 18 residents, enjoy neither...
• 40% of a neighborhood likes gardening and 60% likes DIY projects. If 25% enjoy both and the other 20 neighbors like neither, find the total number of neigh...
• In a small town, 50% of the people like fishing, 70% like hiking, and 30% like both. If the remaining 21 people don't like either activity, how many people...
• A bulb-producing company found 17% of the total product defective. If the total number of nondetective products is 4565, then specify the number of total d...
• The station master decides that the length of the rectangular digital board be increased by 5% and the width be reduced to 7%. Find out the total change in...
• In a company, the ratio of engineers to administrators is 4:1. 15% of engineers and 20% of administrators are involved in a project, and 25% of the remaini...
• In a hospital, the ratio of nurses to doctors is 5:2. 30% of nurses and 40% of doctors are working in the emergency department, and 20% of the remaining st...
• Find the value of x if, 25% of 80 = 225 – x% of 440.
• A software company had 'p' lines of code in their codebase in 2019. It increased by 30% in 2020 and then by another 20% in 2021. In 2022, the lines of code...
• A school's enrollment of students increased by 10% in 2015, another 20% in 2016, and then decreased by 30% in 2017. If the percentage of students receiving...
• In 2018, an online course had 'r' subscribers. Subscribers increased by 50% in 2019 and another 25% in 2020. However, in 2021 subscribers decreased by 40%....
• If a company decreases its number of workers by 50% and increases the remaining employees' salaries by 50%, resulting in a decrease of Rs. 25,000 in total ...