Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• 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?
• 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...
• In an election, two candidates A and B participated. of the voters promised to vote for A and rest promised to vote for B. On the voting day 25% of the vo...
• Gagan and Magan have their monthly incomes in the ratio of 9:7 while their monthly expenditures are in the ratio of 6:5, if they have saved Rs. 15000 and 1...
• 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...
• A man bought a Rs 72 share of a company which paid 10% dividend. If the man got 18% on his investment, at what price did he buy the share?
• In an election two candidates participated. 10% voters did not vote. 11(1/9)% votes declared invalid and the winner got 75% of the valid votes. If he won b...
• A company allowed 16% commission on the total sales made by the salesman and a bonus of 1% on the sales over Rs.25000. If the salesman deposited Rs. 66650 ...
• A student multiplied a number by 4/5 instead of 5/4. What is the percentage error in the calculation?
• After increase in the price of coffee by 15%, a person is able to buy 3 kg less for Rs. 1,840. Find the original and increased price of the coffee per kg?
• A girl found the answer for the question “subtract the sum 1/2  and 1/8  from unity and express the answer in decimals” as 1.5. The percentage of err...
• There are 100 students in a particular class. 55% students play rugby, 30 % play basketball and 15% play both the games. What is the number of students who...
• 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....
• 84 is what % of 120?
• What % of 115 is 23?
• The salary of a man increased from Rs. 16000 per month to Rs. 18000 per month. Find the increase percent.
• The salary of a man decreased from Rs. 20000 per month to Rs. 15000 per month. . Find the decrease percent.
• Two numbers are respectively 30% and 50% more than a third number. First number is approximately how much percent less than the second number?
• Two numbers are respectively 45% and 27% of a third number. What percent of the first number is the second number?
• If a number is added to 52 instead of being added to 25. Approximately what percent of the correct value of the result?
• 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...
• In a school, 30% of the students are not participating in any competition. 80% of the students who are participating in the competition are girls. If 4200 ...
• Sumit spends 30% of his salary on food items and 30% of the remaining amount on electricity bill. If Sumit saves Rs. 29400, what is his total salary?
• Pankaj gives 15% of her salary to his wife, 5% of the remaining amount to his children and 20% of the remaining to his parents. If Pankaj is left with Rs. ...
• If price of grains is increased by 50%, by how much percent a person has to decrease his consumption of grains so that expenditure on grain increases only ...
• After decreases in petrol prices by 20%, a person is able to buy 3 litre more petrol for Rs. 540. Find the original and increased price of petrol per litre...