Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• 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. 108400...
• When the income of the man is increase by Rs. 9000 then tax rate reduces from 18% to 15%. While in both the situation 25% income is tax free. Find his init...
• In a school with 800 students, the average of the age of the boys is 16 years and that of the girls is 12 years. If the average age of the school is 14 yea...
• What is the total number of students in a college? Statement I. In the college 24% of the students are between 18 to 24 years of age, and 45% of the rema...
• Gaurav spends 25% of his salary on grocery and 35% of the remaining amount on electricity bills. If Gaurav saves Rs. 33637.5, what is his total salary?
• In an election, two candidates participated. 20% voters did not cast their votes, out of which 600 votes declared invalid and the winner get 75% of the val...
• Radha purchase 6 black and some white balloons. The price of Black balloon is 5/2 of the price of the price of white balloon. At the time of making the bil...
• Ganesh gives 30% of her salary to his wife, 12% of the remaining amount to his children and 10% of the remaining to his parents. If has given a total amoun...
• The boys and girls in a college are in the ratio 4:3. If 15% of the boys and 22% of the girls are adults, the percentage of students who are not adults is-...
• If the price of rice has increased from Rs 40 per kg to Rs. 60 per kg, by how much percent a person has to decrease his consumption so that his expenditure...
• Milk contains 6% water. What quantity of pure milk should be added to 12 litres of milk to reduce the quantity of water to 3%?
• In a conference, 78% people were present, and the no. of absentees was 110. The total number of the people who were invited was
• 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, is 120. Find the number of ...
• A towel was 75 cm broad and 120cm long. When bleached, it was to have lost 40% of its length and 20% breadth. The percentage of decrease in area is:
• A book is listed at Rs. 2,400 and the discount offered is 10%. What additional discount must be given to bring the net selling price Rs. 1,800?
• 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...
• Rajeev spends 30% of his monthly income on cloths and food and 20% of remaining on rent and saves the remaining amount. If he saves Rs 17920 per month, the...
• A reduction of 20% in the price of cinema tickets would enable me to see 15 movies more for Rs. 1200. Find the original price of one ticket.
• The maximum marks in an examination was 500. Shiva got 25% more than Parul, Parul got 10% more than Tashu. If Shiva got 275 marks. What percentage of full ...
• In a test consisting of 300 questions, Pooja answered 40% of the first 180 questions correctly. What number of the other questions does she require to answ...
• Amit scored 80 marks in subject X. He scored 60% marks in subject B and Y marks in subject D. Maximum marks in each subject was 300. The overall percentage...
• The total population of a village is 12600. If the rate of growth of male population is 20% per year and the rate of growth of female population is 10% per...
• In 2011, the total population of a village was 5280, Out of which 30% were female. In 2012, the total population increased by 10% in comparison to the prev...
• The ratio of the monthly earning of A to that of B is 5:7.If monthly earning of A increased by 25% and that of B decreased by 60% the new ration between 2:...
• A student multiplied a number by 8/5 instead of 5/8. 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...
• Anju deposited two parts of a sum of Rs. 30,000 in different banks at the rate of 15% per annum and 12% per annum respectively. In one year she got Rs. 414...
• In a village, number of male, female and children are in the ratio of 3:5:7. If 90% of the males are literate, 80% of females are literate and 40% of child...
• 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% ...
• 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...
• 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...
• In a test comprising 200 questions, four marks are awarded for every question answered correctly. The number of marks deducted for every question answered ...
• In a college, 72% of the student could cast their votes and none of the votes cast were invalid. Only two students were contesting the elections and the ra...
• Niharika saves 25% of her salary in National Savings Certificate  and spend 80% of the remaining amount on household items. If the cash in hand is Rs. 55...
• A man spends 40% of his income on household items, 30% on buying gifts and 50% of the remaining on transportation. If he is left with Rs. 3900 then how muc...
• A student has to obtain 35% of the total marks to pass. He got 214 marks and failed by 31 marks. What are the maximum marks?
• In a ward member election, a candidates secure 67% of the votes and is elected by majority of 5100 votes. The total number of votes polled is?
• The ratio of the number of males and females in an apartment is 14:11. If 25% of the males and 25% of the females read newspapers out of 200 persons, the p...
• Preeti spends 35% of her monthly income on consumable items. Her annual income is Rs. 5.4 lac. What is the total amount that Preeti spends on consumable it...