Practice Percentage Questions and Answers

• 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...
• The difference between 7/10 of a number and 38% of the number is 112. What is 20% of the number? ...
• The monthly income of Vivek and Sohan together is Rs. 46000. The income of Vivek and Sohan is increased by 20% and 30% respectively. The new income of Soha...
• The monthly salary of Harshita and Himani together is Rs.72225. The salary of Harshita and Himani is increased by 15% and 20% respectively then the new sal...
• Teena decided to donate 10% of her salary as a charity. On the day of donation she changed her mind and donated Rs 3680 which was 92% of what she had decid...
• Heena decided to save 15% of her salary as fixed deposit. Later, she changed her mind and saved Rs 4800 which was 80% of what she had decided earlier. How ...
• If a girl obtained 55% in the first paper, 60% in the second, and 62.5% in the third, what percent did he obtain overall if it is given that the maximum ma...
• Hari scored 70 marks in English. He scored 64% marks in Hindi and X marks in Maths. The maximum marks for each subject is 175. The overall percentage of ma...
• Ravi scored 80 marks in English. He scored 66% marks in Hindi and X marks in Maths. The maximum marks for each subject is 200. The overall percentage of ma...
• The marks scored by a student in three subjects are in the ratio 3 : 6 : 2. Student scored an overall aggregate of 55% in the exam. If the maximum marks in...
• Two persons A and B started working for a company in similar jobs on January 1, 1990. A's initial monthly salary was Rs 400, which increases by Rs 50 after...
• A candidate just passed by getting 15 answers correct by attempting 25 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a c...
• A candidate just passed by getting 100 answers correct by attempting 200 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a...
• A candidate just passed by getting 50 answers correct by attempting 75 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a c...
• A candidate just passed by getting 66 answers correct by attempting 100 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a ...
• A candidate just passed by getting 150 answers correct by attempting 225 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a...
• A candidate just passed by getting 25 answers correct by attempting 60 of the total questions. Find the total number of questions in the examination if a c...