Percentages Word Problems :

Basics exercise 1
Start time:___________ End time:__________

1. There are 75 apples in a basket, of which 12% are rotten, how many are good enough to be
sold ?
a. 9 b. 18 c. 66 d.none of these

2. Rohan spends 85% of his salary and saves Rs 3120 per month. Find his salary
a. 19000 b. 20800 c.21900 d. none of these

3. On Increasing the price of a shirt by 18%, it becomes Rs 826. What was its original price ?
a. 700 b.800 d.900 d. none of these

4. On decreasing the price of a tea-set by 8%, it becomes 317.40. What was its original price ?
a. 360 b. 345 d. 380 d.345

5. An alloy contains 14% tin, 27% zinc and rest iron. Find the quantity of iron in 1.2 Kg of this alloy.
a. 800g b. 808g c.708gm d. none of these

6. In an election there were only two candidates. The winner obtained 56% votes and won by 8400
votes. Find the total number of votes polled.
a. 64000 b. 70000 c. 84000 d. none of these

7. A number is increased by 20% then decreased by 20%. Find the net percentage increase
decrease
a. 0% b. +4% c..-4% d. none of these

8. Salary of a person is increased by 20% by what percentage should it be reduced to restore it to

the original amount
a. 20% b. 16.66% d.25% d. none of these

9. B’s Income is 25% more than that of A. How much per cent is A’s income less than that of A ?
a. 25% d. 20% c. 16.66% d.33.33%

10. If the price of sugar is raised by 25%, by how much per cent a housewife should reduce the
consumption of sugar so as not to increase the expenditure ?
a. 25% b. 20% c. 16.66% d. None of these

11. Wheat is cheaper than rice by 10%. By what per cent is rice costlier than wheat ?
a. 10% b. 11.11% c. 9.09% d. none of these

12. In an examination, a student gets 32% marks and fails by 20 marks. Another student gets 42%
marks and gets 30 marks more than passing marks ? Find the maximum marks and the passing
percentage ?
a. 500,36% b.500,180 c. 400,180 d. 400, 36%

13. In an election between two candidates, 10% of the voters did not cast their vote. 10% of the
votes were found invalid. The successful candidate got 54% of the valid votes and won by a
majority of 1620 votes. Find the number of voters enrolled in the voters list.

Ans_______________
14. In an examination 24% students failed in mathematics, 27% failed in English and 20% failed in
both the subjects.
a. find the number of students who failed one or both of the subjects
b. find the number of students who passed both subjects
c. if 345 students passed in both the subjects find the total number of students

Ans Key
1. C
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. C
6. B
7. B
8. B
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. A
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