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Percentage
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What is the difference
between fraction and
percentage?
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Any number written in the
form of a fraction with 100
as the denominator is a
percentage.
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What would come to mind
when we talk of
Marks
Division among brothers
Interest
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In some situations, intuitively,
we understand percentages
better than fraction.
And in some cases, fractions
better than percentages.
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What is the significance of
8.33% Bonus?
One months salary.
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What is the significance of
8.33% Discount?
One free on every dozen
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Express the following as
fractions:
33.3%
1/3
20%
1/5
16.6%
1/6
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66.6%
2/3
75%
3/4
12.5%
1/8
8.33%
1/12
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11.1%
1/9
9.09%
1/11
6.67%
1/15
133.3%
4/3
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1.33%
1/75
6.25%
1/16
3.33 %
1/30
87.5%
7/8
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x% of a number y
= x *y / 100
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The salary of X goes up
from $ 100 to $ 125. What
is the percentage increase
in the salary?
Increase = 125 - 100 = $ 25.
% increase = 25/100 * 100 %
= 25%
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If the salary had been
reduced from $ 125 to $
100, what is the %age
decrease in the salary?
Decrease = 125 - 100 = $ 25
% decrease = 25/125*100%
= 20%.
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% increase =
Quantity increase * 100
old Quantity
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The price of petrol, which
was Rs 30 has gone up
by 20%. The new price is
The new price is
(100+20)/100 * 30 = 1.2 * 30
= Rs 36
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The price of a Pentium
PC, which was Rs 30,000
has reduced by 25%. The
new price is ?
The new price is Rs 22,500
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To decrease by a certain
percentage, multiply the
number by the factor
(100-x)
100
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Fill in the blanks for the
questions that follow:
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If B is 25% more than A,
then A is ____ % less
than B
20
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If B is ____ % more than
A, then A is 16.67% less
than B
20
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If B is 10% more than A,
then A is ____ % less
than B
9
1
/
11

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If B is 33.33 % more than
A, then A is ____ % less
than B
25
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If B is 50% more than A,
then A is ____ % less
than B
33.33
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If B is ____ % more than
A, then A is 50% less than
B
100
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If B is 200% more than A,
then A is ____ % less
than B
66.66
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If B is ____ % more than
A, then A is 75% less than
B.
300
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The price of an article
which was Rs 40 was
by 10%. The consumption
by 30%. What was the
net % impact on the total
income of the
manufacturer?
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old price = Rs 40.
New price = 1.1* 40 = 44
Let old quantity be 100 articles
New quantity = 70
Old income = 4,000
New income = 3,080.
% = 23%
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X carried 75% of money in
TCs and 25% in cash. During
a journey, X lost entire cash
and spent from the TCs. At
the end, X had 30% of the
TCs, which amounted to Rs
1800. What was the total
money that X carried?
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30% of TC = Rs 1800
100% of TCs = 100/30* 1800 =
Rs 6000
Since TCs accounted for 75%
of the total money that he had
carried, the total money that he
carried is 100/75* 6000 =
Rs 8000
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The price of rice increases
by 30%. In order to keep
the expenses on rice
constant, by what %age
should a person cut down
the consumption?
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Let old price = Rs 1/kg
& old quantity = 100 kg
Amount spent on rice = Rs100
New price of rice = Rs 1.3
New quantity = 100/1.3kgs
Quantity = 100 - (100/1.3)
% = approximately 23%
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A man sells 300 articles
for Rs 9000 at a loss of
13%. Find the cost of
each article.
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The price of one article is 30
Since he sells at a loss of 13%,
SP : CP :: 87 : 100
If SP = 30 then
CP =100*30/87 =
approximately 34.5
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If the population of a town
is 231525 and has been
growing annually at 5%,
what was the population 3
years ago?
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Let the population three years
earlier be X
X * (100+5/100)
3
= 231525
X * (105/100*105/100*105/100)
= X*(21/20*21/20*21/20) =
231525
X =
231525 * (20/21*20/21*20/21)
= 200,000
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A square is converted into
a rectangle by increasing
one side by 5% and
reducing the other by 5%.
What will be the %
change in the area?
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Let the side = a
Area = a
2

Length becomes 1.05a
Width becomes 0.95a.
Area = 1.05a*0.95a = 0.9975a
2

area = 0.0025a
2
% =0.0025a
2
*100/a
2
=
0.25%
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Toms income is 20%
more than Jerrys. How
much is Jerrys income
less than Toms?
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Toms income
= 1.2 * (Jerrys income)
Let Jerrys income = 100
Toms income = 120
Jerrys income is less Toms
income by 20/120* 100
= 16.67%
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There are two candidates A
and B in an election. The poll
turn out was 90%. 500 of the
votes were declared invalid. A
won by a margin of 400 votes
and got 48
8
/
9
% of the
registered votes. Find the total
number of eligible voters.
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Let registered votes = X
A: 48
8
/
9
% = 440/9 % of X
= 4.4/9 X
B got 4.4/9 X - 400
Total votes registered = X =
A + B + Invalid votes
X = 4.4/9X + 4.4/9X - 400 + 500
X = 8.8/9X + 100 So X = 4500.
Total voters: 100/90*4500=5000
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What is a ratio?
A ratio is the relation between
two quantities
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The ratio between two
quantities a and b is written
as
a/b or a : b
a/b is called fractional form;
a : b is called linear form.
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In a joint family, there are
2.2 females for every 2
males. If there are a total
of 84 people, how many
are females?
2x + 2.2x = 84; x = 20
Females = 2.2*20 = 44
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Speed limit in UK is 150
km/h, but in US it is 80
miles / hour. What is the
ratio of the speed limits?
= 150 / 80 = 15:8
150 / (80*1.6) = 75 : 64
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The ratio of two numbers
is 3:5 and their sum is
640. The numbers are :
Let the numbers be 3x and 5x.
3x + 5x = 640, So x = 80
Numbers: 240 & 400.
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In an examination, the no. of
students who passed was 4
times the no. of those who
failed. If there had been 35
fewer candidates and 9 more
had failed, the numbers would
have been in the ratio 2:1. Find
the total no. of candidates.
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total = 5x. Pass: failed = 4x:x
number 35 fewer = 5x-35,
9 more failed = x+9,
Passed then would be
5x-35-(x+9)=(4x-44)
(4x-44) : (x+9) = 2 : 1
5x = 155 - The total number of
students in the class.
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A family divides $ 7000 in
the following way
food:shelter :: 4:5: and
shelter:savings :: 10:7
How much does the family
spend on each of these?
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Food : shelter ::8 : 10 and
shelter : savings ::10:7.
food : shelter : savings
::8:10:7
food = (8/25)*7000 = 2240
shelter = (10/25)*7000 = 2800
savings = (7/25)*7000 = 1960.
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Machine X can produce
1,000 bolts in 4 hours and
machine Y can produce
them in 5 hours. In how
many hours can both
working together produce
1,000 bolts?
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1/4 + 1/5 = production per
hour
= 9/20
Working together, machines X
and Y can produce 1,000 bolts
in 2
2
/
9
hours.
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If 6 litres of cows milk that
cost Rs. 12 per liter are
mixed with 2 liters of
Buffalo milk that costs Rs.
16 per liter, what is the
cost/ litre of the mixture?
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The total cost of the 8 liters of
milk is
6(12) + 2(16) = 104.
The cost per liter is
104 / 8 = 13
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How many litres of a
solution that is 15% salt
must be added to 5 litres
of a solution that is 8%
salt so that the resulting
solution is 10% salt?
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0.15n + 0.08(5) = 0. 10(n + 5)
15n + 40 = 10n + 50
n = 2 liters
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A, B and C divide their
profit of 1.7 millions in the
following way: 2 times As
share = 7 times Bs share
= 6 times Cs share. How
much did A get?
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42 / As share
= 42 / Bs share
= 42 / Cs share
Therefore,
A: B: C = 21 : 6 : 7
Hence, As profit
= (21 / 34)*1.7 = 1.05 million
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XYZ Paints mixes yellow
and blue in the ratio of 5:4.
18 litres of the mixture is
removed and same quantity
of blue is added. Now the
ratio is reversed. What is the
capacity of tank?
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Let tank capacity = 9x
In 18 litres there was 10
yellow and 8 blue.
New mixture, yellow = 5x - 10
and blue = 4x + 10
5x - 10 : 4x +10 = 4 : 5
25x - 50 = 16x + 40
9x = 90 litres.
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The expenses are partly
fixed and partly variable. The
charge/ head is $100 when
there are 60 people and $90
per head when there are 80.
Find the charge/ head when
there are 100 people.
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F + 60V = $6000 for 60 people
F + 80V = $7200, for 80.
V = $60, F = $2400.
total cost for 100 people
= 2400 + 100*60 = $8400
cost/person = $84.
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A, B and C start a partnership
by investing $3000, $4000 and
$5000 respectively. B increases
his investment to $5000 after 3
months and C withdraws 20%
of his contribution after 9
months. What should be the
ratio for profit sharing?
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Bs capital in the venture =
(4000*3 + 5000*9) / 12 = 4750
Cs capital in the venture =
(5000*9 + 4000*3) / 12 = 4750
Therefore, the capital of A,B
and C are in the ratio of
3 : 4.75 : 4.75.