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- Question
What will come in place of the question mark(?) in the following question ? 56% of 870 + 82% of 180 = 32% of 90 + ?
Options- A. 777
- B. 666
- C. 606
- D. 789
- Correct Answer
- 606
Explanation56% of 870 = 56x870/100 = 487.20
82% of 180 = 82x180/100 = 147.60
32% of 90 = 32x90/100
487.20 + 147.6 - 28.8 = ?
? = 634.8 - 28.8
? = 606.
- 1. 36 is what percent of 80?
Options- A. 54
- B. 45
- C. 60
- D. 64 Discuss
- 2. A showroom on its anniversary gives a discount of 18% on marked price of bikes. Raghuram purchases a bike in Rs. 54,540. What is the marked price of bike?
Options- A. Rs. 63548
- B. Rs. 66512
- C. Rs. 65000
- D. Rs. 67857 Discuss
- 3. 3.2% of 500 × 2. 4% of ? = 312
Options- A. 812.5
- B. 829.75
- C. 749.85
- D. 799.5 Discuss
- 4. Sneha?s weight is 140% of Veena?s weight. Rina?s weight is 90% of Sana?s weight. Sana weighs twice as much as Veena. If Sneha?s weight is x% of Rina?s weight, then x is equal to:
Options- A. 596/9
- B. 605/9
- C. 645/9
- D. 700/9 Discuss
- 5. At an examination in which maximum marks are 500. K got 10% less than L, L got 25% more than M and M got 20% less than N. If K got 360 marks what percentage of marks was obtained by N ?
Options- A. 80
- B. 87
- C. 78
- D. 76 Discuss
- 6. If the price of a commodity is decreased by 20% and its consumption is increased by 10%, what will be the increase or decrease in the expenditure on the commodity?
Options- A. increase 12%
- B. decrease 12%
- C. increase 16%
- D. decrease 16% Discuss
- 7. Ajay who is a King, at his eleventh hour, called his three queens and distributed his gold in the following way: He gave 50% of his wealth to his first wife, 50% of the rest to his second wife and again 50% of the rest to his third wife. If their combined share is worth1,30,900 kilograms of gold, find the quantity of gold King Ajay was having initially?
Options- A. 153145 kgs
- B. 147890 kgs
- C. 152400 kgs
- D. 149600 kgs Discuss
- 8. Two numbers are respectively 40% and 30% more than a third number. The second number expressed in terms of percentage of the first is ?
Options- A. 92.8%
- B. 84.23%
- C. 87.14%
- D. 94.1% Discuss
- 9. The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% every year. It was purchased 3 years ago. If its present value is Rs. 8,748, its purchase price was ?
Options- A. Rs.14,000
- B. Rs.12,000
- C. Rs. 12,800
- D. Rs. 15,000 Discuss
- 10. In one year, the Amount collected for social welfare, of a village increased by 10% and in the next year, it decreased by 10%. If at the end of 2nd year, the amount was 7920, what was it in the beginning ?
Options- A. 8800
- B. 8650
- C. 8000
- D. 8980 Discuss
Percentage problems
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Correct Answer: 45
Explanation:
Let 36 is p% of 80
=> p x 80/100 = 36
=> p = 36 x 10/8 = 45.
Correct Answer: Rs. 66512
Explanation:
The discount offered by showroom = 18%
Raghu purchased at Rs. 54540
Then,
The marked price is given by
54540 x 100/82
=~ Rs. 66,512
Correct Answer: 812.5
Explanation:
Correct Answer: 700/9
Explanation:
Let Veena's weight = 1 kg
Sana's weight = 2 kg
Sneha's weight = 1.4 kg
Rina's weight = 1.8 kg
Now,according to the given data in the question,
x = .
Correct Answer: 80
Explanation:
Let marks obtained by N = x
M's marks = 0.80x
L's marks = 1.25 (0.80x)
K's marks = (0.90) (1.25) (0.80x)
= 0.9x
But 0.9x = 360 ? x = 400
Percentage of Marks obtained by N
= 400 x 100/500 = 80%
Correct Answer: decrease 12%
Explanation:
Given the price of a commodity is decreased by p = 20%
And its consumption is increased by q = 10%
Now, required increase or decrease in the expenditure on the commodity can be
p + q + pq/100 = -20 + 10 - 200/100 = -10 - 2 = -12%.
Hence, decrease in the expenditure = 12%
Correct Answer: 149600 kgs
Explanation:
Let the total quantity of gold be p kgs.
According to the question,
50% of p + 25% of p + 12.5% of p = 130900
87.5% of p = 130900
p = 130900 x 100/87.5 = 149600 kgs.
Therefore, the initial gold quantity that king has = p = 149600 kgs.
Correct Answer: 92.8%
Explanation:
Here, x = 40 and y = 30;
Therefore second number
= [[
] x 100 ]% of first number
= [[
] x 100 ]% of first number
Second number = 92.8% of the first number.
Correct Answer: Rs.12,000
Explanation:
We have P = 8748, R = -10 and n = 3
Therefore, the purchase price of the machine
=
=
= 8748 x (100/90) x (100/90) x (100/90)
= 12,000.
Therefore, the purchase price of the machine was Rs. 12,000.
Correct Answer: 8000
Explanation:
Let the amount collected be 'A'
Then, from the given conditions,
A x 110/100 x 90/100 = 7920
A x 0.99 = 7920
A = 7920/0.99
=> 8000
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