Percentages

Percentage
Definition: Per cent means Per hundred or
part of hundred. In other words a fraction
whose denominator is 100.
Usage: Percentages is used to compare
different values which do not have a common
base.
For calculating percentage we change the
base or denominator into 100.



Conversion of a fraction into percent
and vice versa



Conversion of decimal into a percent and
Vice versa

Fractions.
1/1=100%
1/2 =50%
1/3=33.33%
1/4 =25%
1/5=20%
1/6=16.66%
1/7=14.28%
1/8=12.5%
1/9=11.11%
1/10=10%
1/11=9.09%
1/12=8.33%
1. 25% of 32
2. 75% of 36
3. 80% of 35
4. 10% of 142
5. 20% of 60
6. 35% of 70
7. 6% of 220
8. 15% of 150
9. 12% of 20
10. 27% of 30


77x0.545454=
300% of 300=
69% of 69=
125% of 600=
37.5% of 48=
16.66% of 66=
Ram has got 700 marks out of 800 and shyam
has got 725 out of 825 which is better?
Out of 40 students in a class, 32 opted to go
for a picnic. What percent of students opted
for picnic?
In the word ARITHMETIC, what percent of the
letters are Is?
In a class of 40 students, 10 secured first
division, 15 secured second division and 13
just qualified. What percent of students failed

Percentage increase
The cost of an article has increased from ` 450
to` 495. By what percent did the cost
increased?

Percentage decrease
If 120 is reduced to 96, what is the reduction
percent?
If the percentage has changed two times first
by x% and then by y% then the total increase/
decrerase in percentage is given by
x+y+xy/100.

The length of a rectangle is increased by 10%
and the breadth is increased by 20%.What is
the consequent percentage increase in area.
1.If the price of petrol increases by 25%, by how much must a
user cut down his consumption so that his expenditure on
petrol remains constant?

2.Peter got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and
failed by 10 marks. However, Paul who took the same
examination got 40% of the total marks and got 15 marks
more than the passing marks. What was the passing marks in
the examination?

3.A candidate who gets 20% marks fails by 10 marks but
another candidate who gets 42% marks gets 12% more than
the passing marks. Find the maximum marks.

If a is 20% more than b,then b is what % less
than a?
Which is bigger:49% of 5200 or 5200% of 49