Chapter 5: Percentages

Objective Questions
1 Convert 20 into percentage.
50
A 0.2%
B 20%

C 40%
D 200%

2 Express 16% as a fraction in its lowest terms.

A 16
C
100
B 8
D
50
3 Change 21 into a percentage.
5
A 20%
B 215%

4
25
2
20

C 220%
D 225%

4 In an examination, 60 out of 200 students failed. What is the percentage of the students
who passed?
A 30%
C 70%
B 60%
D 120%
5 A class consists of 21 Malay students, 15 Indian students and 4 Chinese students.
Calculate the percentage of Chinese students in the class.
A 4%
C 10%
B 8%
D 40%
6 The price of a bag is RM150. What is the new price of that bag if the price is reduced by
20%?
A RM110
C RM130
B RM120
D RM140
7 Ali bought a digital camera for RM980. Three months later, he sold it to his friend for
RM833. Calculate the percentage of loss from the sale of the camera.
A 1.47%
C 15%
B 14.7%
D 17%
8 If 80% of x is 20, then the value of x is
A 4
B 10

C 16
D 25

9 150% of 30 + 50% of 12 =
A 30
B 44

C 51
D 510

10 The table shows the marks scored by a group of students. Calculate the percentage of
students who obtained grades C and D.
Grade

No. of students

12

18

A 25%
B 40%
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C 60%
D 75%
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11 There are 1 000 students in a school. 60% of them are boys. How many of them are
girls?
A 400
C 800
B 600
D 1 000
12 Choose the true statement.
I: RM700 increased by 2% is RM140
II: 2 hours increased by 30% is 156 minutes
III: 10 kg decreased by 6% is 9.4 kg
A I and II
C I and III
B II and III
D I, II and III
13 Last year, petrol price was RM1.60 per litre. This year, the price increased by 2.5%.
What is the petrol price this year?
A RM1.04
C RM1.56
B RM1.40
D RM1.64
14 Affin received RM60 as interest after he saved an amount of money in a bank with a
simple interest of 2%. How much did he save in the bank?
A RM120
C RM1 200
B RM250
D RM3 000
15 Mr. Chew bought a pair of shoes and a T-shirt. He gave RM200 to the cashier. How
much money did he receive from the cashier?
Item

Shoes

T-shirt

Original price
Discount rate

RM90
10%

RM50
15%

A RM16.50
B RM76.50

C RM95.00
D RM123.50

16 Pak Man invests RM20 000 in a unit trust. The unit trust gives a dividend of 5.5% a year.
How much dividend will he receive after one year?
A RM1 100
C RM21 100
B RM20 092
D RM11 000
17 Which of the following is true?
I: If 20% of a number is 60, then the value of the number is 12.
II: 21 % of RM200 is RM5.
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III: If a RM50 item is sold for RM30, then the percentage of discount is 40%.
A I and II
C II and III
B I and III
D I, II and III
18 The difference between 40% of 80 and 70% of 30 is
A 11
C 32
B 21
D 53
19 Which of the following is equal to 0.4?
A 20%
B 40%

C 60%
D 80%

20 A dining table is sold at RM245 after a discount of 30%. What is the original price before
discount?
A RM73.50
C RM350.00
B RM105.00
D RM450.00
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Subjective Questions
1 Convert 75% to fraction in its lowest term.

2 If 25% of M is 85, find the value of M.

3 20% of 190 apples in a basket are rotten. Calculate the number of rotten apples.

4 The price of a local magazine is increased from RM3.20 to RM3.60.

Find the percentage of increase in price.

5 Sofia deposited RM5 800 into her bank account with an interest rate of 4% per annum.
What is the interest after 11 years?
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6 Calculate the value of 120% of 30 1 20.
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7 Ramli bought a bicycle with RM360. One year later, he sold it to his friend for RM288.
Find the percentage of loss.

8 The water level in a tank dropped 15% from 10 m. What is the water level now?

9 Evaluate 102 % of RM150.

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10 Ali is 25% older than his wife. If Ali is 40 years old, what is their total age?

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