SAVEETHA SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING

SAVEETHA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND

TECHNICAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF PLACEMENT TRAINING

Sub Code : UC01212 Subject Name: Soft Skills 2 – Accumulated Skills

Branch : All Branches Year : I Semester: II
Assignment Topic : Percentages Assignment Number : 7 No. of Questions: 10
Percentage Assignment - 1
1. If the population of town is decrease by 10% and 20% in 2 successive years. What is the net
% increase or decrease in the population?

2. The sides of a cuboid increases by 20%, then the volume would increase by

3. Due to reduction of price of mangoes by 30%, a customer can buy 15 mangoes more for the same
amount. Find the original number of mangoes he used to buy

4. The price of petrol increased by 25% and so a person reduces his consumption by 25%. What is the
percentage change in the expenditure incurred by him on petrol?

5. The salaries of A and B together amount to 2000 USD. A spends 95% of his salary and B spends 85%
of his salary. If their savings are the same then what is A’s salary?

6. In the General Elections involving the Republican and Democrats only, the number of votes against
the Republican Party increased by 25% over the previous general election, and lost by a margin
twice as large as that by which it had won the previous general election. If a total of 2,60,000 people
voted each time, how many voted for the democrats in the previous general election?

7. In an examination A got 10% marks less than B. B got 25% marks more than C and C got 20% marks
less than D. If A got 360 marks out of 500, the percentage of marks obtained by D was?

8. In an election involving two candidates, 68 votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate got
52% of the valid votes and won by 98 votes. The total number of votes polled was?

9. The current birth rate per thousand is 32, whereas the corresponding death rate is 11 per thousand.
The net growth rate in terms of population increase in percent is?

10. Sam invested 40% of his money in shares, 20% of the rest in property and lost 25% of the remaining
in Casino. What percentage of the original sum was he left with?