Math Questionnaire

Class 8th

Percentage and Profit, Loss and Discount

Subjective:

Ques1) Find the value of:

a) 33% of Rs50
2
b) 6 % of 3m
3

Ques2) 5% of the population was killed in an earthquake and 8% of the remainder left the town. If
the population of the town now is 43700, what was its population at the beginning?

Ques3) A student was asked to multiply a number by 5/3. He multiplied it by 3/5 instead. Find the
percentage error.

Ques4) A man buys two cricket bats, one for Rs 1360 and the other for Rs 1040. He sells the first bat
at a gain of 15% and the second one at a loss of 15%. Find his loss or gain percent in the whole
transaction.

Ques5) Nandlal bought 20 dozen notebooks for Rs156 per dozen. He sold 8 dozen of them at 10%
gain and the remaining 12 dozen at 20% gain. What is his gain percent for the whole transaction?

Ques6) On selling 250 cassettes, a man had gained the selling price of 25 cassettes. Find his gain
percent.

Objective:

1
Ques1) A number decreased by 27 % gives 87. The number is:
2

(a) 58
(b) 110
(c) 120
(d) 135

Ques2) In a class, the number of boys is more than the number of girls by 12% of the total strength.
The ratio of boys to girls is:

(a) 11:14
(b) 14:11
(c) 25:28
(d) 28:25
Ques3) The percent profit made when an article is sold for Rs 78 is twice as when it is sold for Rs 69.
The cost price of the article is

(a) Rs 49
(b) Rs 51
(c) Rs 57
(d) Rs 60

Ques4) At what percent above the cost price must an article be marked so as to gain 22.5% after
allowing a discount of 2%?

(a) 20%
(b) 24%
(c) 25%
(d) 25.5%

Application based question:

Ques1) Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more than the
other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks obtained by them are:

(a) 39, 30
(b) 41, 32
(c) 42, 33
(d) 43, 34

Ques2) Profit after selling a commodity for Rs. 425 is same as loss after selling it for Rs.355. The cost
of the commodity is:

(a) Rs 385
(b) Rs 390
(c) Rs 395
(d) Rs 400