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1. 2. David earns Rs. 15,000. He spends Rs. 4000 on travel. What percentage of his salary does he spend? The percentage of total quantity represented by a 12 degree sector in a circle is _________. a)12% 3. 4. b)24% c)33 1/3% d)3 1/3% e)36%

A person earns Rs.3000 this month. Next month his salary increases by 15%. How much is his new salary? A rectangle has sides 10 cm and 8 cm. The length increases by 4% and the breadth decreases by 2%. Find the net change in area. The length of a rectangle increases by 10% and the breadth of the rectangle decreases by 10%. Is there a net change in area? The price of sugar decreases by 5% and the consumption increases by 8%. Find the net change in expenditure. The price of sugar increases by 10%. By how much percentage must a housewife reduce her consumption to have no extra expenditure? The perimeter of a square is increased by 5%. By how much percentage does the area increase? The income of Ram is 25% more than that of Shyam. By how much percentage is Shyams income less?

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10. The present population of a town is 25,000. If it increases at the rate of 5% per anum, what will be the population after ten years? 11. The present cost of a car is Rs. 2,30,000. If its value depreciates at the rate of 20% per anum, what will be its value three years hence? 12. A teak tree was planted 3 years ago. The rate of its growth is 30% per anum. If at present, the height of the tree is 670 cm, what was its height when the tree was planted? 13. The value of a TV that was purchased in January 1999 depreciates at 12% per anum. If its value in January 2001 is Rs. 4840, then what was the purchase price of the TV? 14. The population of a time was 2,50,000 three years ago. If it had increased by 3%, 4% and 6% in the last three years, find the present population of the town. 15. A tree doubles its height in ten years. When will it become four times its height? 16. The population of a village was 1,25,000. Due to migration from cities, it decreases every year at the rate of 4% per anum. Find its present population. How many persons have migrated in the past two 2 years. 17. A medical student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 80 and fails by 60 marks. Find the maximum marks.

18. A school has a population of 560. The no. of girls is 14 2/7 % (14 and two by seven) of the boys. How many girls are there in the school? 19. In measuring the side of a square, an error of 5% is made in excess. The error percentage in the calculated area is ____. a)10 b)10 c)1 d)25 e)5

20. If the income of Sheeba is 20% leser than the income of Shekar, by how much percentage is Shekars income more than that of Sheeba? 21. 40% of a population of a town are men and 35% are women. If the number of children are 20000, then the number of men will be ______. a)3200 b)80000 c)32000 d)320000 e)2,00,000

22. In Mathematics exam, a student scored 30% in the first paper of 180 marks. How much percentage should he score in the second paper of 150 marks if he is to get an overall percentage of 50% ? a)20 b)74 c)30 d)65 e)70

23. If 10% of an electric bill is deducted, Rs.45 is still to be paid. How much was the bill? 24. The cost of a machine is Rs.9000. If the cost decline is 10% of the cost at the beginning of each year, then what will be the cost of the machine three years later?

25. The price of a car amounts to thrice itself in 3 years. In how many years will it become nine times itself?