Important Terms:

Percentage = Fraction = Decimal =

Price = Quantity = Expenditure =

Fare = Donation = Bucket =

Rebate = Reduction = Sales Tax =

 Percentage: Problems involving percent are common on competitive exams. The word percent means, "divided
by one hundred ". When you see the word, " percent " or the symbol %, remember it means .

For example:

50 percent = 50% = 50 × =

(a) To convert a decimal into a percent, move the decimal point two places to right.
For example,
0.25 = 25%
0.015 = 1.5%
1.5 = 150%

(b) Conversely, to convert a percent into a decimal, move the decimal point two places to the left.
For example,
25% = 0.25
2.3% = 0.023
175% = 1.75

(c) To convert a fraction into a percent, first Change it into a decimal by dividing the denominator (bottom)
into the numerator (top) and then move the decimal point two places to the right.
For example,

= 0.375 = 37.5%

(d) Conversely, to convert a percent into fraction, first change it into a decimal and then change the decimal
into a fraction.
For example,

75% = 0.75 =

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 Following are the most uses common fractional equivalents to percent:

Table 1 Table 2
= 100% = 33.33% = 33 %

= 50% = 16.67% = 16 %

= 25% = 11.11% = 11 %

= 12.5% = 12 % = 8.33% = 8 %

= 6.25% = 6 % = 5.56% = 5 %

Table 3 Table 4
= 20% = 5.25% = 5 %
(Approximately)
= 14.28% = 14 %
= 5%
= 7.7%
= 4.75% = 4 %
= 10%

= 6.67% = 6 %

Class Work
1. 2% of 2 =?
(BD House Building - 2017)
a. 0.02 b. 0.4 c. 0.04 d. 0.0004

2. What is 1 percent of 0.025?

(Bangladesh Bank - AD : 2008)
a. 0.025 b. 0.0025 c. 0.00025 d. 0.000025

3. Which of the numbers below is not equivalent to 20%?

(BB-Officer – 2019)
a. 1/5 b. 20/100 c. 0.5 d. 0.2

4. 56% of 25 =?
a. 34.75 b. 14.00 c. 37.50 d. 12.50 e. None of these

5. 32% of 37 equals 37% of what number?

a. 31.50 b. 32.00 c. 35.50 d. 37.50

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6. 35% of what number is 70?
(IBBL - PO : 2007)
a. 100 b. 150 c. 175 d. 200

7. If 18 is 15 percent of 30 percent of a certain number, what is the number?

(Bangladesh Bank - AD : 2006)
a. 50 b. 60 c. 100 d. 400

8. If 75% of a number is added to 75, then the result is the number itself. The number is :
(Pubali Bank - SO : 2017)
a. 50 b. 60 c. 300 d. 400

9. If 10% of x is equal to 25% of y, and y = 16, what is the value of x?

(Combined 5 Bank – Officer – 2018)
a. 4 b. 6.4 c. 24 d. 40

10. Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8%
of B. Find the ratio of A:B?
(Bangladesh Bank – 2016)
a. 1:1 b. 3:4 c. 4:3 d. 2:3
th
11. A tank is 40% full of water. If 9 liters of water is removed, the tank becomes 1/4 full. What is the capacity of the
tank in liter?
(BSCIS – 2018)
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 60 e. None of these

12. A tank that was 40% full of oil is emptied into a 20- gallon bucket. If the oil fills 35% of bucket’s volume, then
what is the total capacity of the tank, in gallons?
(IBA - MBA : 63th intake)
a. 8.75 b. 15 c. 16 d. 17.5 e. 19

13. If A’s income is 25% less than that of B, then what percent is B’s income more than that of A?
(BKB– 2017; Al-Arafah Islami Bank – 2013)
a. 33(1/3)% b. 66(2/3)% c. 11(2/3)% d. 25% e. None of these

14. Mr. Monir was planning on depositing certain amount of money each month from January to December into a
college fund for his children. He then decided not to make any contributions during June and July. To make the same
annual contribution that he had originally planned, by what percent should he increase his monthly deposits?
(National Bank–2013)
a. 25% b. 20% c. 16% d. 12.5% e. 10%

15.If oil price increases 25%, then what will be percentage of reducing oil consumption without increasing fuel cost?
(IFIC Bank : MTO - 2017)
a. 16% b. 20% c. 25% d. 24% e. None of these

16. Due to reduction in the bus fare by 15%, the number of passengers on a certain route increases by 40%. What will
be the percentage of increase in revenue?
(BREB-AD – 2019; Bangladesh Bank-AD : 2006
a. 17% b. 19% c. 20% d. 21% e. 25%
17. A student first reduced a number by 20% and then increased it again by 20%. If the difference between the last
number and the original number is 8, then the original number was:
(Bangladesh Bank - AD : 2013)
a. 200 b. 250 c. 300 d. 400 e. 450

18. If the price of pen is discounted by 40%, for tk. 120 you can buy 4 more pens than you could buy at the original
price. How many pens could be bought for tk. 120 at the original price?
(IBA - MBA : 54 th intake)
a. 6 b. 8 c. 10 d. 12 e. None of these

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19. As the price of mango has reduced 20%, it is now possible to buy 2 more mangoes at Tk. 12. What is the current
price if 50 mangoes?
(Sonali Bank : Officer General – 2018 ; Islami Bank : PO – 2019)
a. Tk. 50 b. Tk. 40 c. Tk. 30 d. Tk. 60 e. None of these

20. In order to pass an examination, a student is required to get 35% of the maximum marks. If a student scored a total
of 381 marks and failed by 144 marks, determine the maximum marks for the examination.
(National Bank – 2015)
a. 1350 b. 1500 c. 1750 d. 2000
21. A candidate scoring 25% marks in an examination fails by 30 marks, while another candidate who score 50%
marks gets 20 marks more than the minimum pass marks. What is the minimum pass marks?
(Al-Arafah Bank : MTO – 2017)
a. 60 b. 80 c. 100 d. 200 e. None of these

22. In a country, 60% of the male citizen and 70% of the female citizen are eligible to vote. 70% of male citizens
eligible to vote voted and 60% of female citizens eligible to vote voted. What fraction of the citizens voted during the
election?
a. 32/57 b. 5/22 c. 21/50 d. 27/50

23. Jerin has 40% more books than Rashed. However, if she gives 45 of her books to Rashed, then Rashed will have
10% more books than Jerin. How many books did Jerin begin with?
(BREB : AD - 2019)
a. 140 b. 175 c. 245 d. 385 e. None of these

24. Fresh fruit contains 68% water and dry fruit contains 20% water. How much dry fruit can be obtained from 100 kg
of fresh fruit?
(PKB-EO – 2019)
a. 20 kg b. 30 kg c. 35 kg d. 40 kg

25. In a group of 1200 people, 80% were women. A certain number of women left the group and as a result the
percentage of women dropped to 70%. How many women left the group?
(IBA-MBA: 62 intake)
a. 200 b. 280 c. 360 d. 400 e. None of these

26. During a special promotion, a certain filling station is offering a 10% discount on gas purchased after the first 10
gallons. If Kim purchased 20 gallons of gas, and Zeni purchased 25 gallons of gas, then Zeni's total per-gallon
discount is what percent of Kim's total per-gallon discount?
[IFIC Bank : MTO - 2013]
a. 80% b. 120% c. 140% d. 100% e. None of these

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 Questions for Practice
27. Three workers, X, Y and Z are paid a total of Tk.5500 for a particular job. X is paid 133.33% of the amount paid
to Y and Y is paid 75% of the amount paid to Z. How much is paid to Z?
(BDBL- 2017)
a. Tk. 1780 b. Tk. 1890 c. Tk. 1975 d. Tk. 2000

28. A box contains 24 red socks and 43 green socks. How many green socks must be removed from the box so that
60% of the socks in the box will green?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 8 d. 9 e. None of these

29. Every 3 minutes, 4 litres of water are poured into a 2,000 litre tank. After 2 hours, what percent of the tank is full?
(Bangladesh Bank – 2019; Rupali Bank - 2019)
a. 0.4% b. 4% c. 8% d. 12%

30. Out of 7500 applications for a recruitment test, 1500 failed to appear for the test. What percent of the total
applicants did appear for the test?
(Bangladesh Bank-Officer – 2001)
a. 25 b. 50 c. 75 d. 80

31. Last year, a magazine charged a $50 subscription fee. This year, the price will be increased by 20%. If the
magazine could lose 4 subscribers this year and still collects the same revenue as it did the last year, how many
subscribers did the magazine have last year?
(IBA - MBA : 63th intake)
a. 20 b. 21 c. 22 d. 23 e. 24

32. 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:
(Mercantile Bank: MTO-2015)
a. 39, 30 b. 41, 32 c. 42, 33 d. 43, 34 e. None of these

33. If 25% of a number is subtracted from a second number, the second number reduces to its five-sixth. What is the
ratio of the first number to the second number?
(Bangladesh Bank - AD : 2016)
a. 1:3 b. 2:3 c. 3:2 d. None of these

34. In a club, 20% of the members are below 25 years of age. The number of members above 15 years of age is 16,
which is 2/3 of the numbers of members of 25 years of age. What is the total number of members in the club?
a. 50 b. 52 c. 60 d. 72 e. None of these

35. A school’s annual budget for the purchase of students’ computer increased by 60% this year over the last year. If
the price of computers increased by 20% this year, then the number of computers it can purchase this year is what
percent greater than the number of computers it purchased last year?
a. 33.33% b. 40% c. 42% d. 48% e. 60%

36. During 2012-13 season of La Liga, Real Madrid won 80% of the home matches and 40% of the 15 away matches.
If Madrid won a total of 60% matches in the entire season, what is the total number of matches Madrid played??
a. 20 b. 30 c. 40 d. 60 e. None of these

37. There are 900 students in a school. In January 4% of the boys leaves the school and 5% of the new girls admitted
in the school total number of students is unchanged. What is the number of boys before January?
a. 250 b. 350 c. 500 d. 400 e. None of these

38. In June, a basketball team that played 60 games had won 30% of its games played. After a phenomenal winning
streak this team raised its average to 50%. How many games must the team have won in a row to attain this average?
(Combined 3 Banks – 2018)
a. 30 b. 45 c. 20 d. 24 e. None of these

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39. After the increase of price of oil by 40%, a family decided to reduce its oil consumption so that the expenditure for
oil goes up by 26% only. If the total consumption of oil before the price rise was 10 kg per month, then what is the
current consumption of oil per month(in kg)?
(BGDCL : AM – 2017)
a. 8 b. 8.50 c. 9 d. 9.67 e. None of these

40. Rahim’s convertible gets gas mileage that is 40% higher than that of Karim’s SUV. If Jalil’s hatchback gets gas
mileage that is 15% higher than that of Rahim’s convertible, then Jalil’s hatchback gets gas mileage that is what
percent greater than that of Karim’s SUV?
(IFIC Bank Ltd. : MTO – 2013)
a. 46% b. 55% c. 61% d. 25% e. None of these

Answer Sheet:
27 D 28 B 29 C 30 D 31 E
32 C 33 B 34 A 35 A 36 B
37 C 38 D 39 C 40 C

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