3

105. 40% of 60% of

5 th of a number is 504. What
2
is 25% of -th of that number? (NABARD, 2009)
5
(a) 175 (b) 180 (c) 350 (d) 360
(e) None of these
106125% of 3060 - 85% of? = 408 (Bank P.O., 2010)
(a) 3890 (b) 3940 (c) 4015 (d) 4020
(e) None of these
107,40% of 265 + 35% of 180 = 50% of?
(a) 84.5 (b) 169 (c) 253.5 (d) 338
(e) None of these (Bank P.O., 2010)
108.2 % of 450 + 46% of 285 = 257.1 (Bank P.., 2009)
(a) 21 (b) 28 (c) 32 (d) 34
(e) None of these
109.36% of 365 +? % of 56.2 = 156.69 (Bank P.O.,2010)
(a) 30 (b) 35 (c) 40 (d) 45
(e) None of these
110: 35568 +? % of 650 = 456
(a) 12 (b) 14 (c) 16 (d) 18
(e) None of these
111. 23% of 8040 + 42% of 545 =? %o of 3000
(Bank P.O., 2006)
(a) 56.17 (b) 63.54 (c) 69.27 (d) 71.04
(e) None of these
112. 3.2% of 500 × 2.4% of? = 288 (S.B.I.P.O., 2008)

(a) 600 (b) 650 (c) 700 (d) 750

113. 85% of 485.5 = 50% of? (Bank P.0., 2006)

(a) 675.75 (b) 735.65 (c) 825.35 (d) 915.5

(e) None of these
2
114. 40% of 4.5 +? % of
= 20% of 10
3
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35
(e) None of these
115. 30% of 28% of 480 is the same as
(b) 60%% of 28% of 240
(a) 15% of 56% of 240
(d) None of these
(c) 60%o of 56% of 240
248 Quantitative Aptitude
116, What is 25% of 25% equal to? (d) 6.25
0.0625 (c) 0.625
(a) 0.00625 (b)
N17 What percent is 3% of 5%? (d) 60%
(b) 30% (c) 50%
(a) 15% 88% of that
is 2592 What is
118. 64% of a number (Bank Recruitment, 2009)
number?
(c) 3564 (d) 3826
(a) 3202 (b) 3458
(e) None of these
a number is 105.3. What is 24%o
119. 15% of 45% of (Bank P.O.,2009)
of that number?
(c) 385.5 (d) 390
(a) 374.4 (b) 375
(e) None of these
0.03 is X% of 0.3. then the value of X is
120. If
(I.A.M., 2007)

(b) 10
(a) 3
(c) 30 (d) Cannotbe determined
amount is 432. What
121. 40% of 60% of 32% of an (Bank Recruitment, 2007)
is the amount?
(a) 5000 (b) 5600
(c) 6400 (d) None of these
2
122. If 2800 is percent of the value of a house.
7
the worth of the house (in ) is
(a) 8,00,000 (b) 9,80,000
(c) 10,00,000 (d) 12,00,000
123. 15% of? % of 582= 17.46
(a) 2 (b) 10
(c) 20 (d) None of these
124. In a year, a man manages to sell only 65% of
the chicken he owns. How many chicken should
the man own to sell 47775 chicken in a year?
 number of students appeared from school B?
(a) 30% (b) 70% (c) 78.5% (d) 87.5%
272, If the price of a book is first decreased by 25%o
and then increased by 20%, then the net change
in the price will be
(a) No change (b) 5% increase
(c) 5% decrease (d) 10% decrease
273. The price of a shirt is increased by 15% and then
reduced by 15%. The final price of the shirt is
(a) does not change (b) increases by 2.25%
(c) decreases by 2.25% (d) None of these
274.A-number is first decreased by 10% and then
increased by 10%. The number so obtained is
50 less than the original number. The original
number is (S.S.C., 2005)
(c) 5500 (d) 5900
(a) 5000 (0) 5050
price of an
2/5. A shopkeeper first increased the What
article by 25% and then by 20%. is the
(P.C.S., 2008)
total percent increase? (d) 55%
(a) 40% (b) 45% (c) 50%
increases of 10% each on
276. Two successive price increase
equivalent to a single price
n article are (S.S.C, 2010)
of
(d) 22%
(a) 19% (b) 20% (c) 21%
 Percentage 257
277. The price of an article was first increased by
10% and then again by 20%. If the last increased
price be ? 33, the original price was(S.S.C, 2010)
(a) 25 (b) 26.50 (c) 27.50 (d) 30
278. The price of an article was increased by r%. Later
the new price was decreased by r%. If the latest
price was 1, then the original price was
1-;2
(a) 1 (b) ? 100
258 Quantitative Aptitude
(a) ? 1,02,000 (b) 1,05,000 (a) 19% (b) 30%
9 (c) 40%
(c) 1,50,500 (d) Data inadequate 31
(e) None of these 294. Aperson's salary is decreased
15% and 10%. Approximately byby
284. In the expression xy², the values of both variables
I and y are decreased by 20%. By this, the value
(C.P.O., 2007)
should the reduced salary
get back the original salary?
be stwhatepst
increased
of the expression is decreased by
(a) 40% (b) 48.8% (c) 51.2% (d) 80%
(a) 39% (b) 44% (Campus Recruitmen)
(c) 56%
285. When water is changed into ice, its volume 295. In a fraction, if numerator is
(dy 69
increases by 9%. If ice changes into water, the
percentage decrease in volume is (R.R.B., 2006) and denominator iis increased by
fraction of the original is
increase
80%,
the new then
d by

(a) 8
28
% (b) 9% (c) 10% (d) 18% 1 traction
109 (a) (b)
2
286,-If the price of a commodity is decreased by
7
20% and its consumption is increased by 20%, (c) (d) Data inadequa;
what will be the increase or decrease in the 18
expenditure on the commodity? (S.S.C., 2007) 296. If the numerator of a fraction is
(a) 4% increase (b) 4% decrease 240% and the denominator of the incrIracteasedion-
(c) 8% increase (d) 8% decrease decreased by 50%, the resultant fraction is >
287. Income tax is raised from 4 paise to 5 paise in
a rupee but the revenue is increa-sed by 10% What is the original fraction? (NABARD,
only. Find the decrease percent in the amnount 1 5
taxed. (M.B.A., 2007) (a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 12
(d)
11
(a) 12 (b) 14
(e) None of these
(c) 16 (d) None of these 297. The price of a certain item is increased by
288. The ticket for admission to an exhibition was If a consumer wants to keep his expendita
5 and it was later reduced by 20%. As a result, on the item same as before, how much pet
the sale proceeds of tickets increased by 44%. must he reduce his consumption of that ier
What was the percentage increase in number (S.S.C., 2007)
of visitors?
(a) 25% (b) 50% (c) 75% (d) 80% (a) 100, %(b) 13% (c) 16% (4) 15:
289. The income of a broker remains unchanged 23 3
though the rate of commission is increased from 298. The price of oil is increased by 25%. I *
4% to 5%. The percentage of slump in business expenditure is not allowed to increase, the ta
js between the reduction in consumption a
(a) 1% (b) 8%(c) 20% (d) 80% original consumption is
290. By how much percent must a motorist
increase
(a) 1: 3 (b) 1: 4 (c) 1: 5 (d) 1:6
his speed in order to reduce by 20%, the time 299. The price of sugar per kg increased from !
taken to cover a certain distance? (R.R.B., 2006) N
20. The reduction in the
(a) 20 (b) 25 (c) 30 (d) 35 percerntage
Sugar so that the expenditure does not
incrN
291. What percent decrease in salaries should be
cancel out the 20 percent increase?would exactlv (a) 15% (b) 20% (c) 25% (d)40'
300. The price of 32%. Afan
(a) 16 (b) 18 (c) 20 (4) 333 sugar increases by expendits
The price of an article is
reduces
of the
its consumption sothat the Ifthetol
order to retain the reduced by 25%. In sugar is up only by 10%. prier
the
original
price has to be increased by price, the present Consumption
was 10
of the sugar before
kg per month, then the
Consumption
(P.C.S., 2007) sugar per month at present (in kg)is
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 33-%
3 (d) 50%
(Campus Recruitment

293. A number is increased by (a)9

by 20%. By what 20% and then (a) (b) ()8 4
percent again
number be reduced so as toshould
foodyai
the increased 301. Prices
get back the 10% on
register an increase ofexpenditure I"
number? original and 15% on other items of tooderat

ratio of an expenditureon
employee's
 Percentage 259

much should 310. A papaya tree was planted 2 years ago. It grows
be 2: 5, by how that
and other itemsincreased at the rate of 20% every year. If at present, the
be in order he may
his salary consumption as height of the tree is 540 cm, what was it when
of
maintain the same levelbeing 25902 the tree was planted? (M.A.T., 2007)
salary
before, his present (b)350 (a) 324 cm (b) 375 cm (c) 400 cm (d) 432 cm
(a) 323.75 311. A merchant invests acertain sum and hisannual
(d) None of these gain percent is 25. If at the end of the third year,
360.50 admitted in
(c)
5000 students were his capital is 10000, then the amount invested
2010,
302. In the year found that the number of students by him is equal to
acollege. It is increasing by 24 percent
admitted isconstantlystudents will be admitted (a) 5120 (b) 5210 (c) 5500 (d) ? 5714
many
per year. How year 2012? (Bank P.0.,
2010) is 1771561. If it had
college in the 312. The population of a town
in the population
(b) 7480 (c) 7688 (d) 7868 been increasing at 10% per annum, its (P.C.S., 2008)
(a) 7400
64000 inhabitants. If the population 6years ago was
1210000 (d) 1331000
303. Adistrict has annum, then (a) 1000000 (b) 1100000 (c)
increases at the rate of 2,% per depreciates at the rate
313. The value of a machine purchased three
inhabitants at the end of 3 years of 12 percent per
annum. It was
What
the number of present value is 29644.032.
years ago. Its machine?
will be of the
(d) 70000 was the purchase price
(b) 68921 (c) 69200 (c) 43500 (d) 48700
(a) 68911 p.a., what (a) 38900 (b) 39000
increases at a rate of 8%
(S.B.I.P.0., 2008)
304. If inflation
at the end of two
years? (e) None of these
20 article cost asset depreciates at the rate
will a 314. The value of a fixed
21 the beginning of each
(a)Between 20
and
of 10% of the value at asset, two years ago,
(b) Between 21
and 22 year. If the value of the the value of the asset
23 was 12000 more than of the
22 and
(c) Between year ago, then find the present value years
and 24 one was bought two
(d) Betwween 23 106. If the asset, given that the asset
Thepopulation of a town is 4.2 x annum, 96000 (d) 97200
305. 1000 per ago. 17520 (c)
population increases by 75 per after 2 years? (a) 14520 (b)
population 1
then what will be the annually by of its height. By
315.A tree increases
(R.R.B., 2006)

(c) 5253495 (d) 5853615

(a) 4633628 (b) 4853625
town is 8500. It increases how much will it increase after 2 years if it

306.The population of a and by another 25% in (R.R.B., 2006)

by 20% in the first year stands today 8 m high? (c) 12.25 m (d) 15.60 m
would be the population (b) 11.85 m
the second year. What (Bank P.O., 2008) (a) 10.75 m decreases
of the town after 2 years? population of a town is 189000. It
316. The by 5% in
(b) 11950 (c) 12550
(d) 12750 the first year and increases
(a) 10950 6y 8% in population of the
(e) None of these the second year. What is the
2 years?
1,60,000 three years town at the end of 193914
307. The population of a town was 185472 (c) 191394 (d)
respectively
ago. If it increased by 3%, 2.5% and 5% population (a) 182574 (b) (Bank Recruitment, 2008)
of these
in thelast three years, then the present (e) None
business with an
initial
started a
317. Ashish In the first year,
he
(2) 1,77,000 (b) 1,77,366 (c) 1,77,461 (d) 1,77,596 investment of ? 500000.However, during the
incurred a loss of 4%. profit of 5% which
SU8. The population of a town 2 years ago was 62,500. a
second year, he earned Calculate his net
Due to migration to big cities, it decreases every in the third year rose to 10%.
year at the rate of 4%. The present population period of three years.
of the town is profit for the entire (b) 54400
(a) 56,700 (b) 57,600 (c) 58,800 (d) 60,000 (a) 48800
55000 (d) None of these
309. Depreciation applicable to an equipment 1s 20o (c) instrument is
present value of an optical
The value of the equipment 3years from now 318. The depreciate 5% in the first
willbe less by (M.B.A., 2009) 20000. If its value will and 2% in the third
the second year
(a) 45% (b) 48.8% (c) 51.2% (d) 60% vear, 4% in
 to be 10 crores is expected to increase to 13.31
crores during the next three years. The uniform
rate of growth is
(a) 8% (b) 10% (c) 12.7% (d) 15%
321-The price of a commodity which was 250
three years ago is ? 2000 now. The annual rate
of increase in the price is (P.C.S., 2009)
(a) 100% (b) 200%
(c) 266<-% (d) None of these
3
322. Raju's factory kept increasing its output by the
same percentage every year. Find the percentage
if it is known that his output is
doubled after
two years. (M.A.I., 2010)
(a) 100 V2% (b) 100(V2 +1)%
(c) 100(V2-1)% (a) 50(/3 -1)%
323. The population of a colony was
3600 three
years back. It is 4800 right now. What
the population three years down the will be
the rate of growth of line, if
stant over the years population
has
and has been been co
annually?
(a) 6000 (b) 6400
compounding
(M.A.T., 2010)
(c) 7200 (d)) 9600
324. The value of a flat worth ?
at the rate of 10% p.a. 500000is
depreciating
In how many years will
its value be reduced to 3645002
(a) 3 years (b) 4 years (c) 5
325. A building worth R years (d) 6 years
1,33,100 is constructed onon
landworth ? 72,900. After
the value of both be the samehow many years will
if land
at 10% p.a. and appreciates
p.a.? building depreciates at 10%
(G.B.O., 2007)
(a) (b) 2
(d) 3
 356. The price of rice is reduced by 2%. How many
kilograms of rice can now be bought for the
money which was sufficient to buy 49 kg of rice
earlier?
(a) 48 kg (b) 49 kg (c) 50 kg (d) 51 kg
357. If the price of erasers goes down by 25%, a man
can buy 2 more erasers for a rupee. How many
erasers are available for a rupee? (S.S.C., 2005)
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) 6 (d) 8
358. Due to an increase of 30% in the price of eggs,
3 eggs less are available for ? 7.80. The present
rate of eggs per dozen is
(a) 8.64 (b) 8.88 (c) 9.36 (d) 10.40
359. The price of sugar having gone down by 10%,
Sharad can buy 6.2 kg more for 279. The
difference between the original and the reduced
price (per kg) is
(a)0.50 (b) 1 (c) ? 1.50 (d) 4.50
1
360. If the price of sugar falls by 2
a persOn can
 1. (c) 2. (d) 3.(d) 4. (a) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (b) 8.(e) 9. (b) 10.(c) 11.(e) 12. (d)
13. (6) 14. (e) 15. (e) 16.(c) 17. (e) 18. (c) 19. (d) 20.(a) 21. (b) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (a)
25. (b) 26. (d) 27. (d) 28. (d) 29. (d) 30.(c) 31. (d) 32. (d) 33. (c) 34. (a) 35. (c) 36. (b)
37. (d) 38. (c) 39. (c) 40. (d) 41. (a) 42. (b) 43. (b) 44. (b) 45. (d) 46. (c) 47. (a) 48. (c)
49. (b) 50.(b) 51. (c) 52. (a) 53. (c) 54. (d) 55. (c) 56. (d) 57.(e) 58. (d) 59. (c) 60. (c)
61. (c) 62. (c) 63. (b) 64. (a) 65. (a) 66.(c) 67. (b) 68.(a) 69.(b) 70. (b) 71.(b) 72. (a)
73. (d) 74. (b) 75. (a) 76.(c) 77. (b) 78. (d) 79. (b) 80. (c) 81. (d) 82. (a) 83. (d) 84. (c)
85. (a) 86. (d) 87.(b) 88.(b) 89. (a) 90. (d) 91. (b)
92. (a) 93. (b) 94. (a) 95. (a) 96. (c)
97. (c) 98. (c) 99. (c) 100. (b) 101. (c) 102. (c) 103. (a) 104. (b) 105. (c) 106. (d) 107. (d) 108. (b)
109. (d) 110. (a) 111. (c) 112. (d) 113. (c) 114. (c) 115. ()
(b) 116. (b) 117. (d) 118. (c) 119.(a) 120. (b)
121. (d) 122. (b) 123. (c) 124. (e) 125. (d) 126.(c) 127. (b) 128. (a) 129. (b) 130. (d) 131. (c) 132. (a)
133. (b) 134. (b) 135. (e) 136. (d) 137. (c) 138. (c) 139. (b) 140.(c) 141.(b) 142. (c) 143.(e) 144. (d)
145. (c) 146.(b) 147. (b) 148.(a) 149. (c) 150.(b) 151. (4) 152.(c) 153. (a) 154.(a) 155. (2) 156. (b)
157. (b) 158. (a) 159. (b) 160.(b) 161. (d) 162. (d) 163. (d) 164.(b) 165. (c) 166. (c) 167. (c) 168. (b)
169. (e) 170.(c) 171.(d) 172. (b) 173. (d) 174.(c) 175. (b) 176. (c) 177. (b) 178. (b) 179. (6) 180. (b)
181.(c) 182. (e) 183. (e) 184. (c) 185. (b) 186. (c) 187. (a) 188.(c) 189. (b) 190. (c) 191. (a) 192. (c)
197. (a) 198. (c) 199. (c) 200. (c) 202. (d) 203. (c) 204. (a)
201. (d)
193.(c) 194.(a) 195. (b) 196. (e)
214. (d) 215. (d) 216. (b)
213. (d)
205.(d) 206. (a) 207.(c) 208. (a) 209. (c) 210.(a) 211. (a) 212. (b)
217. (b) 218. (c) 219. (b) 220. (d) 221. (b) 222. (a) 223. (d) 226. (a) 227. (a) 228. (c)
224. (c) 225. (e)
238. (b) 239. (d) 240. (a)
229. (c) 230. (b) 231. (d) 232. (e) (d) 235.
234. (d)
233.(a) 234. (d) 236. (a) 237. (a)
235. (d)
251. (a) 252. (a)
241.(e) 242. (6) 243. (b) 244. (c) 245. (c) 246. (c) 247. (c) 248. (d) 249. (c) 250. (a)
253. (a) 254. (d) 255. (a) 256. (d) 257. (b) 258. (e) 259. (d) 260. (b) 261.
260.(b) 261. (c)
(C) 262. (c) 263. (a) 264. (b)
 50
24
Percentage of C's expenditure = 60
x 100 % = 40%.

27
Percentage of D's expenditure = x 100 %=38%.
70 7
Clearly, A has done the highest expenditure.
104. Tax on first 50000 = Nil.
Tax on next 10000 = 10% of 10000 = 1000.
Tax on next 90000 = 20% of 90000 =? 18000.
Tax on next 20000 = 30% of 20000
=?6000.
.:.. lax payable =7 (1000 + 18000 + 6000) = 25000.
105. Let the number be x.
3
Then, 40% of 60% of of x = 504
5
40 60 3
X = 504
100 100 5
18 504 × 125 3500.
X= 504 > x
125 18
2 25 2 350.
.". 25% of of 3500 = 5
X 3500)
100
 Percentage 271
106. Let 125% of 3060 - 85% of x = 408. Then,
125
85% of x = x3060 - 408
100
85
X = 3825 - 408
100
17x
=3417
20
3417 x 20)
= 4020.
17
107. Let 40% of 265 + 35% of 180 = 50% of x.

Then,
40
100
x265) + 100
35
x180 )-6)
’ 106 + 63 =
2
’X= 169 x 2 = 338.
257.1. Then,
108. Let x% of 450 + 46% of 285 =

x450) +(x
100
285=257.1
9x
= 257.1 - 131.1 =126
2
126 x 2
= 28.
9
of 56.2 = 156.69.
109. Let 36% of 365 + x%

Then, \100
36
x365) +
100
56.2)= 156.69
281 131.4 = 25.29
x= 156.69
500
25.29 x500_A5.
281
650 = 456. Then,
110. Let 35568 + x% of

35568 * 100 x 650 =456

13x
x 456 = 35568
2
’ 2964x = 35568
35568
= 12.
2964
of 3000. Then.
111, Let 23% of 8040 + 42% of 545 = r%

23 8040 + 42
100
’ 30x = 1849.2 + 228.9 = 2078.1
2078.1
= 69.27.
30
112. Let 3.2% of 500 x 2.4% of x = 288.
32 1 1
Then, 10 100 x500)×( 10 100 -xx 288

3x 288 x 125
’ 16 x = 288 ’ x= =750.
125 16 x 3
272 Quantitative Aptitude
113. Let 85% of 485.5 = 50% of x.
85 50x 412.675
Then, 100
-x 485.5 100 2
x = 825.35.

2 - 20% of 10.
114. Let 40% of 4.5 + x% of
3
20
Then, s) 100 00
-x 10
= 2 - 1.8 = 0.2
150
X= 0.2 x 150= 30.
60 28
x 240
115. Clearly, 60% of 28% of 240 = 100 100
30 28
100 100
-*2x 240
30 28
100 100
-x480
= 30% of 28% of 480.
25 25 1
116. 25% of 25% = =0.0625.
100 100 16
3%
117. Required percentage = 5% 100 %
T(3/100)-x 100 % =60%.
(5/100)
118. Let the number be x.
64x
Then, 64% of x = 2592 ’ = 2592
100
2592 × 100
= 4050.
64
88
.. 88% of 4050 =
100
-x 4050= 3564.
119. Let the number be x. Then, 15% of 45% of x = 105.3
15 45
100
X 105.3
100
27x
= 105.3
400
(105.3 x 400
= 1560.
27

.:. 24% of 1560 = 24

100 1560 =374.4.
X
120, X% of 0.3 = 0.03 > x 0.3 = 0.03
100
(0.03 x100
0.3 = 10,
121 Let the required amount be r.
Then, 40% of 60% of 32% of x = 432
40 60 32
X
X*=432
100 100 100
 432 x 100× 100 x 100
= 5625.
40 x 60 x 32

122. Let the worth of the house be r.

2 1
Then, =% of x= 28000 -X
100
XX=2800
7
2800 x 100×7 =9,80,000.
I=
2
15% of x% of 582 = 17.46.
123. Let
15 1746
X x 582 =
Then, 100 100 100

1746 100 x 100

X = 20.
100 15x 582

required number of chicken be x.

124. Let the
Then, 65% of x = 47775
 100
105
Required percentage = 120
x 100 %=87.5%.
272. Let the original price be ? 100.
New final price = 120% of (75% of 100)
(120 75
=?
\100
X
100
X 100 =90.
Decrease = 10%.
273. Let the original price be 100.
final price = 85% of (115% of 100)
New
85 115
=? x 100 = 97.75.
100 100
Decrease = (100- 97.75)% = 2.25%.
..
Let the original number be x.
274.
Final number obtained =110% of (90% of x)
110 90 99
X
100 100
100
99 = 50
100
5000.
l00
1
-X=50 X= 50x 100 =

price be 100.
275. Let the original 120% of (125% of 100)
New final price =
120 125 x 100= 150.
100 100

.. Increase = (150- 100)% = 50%.

284 Quantitative Aptitude
276. Let the original price be 100.
New final price =110% of (110% of 100)
110 110
X X 100 = 121.
100 100
Total increase =(121 - 100)% = 21%.
277. Let the original price be x.
New final price = 120% of (110% of x)
120 110 132x
=
=? X
100
100 100

132x 33 x 100
= 25.
=33 ’X=
100 132

278. Let the original price be x.

(100 r)% of x = 1
 Jecreaseo X
X100| %= % = 8%.
(100 109 v 109 109

256. Let original consumption = 100 units and original

price =? 100 per unit.
Original expenditure = (100 x 100) = 10000.
New expenditure = (120 x 80) = 9600.

x 100%=4%.
400
.:.Decrease in expenditure =
10000
taxed
287. Let the original taxed amount b e x and new
amount be ? y.
Let original revenue be ? 100.

Then, 4% of x 100 or x=
100 x 100) = 2500.
4
 20
Decrease on 100 = 100|% = 16=%.
120 3

292. Let original price = 100. New price =? 75.

Increase on 75 = 25. Increase on 100
25 100 1
= X100 =%=
% 3 33%.
3
75

293. Let original number = 100.

New number = 120% of 120% of 100
120 120
100
X
100
X 100 =144.
Decrease on 144 = 44. Decrease on 100
44 5
144
x100% =30%.
294. Let original salary =? 100.
New salary ==90% of 85% of 80% of ? 100
1
 Desired increase = (2941.50 2590) = 351.50.
302. Number of students admitted in 2012
2
24 31 31
= 5000
(1+ 1002 -(5000 ×25x252=7688.
3
5
303. Population after 3 years = 64000 x |1+ 2x 100

41 41 41 68921.
-(6400 ×40 40 40

304. Cost after 2 years = 100

27 X 27 =23.33.
= ?20 >x
25 25,
305. Percentage annual increase
75
1000
100 %=7%
2
=2
15
Population after 2 years = 4200000 2x 100
=4200000x343 = 4853625.
40 40
20
306. Population after 2years = 85001+1+
100 100/

-(8500 x = 12750.

307. Present population

= 160000 x 5

=160000 x103 41 21
x=177366.
100 40 20
308. Present population
2
4
= 62500 x
(-; 100 62500 x 24
25 = 57600.
309. Let the present value be 100.

3
Value after 3 years = 20
|10 (1 100
4 4
?100 xx
55 = 51.20.
Reduction in value = (100 -
51.20)% = 48.8%.
310, Height of the tree 2 years ago = 540
20
|1+
100
=

(s40xcm =375 cm.

 311. Amountinvested
4
10000-(10000 x x
=?5120.
1771561
ago =
Population 6 years 10 )6
312, (1+ 100.
10) 1771561 x 1000000
= 1771561 x
1771561
- 1000000.
29644.032
price =
313. Purchase 12 )
100
25 25 25
29644.032 X =43500.
22 22 22
314. Let the present value of the asset be x. Then.,

= 12000’ 100
=1200
10
2 10 10 )2
(1 100
100 100
9 9
10
=12000 x
10
x10 ’ I = 97200.

315. Percentage annual increase =

1
Height after 2; years
25 25
m

9 9 17)
1+4x 100)
(1377 m = 10.75 m.
8xx8 16m=(4 128

316. Population at the end of2 years 23 21)

100
25 20
= 182574. 10)7
5 |1+
17. Fnal value =-50000(1-:
100 100
100

24 21 11|-z 554400.
=500000 x 25 20 10
. Net profit = (554400 - 500000) =54400.
318. Value after 3 years

100/ 100/

-20000x5 96 98 =17875.2.
X X
100 100 100/
319. Let the production in 2008 be 100 units. Thern,
Production in 2012
= 100 x
 3
R
320. 10 crores
x 1+: 100. =13.31 crores.
3
R 13.31 crores 13.31 1331 (11)3
1+ 100 10crores 10 1000 102

R 11 R
So. (1+ 100 10
1+
100,
R 1
= R= 10.
100 10
R )3 3
R 2000
321. 250 1+ =2000 »1+;100/ 250
8= (2)
100/
R R
=1 ’ R=100.
1+; 100/
=2 ’
100

322. Let the initial output be x and let the rate of increase
be R% per year.
2

1+ 100 -2x R
2
1+R)²
R
=2=(V2)?
Then, x(1t =
100

(1+-J2
100
’ R=100(V2 -1).
323. Let the rate of growth be R% per annum.
3 )3
R) = 4800 ’ R 4
Then, 3600 1+*|
100 100/ 3
)3
R
Population after 3 years = 4800 1+ 100 )
4
= 4800 × =6400.
3
324. Let the required time be n years.
10
Then, 500000 =364500
100

364500 729
10 500000 1000

’n=3.

325, Let the The

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Required percentage= 750
x100|%-21.6%.
356. Let the original price be ? 100 per kg.
Money required to buy 49 kg of rice = (100 x 49)
= 4900.
New price = 98 per kg.
4900 )
Quantity of rice bought = 98
kg = 50 kg.
357. Let the original price of an eraser be x.
3x
Reduced price = 75% of x= 4
1
= 2
3x4
4 1 1
-=2 ’ -=2 6x =1 ’ x=
3x 3x 6

Hence, number of erasers available for a rupee = 6.

358. Let the original price per egg be x.
130
Then, increased price =?
\100
7.80 7.80 7.80 780
130 = 3 -=3
130x
100
1014 - 780 = 3 x 130x = 390x = 234 > x = 0.6.
130
So, presentpriceper dozen =*12 x100 =79.36.
359. Let original price = x per kg. Reduced price
90x
100/ per kg.
279 279 27900 279
90x =6.2 ’ =6.2
90x
100

> 27900 - 25110= 6.2 x 90x

558 = 2790 r=5.
Required differernce = 10% of 5 =0.50.
360. Let the original price of sugar be x
per kg.
Then, reduced price = 97% of x
2
195 39x
=7
2 100 40
1260 1260 16800 1260
=9
39x 13r
=9
40

420 140
13x=