PERCENTAGE

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What is Percentage ??

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Practical Examples:
100% of 60 is 100/100 60 = 60
50% of 60 is 50/100 60 = 30
5% of 60 is 5/100 60 = 3

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How to convert fraction to percent

Example: = 3*25/4*25 =75%

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Examples :
Convert into Percentage Form :
Q1. 5/11
Q2. 7/5

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Important Formulas
Percentage Increase/Decrease:
If the price of a commodity increases by R%, then the
reduction in consumption so as not to increase the
expenditure is:
[R/(100 + R)]*100
If the price of a commodity decreases by R%, then the
increase in consumption so as not to decrease the
expenditure is:
[R/(100 - R)]*100
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Percentage Change = [Actual Change/ Initial Change]

Q. A student multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of
5/3 What is the percentage error in the calculation?
A. 34%
B.44%
C.54 %
D.64%

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Base Rule of Percentages :

If A is R% more than B, then B is less
than A by
[R/(100 + R)]*100 %
If A is R% less than B, then B is more
than A by
[R/(100 - R)]*100 %
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Successive Increase/ Decrease

[(100+p)/100] [(100+q)/100][(100+r)/100]
Q. A citys population was 10,000 at the end of 2008.
In 2009, it increased by 10% and in 2010, it
decreased by 18.18%. What was the citys population
at the end of 2010?
A.9000 B.10000 C.11000 D. NONE
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Q.1 What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9

in the unit's digit?
A.
B.
C.
D.

1
20
14
21

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Q.2 45 x ? = 25% of 900

A. 4
B. 5.2
C. 16
D. 5

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Q.3 One fourth of one third of two fifth of a number is 15.

What will be40% of that number?
A.
B.
C.
D.

180
360
90
270

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Q.4 If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by

2, the number is
A. 14
B. 18
C. 16
D. 20

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Q.5 The population of a town has increased from

133575 to 138918. The percent increase in population
is
A. 2.5
B. 4
C. 3
D. 4.5

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Q.6 A fruit seller had some oranges.

He sells 40% oranges and still has 420 oranges. How
many oranges he had originally?
A. 500
B. 700
C. 600
D. 800

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Q.7 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.
A. 2:1
B. 3:4
C. 4:3
D. 1:2

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Q.8 Ramesh makes $60 a week from his job. He earns a

raise and now makes $70 a week. What is the percent
increase?
A. 16.66
B. 16
C. 18.55
D. 17.55

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Q.9 Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280

A. 252
B. 269
C. 246
D. none of these

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Q.10 Three candidates contested an election and received

1136, 7636 and 11628 votes respectively. What percentage
of the total votes did the winning candidate got
A. 56%
B. 58%
C. 57%
D. 59%

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Q.11 Raman's salary was decreased by 50% and

subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does
he loss.
A. 25%
B. 45%
C. 35%
D. 55%

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