Percentage Exercise 1

The population of a town was 48600. It increased by 25% in the first year and decreased by 8% in the second year. What will be the population of the town at the end of 2 years?

There are 1850 employees in an organization. Out of this 38% got transferred to different places. How many such employees got the transfer?

If the production of a factory grows at a 8% p.a. what will be its production for the year 2006 if its production in 2004 was 70 lakh tonnes?

The population of a town is 126800. It increases by 15% in the 1st year and decreases by 20% in the 2nd year. What is the population of the town at the end of 2 years?

Manish invests ₹3,818, which is 20% of his monthly income, in insurance policies. What is his monthly income?

There are 1556 employees in an organization. Out of which 25% got transferred to different places. How many such employees got the transfer?

Sumit obtained a total of 1012 marks out of 1150 in an examination. What is his percentage in the examination?

If A’s salary is 25% higher than B’s salary, then how much per cent is B’s salary lower than A’s?

The owner of a boutique decides to calculate the percentage of customers who purchase hats. If 40 per cent of the store’s customers decide to purchase items, and of those customers 15 percent purchase hats, then what per cent of the store’s customers purchase hats?

The difference between 58% of a number and 28% of the same number is 225. What is 38% of that number?

The difference between 67% of a number and 42% of the same number is 214. What is 75% of that number?

If the numerator of a fraction is increased by 220% and the denominator is increased by 150%, the resultant fraction is ⅘. What is the original fraction?

The difference between 58% of a number and 39% of the same number is 247. What is 62% of that number?

The difference between 75% of a number and 20% of the same number is 378.4. What is 40% of that number?

The difference between 42% of a number and 35% of the same number is 110.6 What is 60% of that number?

The difference between 42% and 28% of a number is 210. What is 59% of that number?

The difference between 58% of a number and 39% of the same number is 247. What is 82% of that number?

If two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% of a third number, what is the percentage of the first number to the second?

The digit at unit place of a two-digit number is increased by 100% and the digit at ten places of the same number is increased by 50%. The new number thus formed is 19 more than the original number. What is the original number?

In an examination it is required to get 256 of the total maximum aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 192 marks and is declared failed. The difference of marks obtained by the student and that required to pass is 10%. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

In a examination it is required to get 40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 265 marks and is declared failed by 55 marks. What is the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

On a test consisting of 250 questions, Jassi answered 40% of the first 125 questions correctly. What percent of the other 125 questions does she need to answer correctly for her grade on the entire exam to be 60%?

In a test, minimum passing percentage for girls and boys is 30% and 45% respectively. A boy scored 280 marks and failed by 80 marks. How many more marks did a girl require to pass in the test if she scored 108 marks?

In an examination it is required to get 336 aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 35% marks and is declared failed by 42 marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

In an examination it is required to get 40% of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 261 marks and is declared failed by 4% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

A student scores 64% marks in 6 papers of 150 marks each. He scores 25% of his total obtained marks in Hindi and English together. How much is his total score for both these papers?

A student X passes his examination with 515 marks, having scored 3% above the minimum. If Y had obtained 710 marks, what % would have been above the minimum?

Anthony got 30% of the maximum marks in an examination and failed by 10 marks. However, Amar who took the same examination, got 40% of the total marks and got 15 more than the passing marks in the examination. What were the passing marks in the examination?

Mr. Sarang invests 6% of his monthly salary, i.e. ₹2,100, on insurance policies. Also he invests 8% of his monthly salary on family mediclaim policies and another 9% of his salary on NSCs. What is the total annual amount invested by Mr. Sarang?

Shilpa spent 8% on school fees. 25% on rent and 17% on furniture. 25% of the remaining amount was spent on medical bills and the remaining ₹6,000 was set aside for investment. How much money does she spend on rent?