Comparing Quantities Worksheet-4

Comparing Quantities Worksheet-4

5 out of 2250 parts of the earth is sulphur. What is the percentage of sulphur in the earth?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

A man sells two houses for Rs. 4000 each, neither losing nor gaining in the deal. If he sold one house at a gain of 25%, the other house is sold at a loss of

(a) (b) (c) 50% (d) 47%

The CP of 25 articles is equal to the SP of 20 articles. Then gain % is

(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 30% (d) 50%

A man purchased a bag of rice containing 70 kg for Rs. 175. He sold it at the rate of Rs. 2.75 per kg. Then the profit or loss in % is

(a) 12% loss (b) 10% gain (c) 12% gain (d) 10% loss

P can do a piece of work in 9 days. Q is 50% more efficient than P. The number of days it takes Q to do the same piece of work is

(a) (b) (c) 6 (d) 3

A number A exceeds B by 25%. By what percentage is A more than B?

(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 30% (d) 15%

A business man sells shirts at a profit of and invests the proceeds to buy pants which he sells at a profit of 20%. If he makes a net profit of Rs. 700, the cost of the shirts is

(a) Rs. 2300 (b) Rs. 2500 (c) Rs. 2000 (d) Rs. 2400

What percent of 1 day is 36 minutes?

(a) 25% (b) 2.5% (c) 3.6% (d) 0.25%

A person by selling an article for Rs. 450, loses 20%. In order to make a profit of 20%, what is the price at which he must sell?

(a) Rs. 500 (b) Rs. 475 (c) Rs. 575 (d) Rs. 675

Two cars start off at the same point on a straight highway facing opposite directions. Each car drives 6 miles take a left turn and drives 8 miles. How far apart are the two cars?

(a) 20 miles (b) 11 miles (c) 14 miles (d) 16 miles

Alok's parent asked him to save of his allowance each week to help pay for summer camp. What percent of his allowance did Alok's parent ask him to save?

(a) 25% (b) 35% (c) 40% (d) 60%

A school has 560 students. The number of girls is of the number of boys. How many girls are there in the school?

(a) 100 (b) 80 (c) 49 (d) 70

A man buys a radio for Rs. 600 and sells it at a gain of 25%. He sold the radio for

(a) Rs. 700 (b) Rs. 750 (c) Rs. 900 (d) Rs. 1000

During a cricket match, 4800 people showed their spirit by wearing home team's colours. If 12000 people attended the game, what percent of crowd wear the same colours?

(a) 80% (b) 40% (c) 20% (d) 60%

In an examination one should get 36% of the maximum marks to pass. A student obtains 113 marks and declared fail by 85 marks. The maximum marks are

(a) 500 (b) 550 (c) 640 (d) 1008

Niharika earns Rs. 1200 per week working at a part - time job. After taxes, her pay cheque is only 78% of what she earned. What is the amount payable to Niharika?

(a) Rs. 897.00 (b) Rs. 962.00

The value of a machine depreciates every year by 5%. If the present value of the machine be Rs. 100,000, what will be its value after two years?

(a) Rs. 100,050 (b) Rs. 90,250

What is 50% of a number whose 200% is 20?

(a) 5 (b) 10 (c) 15 (d) 20

A dealer allows a discount of 10 % and still gains 5%. What percent above the cost price must he mark his goods?

(a) 15% (b) 20% (c) (d) 50%

The marked price is 10% higher than cost price. A discount of 10% is given on marked price, In this kind of sale, the seller

(a) Bears no gain, no loss (b) Gains

Answer Key:

(1)-(a); (2)-(b); (3)-(a); (4)-(b); (5)-(c); (6)-(a); (7)-(c); (8)-(b); (9)-(d); (10)-(a); (11)-(c); (12)-(d); (13)-(b); (14)-(b); (15)-(b); (16)-(c); (17)-(b); (18)-(a); (19)-(c); (20)-(c)