Percentage

Percentage Worksheet-1

1. Subtracting 6% of x from x is equivalent to multiplying x by how much?

(a) 0.094           (b) 0.94              (c) 9.4                 (d) 94

2. (x% of y + y% of x) = ?

(a) x% of y         (b) y% of x         (c) 2% of xy       (d) xy% of 3

Percentage Worksheet-2

1. Gaurav spends 30% of his monthly income on food articles, 40% of the remaining on conveyance and clothes and saves 50% of the remaining. If his monthly salary is Rs. 18,400, how much money does he save every month?

(a) Rs. 3624      (b) Rs. 3864     (c) Rs. 4264      (d) Rs. 5888

2. A spider climbed of the height of the pole in one hour and in the next hour it covered of the remaining height. If the height of the pole is 192 m, then distance climbed in second hour is:

(a) 3 m               (b) 5 m               (c) 7 m                (d) 9 m

Percentage Worksheet-3

1. The price of a table is Rs. 400 more than that of a chair. If 6 tables and 6 chairs together cost Rs. 4800, by what percent is the price of the chair less than that of the table?

(a)            (b) 50%              (c)            (d) None of these

2. In a recent survey, 40% houses contained two or more people. Of those houses containing only one person, 25% were having only a male. What is the percentage of all houses, which contain exactly one female and no males?

(a) 15                                               (b) 40