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Percentage Worksheet-1

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

 

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

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

 

  1. If A is 150 percent of B, then B is what percent of (A + B)?

(a)            (b) 40%              (c)            (d) 75%

 

  1. If 8% of x = 4% of y, then 20% of x is:

(a) 10% of y       (b) 16% of y       (c) 80% of y      (d) None of these

 

  1. If 20% of A = B and 40% of B = C, then 60% of (A + B) is:

(a) 30% of C      (b) 60% of C     (c) 75% of C      (d) None of these

 

  1. If x% of a is the same as y% of b, then z% of b is:

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

 

  1. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?

(a) A is smaller than B

(b) A is greater than B

(c) Relationship between A and B cannot be determined

(d) If x is smaller than y, then A is greater than B

(e) None of these

 

  1. of a man's daily output is equal to 50% of a second man's daily output. If the second man turns out 1500 screws daily, then the first man's output in terms of making screws is:

(a) 500               (b) 1000             (c) 2000            (d) 2250

 

Instructions for Q.9 to Q.13.

Read the table and then answer these questions:

  1. A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarized in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week.

The city with the lowest number of magazine-readers is :

(a) Q                   (b) R                   (c) S                    (d) T

 

  1. A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarized in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week. Read the table and then answer these questions:

Which city has the highest number of magazine-readers who read only one magazine a week?

(a) P                    (b) Q                  (c) R                    (d) S

 

  1. A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarized in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week.

The highest number of magazine-readers in any given city is:

(a) 17500           (b) 18000          (c) 24000          (d) 30000

 

  1. A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarized in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week.

How many magazine-readers in city Q read only one magazine a week?

(a) 14000          (b) 18000          (c) 12500           (d) 16500

 

  1. A survey of magazine reading habits of the people living in five cities P, Q, R, S and T is summarized in a table given below. The Column I in the table gives percentage of magazine-readers in each city who read only one magazine a week. The Column II gives the total number of magazine-readers who read two or more magazines a week.

The total number of all the magazine-readers in the five cities who read only one magazine a week is:

(a) 19400           (b) 24000          (c) 41200           (d) 42000

 

  1. Rohit spends 40% of his salary on food, 20% on house rent, 10% on entertainment and 10% on conveyance. If his savings at the end of a month are Rs. 1500, then his monthly salary is:

(a) Rs. 6000     (b) Rs. 7500      (c) Rs. 8000     (d) Rs.  10,000

 

  1. Kunal spent Rs. 35,000 in buying raw materials, Rs. 40,000 in buying machinery and 20% of the total amount he had as cash with him. What was the total amount?

(a) Rs. 80,000                              (b) Rs. 85,750

(c) Rs. 90,000                              (d) Rs. 93,750

 

Answer Key:

(1)-b; (2)-c; (3)-b; (4)-a; (5)-d; (6)-c; (7)-e; (8)-d; (9)-d; (10)-a; (11)-c; (12)-a; (13)-c; (14)-b; (15)-d