
If the price of eraser is reduced by , a person can buy more erasers for a rupee. How many erasers are available for a rupee ?


Important Questions on Percentage
When the price of fans was reduced by , the number of fans sold is increased by . What was the effect on the sales in rupees?

After reducing the salary of a man by , it is increased by . The loss is:

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Fresh grapes contain water while dry grapes contain water. If the weight of dry grapes is , what was its total weight when it was fresh?

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The length of a rectangle is increased by . By what percent would the width have to be decreased to maintain the same area?

In an election between two candidates, one got of the total valid votes and of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was , the number of valid votes that the other candidate got was:

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The length and breadth of a square are increased by and respectively. The area of the rectangle so formed exceeds the area of the square by :

A papaya tree was planted years ago. It increases at the rate of every year. If at present, the height of the tree is , what was it when the tree was planted?

In an examination, there were candidates, out of which were boys and the rest were girls. If of the boys and of the girls passed, then the percentage of failures is _____.
