
Three commodities, their consumption and their prices in the years and are listed below:
Commodity
Consumption
Price in
Price in
Rice
Wheat
Tea
The cost of living index for the year taking as the base year is equal to _____.
Consumption


Important Questions on Percentages
If the area of rectangle is increased by and its breadth is increased by , then what is the percentage increase in its length? (Approximately)

A man donated of his income to a charity and deposited of the rest in a bank. If he is left with , then his income is _____.

Madhav's salary is first increased by and then decreased by . As a result, his salary is decreased by . Comment.

The quantities consumed and the cost per of the commodities for the years and are given in the table below:
Item | Quantity Consumed |
Cost per (in ) | |
Wheat | |||
Butter | |||
Sugar | |||
Tea | |||
Rice |
The cost of living index for the year taking as the base year is equal to _____.

The price of an article increases by in consecutive weeks. What is the approximate overall percentage increase for the weeks?

If is of and is of ,then is what percentage of ?

What percent of is ?

If of of a certain number is , then find the number.
