Problems on Percentage Change

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Problems on Percentage Change: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as Conversion of Percentages to Fractions, Comparing Quantities Using Percentages, Percentage Change Problems Based on Salary and Wages & Percentage Change Problems Based on Pass and Fail etc.

Important Questions on Problems on Percentage Change

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In an examination, 52% students failed in Hindi and 42% in English. If 17% failed in both the subjects, what percentage of students passed in both the subjects?

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What percent of 7.2kg is  18gm?

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The value of furniture is  9000. If depreciation per year is 10% of the value at the beginning of each year, the value of furniture after $3$ years will be:

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The ratio of the number of Boys and Girls in a school is 3 : 2  If 20% of the boys and 25% of the girls are scholarship holders, then the percentage of the students, who do not get the scholarship, is:

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75% of a number is euqal to four-fifth of another number. What is the ratio between first number and the second number?

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In an exam Ritiz scored 52% marks, Sunil scored 64% marks and Ravi scored  74% of marks. The maximum marks of the exam are  750. What are the average marks scored by all the three boys together ?

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In an examination, it is required to get 296 marks out of the aggregate marks to pass. A student gets 222 marks and is declared failed by 10% marks. What are the maximum aggregate marks a student can get?

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If  A's income is 20% more than that of B, by how much percent is B's income less than that of A?

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After 10% reduction in the price of a pen, a student buys 4 more pens for Rs. 160. Find the new price of the pen.

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Due to an in increase of 50% in the price of eggs, 4 egg less are available for Rs. 24. The present rate of eggs per dozen is:

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If 15% of $(A+B)$ $=$ 25% of (A-B), then what per cent of $B$ is equal to $A$?

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Three fifth of a number is equal to 70% of another number.What is the ratio between the first number and the second number respectively?

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If 24 carat gold is considered to be hundred percent pure gold, then the percentage of pure gold in 21 carat gold is:

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In a school 10% of the boys are same in number as 14 of the girls. What is the ratio of boys to girls in the school ?

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A's salary is 20% below B's salary. By how much percent is B's salary above A's salary?

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When the price of a cycle was increased by 20% the number of cycle sold decreased by 20%. What was the effect on the sale of the shop?

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The percentage increase in the area of a rectangle, if each of its sides is increased by 20%, is:

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In an examination, 42% students failed in mathematics and 52% failed in Science. If 17% failed in both the subjects, find the percentage of those who passed in both the subjects ?

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Number of students in a school in June every year increase by 10% from the previous year. If the school head 2400 students in June 2010, how many students did it have June 2012?

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Men, women and children are employed to do a work in the proportion of 1 : 2 : 3 and their wages are in the proportion of 6 : 3 : 2. When 50 men are employed, total wages of all amount to 4500. What is the weekly wages paid to a man, a woman and a child, in rupees?