Problems on Percentage
Problems on Percentage: Overview
This topic covers concepts, such as Percentage, Percentages from Ratios, Conversion of Percentages, Interest as Charge on Borrowed Money & Final Amount for Repayment etc.
Important Questions on Problems on Percentage
Amit deposited two parts of a sum of ₹ 25000 in different banks at the rates of 15% per annum and 18% per annum respectively.In one year he got ₹ 4050 as the total interest.What was the amount deposited at the rate of 18% per annum?

The difference is selling an article at profits of and is . The cost price of the article is-

In a quarterly examination a student secured marks and failed by marks. In the same examination another student secured marks and got marks more than minimum marks to pass. The maximum marks in the examination is

Two numbers are respectively and less than a third number. What percent is the first number of the second.

A salesman gets a commission on total sales at . If the sale is exceeded ₹. he gets an additional commission as a bonus of on the excess of sales over ₹.. If he gets a total commission of ₹., then the bonus he received is:

A wooden boat with a density of 0.48 g/cc is floating in a vat of oil whose density is
0.80 g/cc.
What percentage of the boat is floating above the surface of the oil?

The population of a town is . It decreases by per thousand per year. Find out the population after years.

In a company, there are employees employees left the job. Find the number of rest of employees.

In what time will become at per annum simple interest?

Raju's factory kept increasing its output by the same percentage every year. Find the percentage increase every year if it is known that his output is doubled after .


The average height of students in a class is , out of which students have an average height of . Find the average height of the remaining students.

In a village, of population are children and children are female. If the number of female children is , what is the population of the village ?

The expenditure and saving of an employee are in the ratio . His income increases by but at the same time his expenditure also increases by . Find increase or decrease in his savings ?

A towel, when bleached, was found to have lost of its length and of its breadth. The percentage of decrease in area is:

How much amount is required to be invested every year as to accumulate Rs. 6,00,000 at the end of 10th year, if interest is compounded annually at 10% rate of interest?
[Given : (1.1)10 = 2.59374]

A sells a scooter priced . He gives a discount of on the first and on the next . How much discount can he afford on the remaining if he is to get as much as when discount is allowed on the total?

of the voters in the election did not cast their votes. In this election, there were only two candidates. The winner by obtaining of the total votes defeated his contestant by votes. The total number of voters in the election was

The marked price of an article is higher than the cost price. A discount of is given on the marked price. In this kind of sale, the seller bears:

