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Percentage PDF
Percentage PDF
The term percent means “for every hundred”. It can best be defined as-
E.g. A man saves 10% of his monthly income means ‘A man saves Rs 10 out of
every Rs 100 of his income. Some of the important prime fractions represented in
percentage terms are given below-
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Rule-1 If Two values are respectively x% and y% more than a third value, then
Q Two numbers are respectively 25% and 50% more than the third. What percenta
is the second is the third?
Q. Two numbers are respectively 20% and 60% less than a third number. What
percent is the second of the first?
Q. A man had Rs 24000 in his bank account 2 years ago. In the first year, he
deposited 20% of the amount in his bank account balance. In the second year, he
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deposited 25% of the increased amount in his account. What is the deposit amount
of present in his bank account?
Note- Above two rules are applicable for any identity in which there are changes
for successive time periods, i.e. there may be continuous increase or decrease for
successive time periods.
Q The population of a town is 10000. It increase by 10% during the first year.
During the second year it decreases by 20% and increases by 30% during the third
year. What is the population of the town after 3 years?
Rules= 5 If the price of a commodity increase by R%, then the reduction in its
Q If the price of the sugar falls down by 20%, by how much percent must a
household increase its consumption so as not to decrease expenditure on this item?
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Note: =Above two rules are used to show increase and decrease relationship in
percentage terms of two items.
Q If A’s salary is 20% more than that of B, then how much percent is B’s salary
then that of A ?
Note- If orders of increase and decrease are changed, there will be no effect on the
% changes.
Q A shopkeeper marks the price of his goods 20% higher than its original price.
Then, he allows a discount of 20%, what is his percentage profit or loss?
Q The salary of an employee was first increased by 10% and there after decreased
by 5%. What was the change in his salary in percentage terms?
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increase=
Q The population of a town is decreased by 20% and 30% in two successive years.
What percent population is decrease after two years?
Net change= %=
examination
Q A candidates scores 25% marks and fails by 30 marks, while another candidates
who scores 50% marks, gets 20 marks more than the minimum required marks to
pass the examination. What is the maximum marks in the examination?
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