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PERCENTAGE TIPS
1. 10% OF 450=

2. 25% OF 880=

3. 45% OF 340=

4. 99% OF 4800=

5. 200% OF 99=
Questions:
1. What is 10% of 800?

2. What is 20% of 2500?

3. What is 25% of 600?

Questions:
4. What is 99% of 480?

5. What is 120% of 5000?

6. What is 199% of 540?

Questions:
7. If 20% of a number is 300. What is that number?

8. If 40% of a number is 230. What is 120% of that number?

9. If 23% of a number is 6900. What is 80% that number?

Questions:
10. If 41% of a number is 2460. What is that number?
Rules:
 X% of Y = Y% of X.

 X as a % of Y is not equal to Y as a % of X.
Questions:
23% of X is equal to 2X% of ____.

16% of 200= ?

22% 0f 20 =?
Model 1
A fruit seller had some oranges. He sells 30% oranges and still has 140 mangoes. Originally, he
had:
A. 288 oranges
B. 300 oranges
C. 672 oranges
D. 200 oranges
Model 1
Alroy gave his sister 40 % of his pocket money and was left with Rs. 8. What is his pocket money
(in Rs.)?
A. 20
B. 13.33
C. 11.20
D. 12.80
Model 1
A student erroneously multiplied a number by 2/5 instead of 5/2.What is the percentage error in
the calculation?
A. 24%
B. 54%
C. 74%
D. 84%
Model 2
What percentage of numbers from 1 to 30 has 1 or 9 in the unit's digit?
A. 12
B. 15
C. 20
D. 22
Model 2
Three candidates, Ajay, Bijoy & Chandu contested an election and received 1800, 3300 and votes
3900 respectively. What percent of the total votes did A get?
A. 20%
B. 40%
C. 45%
D. 70%
Model 2
A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What percent of his total
score did he make by running between the wickets?
Model 2
In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid votes, 20% of the votes were
invalid. If the total number of votes was 7500, the number of valid votes that the other candidate
got, was:
Model 2
The sides of a rectangle got increased by 10% and 20% respectively. What will be the increase in
percentage in its area.
Model 2
13. In ABC College, 63% of students are less than 20 years of age. The number of students more
than 20 years of age is 2/3 of number of students of 20 years of age which is 42. What is the
total number of students in the ABC College?
A. 75
B. 90
C. 130
D. 200
SUCCESSIVE PERCENTAGE

Net % Change= a+b+(ab/100)

Model 3
The rate of a land successively increased over two years by 10% and 20%. Initially it was
Rs.5,00,000. What will be the cost of land now.
Model 3
The Population of a city is 1,20,000. It is predicted that the population will increase by 2% and
5% in the consecutive years. What will be the population after 2 years?
CHANGE IN %
Model 4
The total population of a village increased from 1,80,00 to 22, 500 in a decade. The average
percentage increase of population per year of that village is:
A. 2.37%
B. 2.5%
C. 3. 6%
D. 6.75%
Model 4
If A’s salary got increased 25% more than B’s salary, Then by how much % does B’s salary less
than A?
A. 10 % decrease
B. 15 % decrease
C. 20 % decrease
D. 25 % decrease
Model 4
When the cost of cigarettes increases by 25 %, a man reduces his annual consumption by 10 %.
Find the % change in his annual expenditure on cigarettes?
A. 12.5 %
B. 11.11 %
C. 15 %
D. 6.25 %
Model 4
The tax on an article is increased by 20 %. As a result of which the consumption decreases by 25
%. What is the % change in the tax revenue received by the government from this article?
A. 10 % decrease
B. 15 % increase
C. 10 % increase
D. None of these