Std 8 Comparing quantities & Direct Inverse Proportion Revision

Question: 1
A bicycle marked at Rs 1,500 is sold for Rs 1,350. What is the percentage of discount?

Question: 2
Maya goes shopping and buys a TV set for Rs 13,500 at a discount of 20%. Find the actual or marked price of
the TV set.

Question: 3
The length and breadth of a rectangular field are in the ratio 9 : 5. If the area of the field is 14,580 square
meters, then find the length and breadth.

Question: 4
The present population of a town is 15,000. If the population increases at the rate of 4% per year, then find the
population after one year?

Question: 5
The cost price of 20 articles is same as the selling price of 16 articles. Find the gain percentage.

Question: 6
Janki sold her leather purse at 8% loss. If she had sold it for Rs 150 more, she would have made 12% profit.
Find the selling price of the purse that incurred loss.

Question: 7
By selling a chair for Rs 391, Ali suffers a loss of 15%. Find its cost price.

Question: 8
The sales tax on a refrigerator at the rate of 9% is Rs 1,170. Find the actual sale price.

Question: 9
Govind purchased goods for Rs 200. If he has to pay a tax of 2%, then find his bill amount.

Question: 10
Find the amount and the compound interest on Rs 8000 for 3 years, compounded annually at 10% p.a.
Question: 11
In what time will Rs 800 amount to Rs 882 at 5% per annum compounded annually.

Question: 12
At what rate percent per annum will Rs 6,000 amount to Rs 6,615 in 2 years when interest is compounded
annually?

Question: 13
Indian railways charge Rs 30,000 to carry 25 tonnes of weight. What will it charge to carry 70 tonnes of weight?

Question: 14
A soap factory makes 600 units in 9 days with the help of 20 machines. How many units can be made in 12
days with the help of 18 machines?

Question: 15
A book has 70 pages with 30 lines of printed matter on each page. If each page is to have only 20 lines of
printed matter, how many pages will the book have?

Question: 16
A car travels 228 km in 3 hours.

(a) How long will it take to travel 912 km?

(b) How far will it travel in 7 hours?