Assignment 1

Q. No. Question Description

1 If 10% of x is equal to 20% of y, then find x : y.

2 Saroj invests 72318, which is 17% of her annual income, in mutual funds. What is her
monthly income?
3 What least value must be assigned to * so that the number 197*5462 is divisible by 9?

4 A television manufacturer earns 20% profit by selling each T.V. set for ` 14400. If the
production cost is increased by 15%, what should be the new selling price of a set so as
to gain 15%?

5 Adam borrowed some money at the rate of 6% p.a. for the first two years, at the rate of
9% p.a. for the next three years, and at the rate of 14% p.a. for the period beyond five
years. If he pays a total interest of 11400 at the end of nine years, how much money did
he borrow?

6 Find the compound interest on 16000 at 20% per annum for 9 months, compounded
quarterly.

7 Difference of two numbers is 1660. If 7.5% of one number is 12.5% of the other
number, find the two
Numbers
8 Vijay invests 85963, which is 15% of his annual income, in mutual funds. What is her
monthly income?

9 What least value must be assigned to * so that the number 197*5462 is divisible by 3?

10 The present population of a village is 5500. If the number of males increases by 11%
and the number of
females increases by 20%, then the population will become 6330. What is the present
population of females
in the village?