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PRACTICE TEST 3
1. The cost of an article is decreased by 15%. If the original cost is $80, find the
decrease cost.
2. A television manufacturing company declares that a television is now available
for $5600 as against $8400 one year before. Find the percentage reduction in the
price of television offered by the company.
3. Find the decrease value if 300 decreased by 30%
4. Find the number which when decreased by 12 % becomes 198.
5. A number 42 was misread as 24. Find the reading error in per cent.
6. The price of rice is increased from $10 to $12.50 per kg. Find the percentage
increase in price.
7. The population in a small town increases from 20000 to 21250 in one year. Find
the percentage increase in population.
8. Find the increase value if 150 is increased by 30 %.
9. By what number must the given number be multiplied to increase the number by
50 %.
10. In an election, candidate A got 75% of the total valid votes. If 15% of the total
votes were declared invalid and the total numbers of votes is 560000, find the
number of valid vote polled in favour of candidate.
11. A shopkeeper bought 600 oranges and 400 bananas. He found 15% of oranges
and 8% of bananas were rotten. Find the percentage of fruits in good condition.
12. Aaron had $ 2100 left after spending 30 % of the money he took for shopping.
How much money did he take along with him?
13. A team lost 25 % of the matches it played. If it won 15 matches, find the number
of matches it played.
14. In a plot of 6000 sq. m., only 4500 sq. m. is allowed for construction. What
percent of the plot is to be left without construction?
15. A number is reduced by 100 %. Its present value is 270. What was its original
value?
16. A girl is scored 60 out of 75 in English, 60 out of 90 in mathematics and 80 out of
100 in Science. Find girls score as percentage:
17. You buy a car for 20,000 dollars and pay 5% in tax. How much is tax?
18. You buy a house for 400,000 dollars and pay a tax of 6%. How much is tax?
19. The list price of a scientific calculator is 100 dollars.If you get a price discount of
15% and pay 5% for tax, what is the actual cost of your calculator?
20. Find the percent of increase from 4 to 6.
21. Find the percent of increase from 5 to 10.
22. Find the percent of increase from -4 to 8.
23. Find the percent of decrease from 6 to 4.
24. Find the amount of decrease per hundred from 10 to 5.
25. Find the amount of increase per hundred from -4 to -8.
26. Find the amount of increase per hundred from -4 to -8
27. What will be the fraction of 20%
28. What will be the fraction of 4%
29. The ratio 5:20 expressed as percent equals to
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30. Half of 1 percent written as decimal is

31. What is 15 percent of 34
32. Evaluate 28% of 450 + 45% of 280
33. 2 is what percent of 50
34. 1/2 is what percent of 1/3
35. If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by 2, the number is
36. Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and 11628
votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate
got
37. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9 marks more
than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. The marks
obtained by them are
38. One fourth of one third of two fifth of a number is 15. What will be40% of that
number
39. Rahul's Mathematics test had 75 problems, 10 arithmetic, 30 algebra, 35
geometry problems. Although he answered 70% of arithmetic, 40% of arithmetic
and 60% of geometry problems correctly, still he got less than 60% problems
right. How many more questions he would have to answer more to get passed
40. 10% of inhabitants of a village having died of cholera, a panic set in, during
which 25% of the remaining inhabitants let the village. The population is then
reduced to 4050. Find the original inhabitants
41. Raman's salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How
much percent does he loss.
42. Total number of boys and girls in a school is 150. If the number of boys is x, then
girls become x% of the total number of students. The number of boys is
43. Two numbers are less than third number by 30% and 37% respectively. How
much percent is the second number less than by the first
44. Due to an increase in 30% in the price of eggs, 3 eggs less are available for Rs.
7.80. Find the present rate of eggs per dozen.
45. Teacher took exam for English, average for the entire class was 80 marks. If we
say that 10% of the students scored 95 marks and 20% scored 90 marks then
calculate average marks of the remaining students of the class.
46. A TV is purchased at Rs. 5000 and sold at Rs. 4000, find the lost percent.
47. A person incurs a loss of 5% be selling a watch for Rs. 1140. At what price should
the watch be sold to earn 5% profit.
48. A book was sold for Rs 27.50 with a profit of 10%. If it were sold for Rs. 25.75,
then would have been percentage of profit and loss ?
49. Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its repairs. If he
sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is
50. If the cost price is 25% of selling price. Then what is the profit percent.
51. A man buys an item at Rs. 1200 and sells it at the loss of 20 percent. Then what is
the selling price of that item
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52. Sahil purchased a machine at Rs 10000, then got it repaired at Rs 5000, then
gave its transportation charges Rs 1000. Then he sold it with 50% of profit. At
what price he actually sold it.
53. A plot is sold for Rs. 18,700 with a loss of 15%. At what price it should be sold to
get profit of 15%.