Introduction to Percentages

Q.

$72\%of25$students are interested in mathematics. How many students are not interested in mathematics.

Q. Anita, Sunita, Ram and Raman scored 89, 87, 90 and 55 marks (out of 100) respectively in an exam. Who scored the maximum percentage and how much?

1. Ram, 90%
2. Anita, 89%
3. Ram, 9%
4. Anita, 99%

Q.

The distance between two places is 10 km. A person travels 4 km, which is _________ of the entire journey.

1. $50\%$

2. $40\%$

3. $70\%$
4. $10\%$

Q. Anita, Sunita, Ram and Raman scored 89, 87, 90 and 55 marks (out of 100) respectively in an exam. Who scored the maximum percentage and how much?

1. Ram, 9%
2. Anita, 89%
3. Anita, 99%
4. Ram, 90%

Q.

How do you write 0.68 as a percentage?

1. 68%
2. 0.68%
3. 6.8%
4. 68

Q.

Priya was preparing a cake. She mixed 3 cups of flour, 2 cups butter, and 1 cup sugar. The percentage of flour used in the cake is ___.

Q.

$Thetablebelowshowsthenumberofchildrenwithdifferentheights.$$$\begin{array}{ccccc}Height& 110cm& 120cm& 130cm& 140cm\\ Noofchildren& \text{22}& \text{25}& \text{21}& \text{32}\end{array}$$

What is the percentage of students whose height is more than 125 cm?

___

Q.

A fruit seller sold 40% of his apples and was left with 420 apples. What is the number of apples he had initially?​

1. 708

2. 600

3. 700

4. 605

Q.

A jewel weighing 200 grams contains 75% gold. Find the weight of gold in the jewel.

1. 150g

2. 89g

3. 100g

4. 120g

Q.

$Inanentranceexamtherewerefoursectionseachof50marks.MarkssecuredbySatyamineachsectionisshownbelow$$$\begin{array}{ccccc}Subject& Aptitude& GeneralMathematics& GeneralAwareness& English\\ Marks& \text{45}& \text{40}& \text{35}& \text{40}\end{array}$$

What is the percentage marks scored by him in each section?

1. 95%, 80%, 70%, 80%

2. 90%, 80%, 70%, 80%

3. 95%, 85%, 70%, 85%

4. 95%, 85%, 75%, 85%

Q.

$Inanentranceexamtherewerefoursectionseachof50marks.MarkssecuredbySatyamineachsectionisshownbelow$$$\begin{array}{ccccc}Subject& Aptitude& GeneralMathematics& GeneralAwareness& English\\ Marks& \text{45}& \text{40}& \text{35}& \text{40}\end{array}$$

What is the percentage marks scored by him in each section?

1. 95%, 85%, 75%, 85%

2. 90%, 80%, 70%, 80%

3. 95%, 80%, 70%, 80%

4. 95%, 85%, 70%, 85%

Q.

A survey shows that out of 40 students in a class, 30 students like studying Mathematics. That means ___% of students like studying Mathematics.