Finding Increase or Decrease Percentage in Situations
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By what percent is ₹2, 000 less than ₹2, 400?
[1 mark]
- 16.67%
- 20%
- 15%
- 25%
The number obtained after increasing 200 by 20% is ____.
222
220
240
210
If the present petrol price is ₹50, then what is the new price when:
i) there is an increase of 20% on the original price?
ii) there is a decrease of 10% on the original price?
₹60, ₹45
₹75, ₹80
₹45, ₹60
₹80, ₹75
If 20 is decrease by 50%, then we obtain 10.
True
False
A 10% hike in petrol price between yesterday and today means that a man who paid ₹ 200 for some petrol yesterday, will pay ₹ 220 for the same amount of petrol today.
True
False
The accommodation in an apartment costs ₹ 42 lakh. After 6 months, there was a 10% price hike, the new cost is:
42, 20, 000
46, 20, 000
44, 20, 000
44, 60, 000
- Rs.152
- Rs.160
- Rs.169
Rs.162
If only 10 of the 200 apples are bad, what percent is good?
In measuring the length and breadth of a rectangle, errors of 5% and 3% in excess, respectively, are made. The error percent in the calculated area is
7.15%
6.25%
8.15%
8.35%
- Doesn’t change
- Decreases by 1%
- Increases by 2%
- Increases by 1%