Percentage
- If A is equal to 20% of B and B is equal to 25% of C; then what percent of C is equal to A?
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Let, C = 100
∴ B = 100 × 25 = 25 100 ∴ A = 20 × 25 = 5 100
Correct Option: C
Let, C = 100
∴ B = 100 × 25 = 25 100 ∴ A = 20 × 25 = 5 100
∴ y % of C = 5⇒ y × 100 = 5 ⇒ y = 5 100
- A village lost 12% of its goats in a flood and 5% of remainder died from diseases. If the number left now is 8360, what was the original number before the flood?
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Let Number of goats before flood = N
According to the question,N × 88 × 95 = 8360 100 100
Correct Option: B
Let Number of goats before flood = N
According to the question,N × 88 × 95 = 8360 100 100 ⇒ N = 8360 × 100 × 100 = 10000 88 × 95
- A number is increased by 20%. To get back to the orignal number, the increased number is to be reduced by
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According to question ,
Required percent = 20 × 100 100 + 20 Required percent = 2000 = 50 120 3
Correct Option: C
According to question ,
Required percent = 20 × 100 100 + 20 Required percent = 2000 = 50 120 3 Required percent = 16 2 % 3
- The number of students in a class is increased by 20% and the number now becomes 66. Initially the number was
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Let Initial number of students in the class = N
According to the question,N × 120 = 66 100
Correct Option: C
Let Initial number of students in the class = N
According to the question,N × 120 = 66 100 N = 66 × 100 = 55 120
- One number is 25% of another number. The larger number is 12 more than the smaller. The larger number is
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Let the larger number be N.
∴ Smaller number = 25N = N 100 4
According to the question,N - N = 12 4 ⇒ 3N = 12 4
Correct Option: B
Let the larger number be N.
∴ Smaller number = 25N = N 100 4
According to the question,N - N = 12 4 ⇒ 3N = 12 4
⇒ 3N = 12 × 4⇒ N = 12 × 4 = 16 3