Recent puzzles under tag percentage

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A chemist has 10 litre of solution with 10% sulphuric acid by volume. He wants to dilute the solution to 4% strength...

posted May 15, 2018 by Mishthy Mukherjee

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GST on bread increases its cost by 18%, to keep their budget in control a family reduces its bread consumption by 15%...

posted May 4, 2018 by anonymous

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Difference between simple interest from two different sources on Rs.1500 for 3 years is Rs.1.35...

posted May 1, 2018 by anonymous

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A shopkeeper sells his goods at cost price but uses weight of 850 gm for a kilogram weight. What is profit percentage?

posted Mar 30, 2018 by anonymous

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A vendor bought 3880 toffees for 1552 rupees. How many toffees in 1552 rupees must he sell to gain 25%?

posted Feb 9, 2018 by anonymous

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In a shop, the profit is 100% of the cost. If the cost increases by 75% but the selling price remains constant...

posted Jan 25, 2018 by anonymous

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Length, breadth and height of a room are in the ratio 9:7:5. If breadth and length are doubled while height is halved...

posted Jan 11, 2018 by anonymous

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A merchant has 310 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 2% loss and the rest at 8% profit. He gains 5% on the whole...

posted Nov 3, 2017 by anonymous

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How much will you save in percentage when you buy a pack of 6?

posted Oct 20, 2017 by Mohammad

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Marked price of a dress is Rs.4000. Shopkeeper offers 15% discount on it and again offers 10% discount on new price...

posted Oct 13, 2017 by anonymous

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A merchant has 999 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 12% loss and rest at 15% profit. He gains 7% on the whole...

posted Aug 1, 2017 by anonymous

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When an item is sold for Rs.17,600, owner loses 12.0%. At what price should that plot be sold to get a gain of 12.50%?

posted Jul 24, 2017 by anonymous

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When an item is sold for Rs. 29,050, the owner loses 17%. At what price should that item be sold to get a gain of 27%?

posted Jul 10, 2017 by anonymous

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The marked price of a shirt is Rs.1500. A shopkeeper offers 15% discount and again offers 20% discount on new price...

posted Jun 20, 2017 by anonymous

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A man invested Rs. 760 in a stock at 95 to obtain an income of Rs. 72. What is the dividend in terms of percentage?

posted Jun 8, 2017 by anonymous

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When an item is sold for Rs. 26,100, the owner loses 13%. At what price should that plot be sold to get a gain of 13.5%?

posted May 22, 2017 by anonymous

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A merchant has 144 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 3% loss and the rest at 9% profit. He gains 5% on the whole...

posted May 16, 2017 by anonymous

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If there is an error of 3% in measuring the side of a square. What is the percentage of error in area of square?

posted May 5, 2017 by anonymous

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If 96 oranges are bought for Rs. 300 and sold Rs. 24 per half dozen. What is the percentage of profit or loss?

posted May 2, 2017 by anonymous

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Raima took a loan of Rs. 1500 on SI for as many years as rate. If she paid Rs. 960 as interest, what is interest rate?

posted Apr 25, 2017 by anonymous

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What is market value of 12.5% stock, in which income of Rs. 720 is derived by investing Rs. 9000 and brokerage is 1/2%?

posted Apr 19, 2017 by anonymous

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If the ratio of the runs scored by Sachin and Ganguly is 5:6, then what is the percentage of run scored by Sachin?

posted Apr 13, 2017 by anonymous

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Rahane scored 38 runs which includes 4 fours and 2 sixes. What percent of runs he make by running between wickets?

posted Apr 3, 2017 by anonymous

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A merchant has 175 kg of sugar, part of which he sells at 5% profit and rest at 15% profit. He gains 108% on whole...

posted Mar 27, 2017 by anonymous

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IF BJP received exactly 40% of total votes then how many total votes did BJP get in Uttar Pradesh state elections?

posted Mar 14, 2017 by anonymous

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Find market value of an 8.5% stock, in which an income of Rs. 750 is derived by investing Rs.12000, with 1/4% brokerage?

posted Mar 7, 2017 by anonymous

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How many red fishes must be removed to make the percentage of red fishes 98%?

posted Feb 28, 2017 by Divya Bharti

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A vendor bought 90 chocolates for 180 rupees. How many chocolates in 180 rupees must he sell to gain 25%?

posted Feb 17, 2017 by anonymous

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A circle is cut into four equal parts to form another shape, by how much percentage the perimeter increased?

posted Feb 2, 2017 by anonymous

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Sudhir bought an almirah for Rs 13600 and spent Rs 1150 on its repair. He sold it at a gain of 5%. How much did he get?

posted Jan 7, 2017 by anonymous

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5 kg of adulterated rice has 2.72% stones in it and the rest is rice. Half of the stone content was removed...

posted Jan 4, 2017 by anonymous

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A boy has Rs 728 in denomination of Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs 10 notes in ratio of 3:2:4. What is the total num of notes he has?

posted Dec 27, 2016 by anonymous

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Length, breadth & height of a room are in ratio 3:2:1. If the breadth & length are halved, while height is doubled..

posted Dec 14, 2016 by anonymous

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Find compound interest on sum of Rs 640 at 50/3% per annum for 11/4 years.

posted Nov 30, 2016 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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Which discount offer to choose?

posted Nov 10, 2016 by anonymous

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How many managers must leave the room, to Bring down the percentage of managers to 98%?

posted Nov 3, 2016 by anonymous

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If A’s income is 72% more than B’s, then how much % is B’s income less than A’s?

posted Nov 3, 2016 by anonymous

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A man invested 1/3 of his capital at 21%;1/4 at 16% and remainder at 10%. If his income is Rs 2002 then what is capital?

posted Oct 13, 2016 by anonymous

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Two candidates fought an election. One got 65% of votes and won by 450 votes. How many total votes were polled?

posted Oct 7, 2016 by anonymous

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A bicycle is sold at a gain of 27%. If it had been sold for Rs. 45 more, 31% would have been gained. What is...........

posted Oct 5, 2016 by Amarvansh

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A sum of Rs.2500 is lent out in two parts one at 12% and another one at 12.5%. If the total annual income is Rs.306...

posted Sep 28, 2016 by anonymous

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Raju and Sohan invest in a business in ratio 3:2. If 5% of total profit goes to charity and Raju's share is Rs.1710...

posted Sep 16, 2016 by anonymous

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The value of a machine depreciates @ 10% per annum. If present value is Rs.40500, what will be its worth after 2 years?

posted Sep 15, 2016 by anonymous

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The population of one town is 485200. If it increases annually at 5%, what will be its population 2 years hence.........

posted Sep 9, 2016 by Sidharth Malhotra

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A student has to obtain 33% of total marks to pass. He got 125 marks and failed by 40 marks. What is the Maximum marks?

posted Aug 28, 2016 by anonymous

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If commission of 10% is given on list price, the gain is 20%. Find the gain percent, if commission is increased to 20%?

posted Aug 10, 2016 by anonymous

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After spending 40% on machinery, 25% on building, 15% on raw material and 5% on furniture...

posted Jul 6, 2016 by anonymous

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Which is the better offer and how much he can save?

posted May 27, 2016 by anonymous

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What will be the result of the following; √4% = ?

posted May 23, 2016 by Nikhil Pandey

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If buying price of 8 notebook is equal to the selling price of 10 notebooks; then...

posted May 16, 2016 by anonymous