Percentage Level-2 Quiz-1

1. Forty successive discounts are given in the series of 5%, 10%, 15% and so on. What will be the net discount?

2. In the above question, after how many successions, the effective discount will be higher than 40% ?

3. In an election of total valid voters 8000, 20% of the voters didn’t vote. Out of the remaining, three candidates A, B and C got votes in the ratio 1:2:5. What percentage of total votes did A get?

4. In the above question, votes of A and B taken together is what percentage of votes of C?

5. Length of a rectangle is increased by 30% and breadth by 10%, what will be the increment in its perimeter?

6. An article was marked at Rupees 350. After successive discounts of 20% and p%, it was sold for Rupees 210. Find value of p.

7. Andy scored 75 out of 150 marks in his mid-term exam and 105 out of 150 in his end-term exam. Find the increase in his marks in terms of percentage points.

8. In a town, 40% of the population are minors, 35% of the minors are educated, 40% of the majors are uneducated. The total educated population is 48,000. What is the population of the town?

9. I had enough money to purchase either 40 apples or 50 oranges. I decided to spend only 80% of the money and purchased 20 oranges and some apples. How many apples did I purchase?

10. The population of a colony of ants increases by 20% everyday. If one Monday the population is 3000. On which day of the week is it 5184?