Deck 2: Mathematical Problems on Fractions, Ratios, and Percentages

Question 1

What will be the fraction of 4%

A)1/20
B)1/5
C)1/75
D)1/25

Answer 1

1/25

Question 2

The ratio 5:20 expressed as percent equals to

A)50 %
B)125 %
C)25 %
D)none of above

Answer 2

25 %

Question 3

2.09 can be expressed in terms of percentage as

A)2.09%
B)20.9%
C)209%
D)0.209%

Answer 3

209%

Question 4

What is 15 percent of 34

A)5.10
B)4.10
C)3.10
D)2.10

Question 5

A's salary is 50% more than B's. How much percent is B's salary less than A's?

A)33(1/4)%
B)33(1/3)%
C)33(1/2)%
D)33%

Question 6

The price of cooking oil has increased by 25%. By what percent should a family reduce the consumption of cooking oil so as not to increase the expenditure in this account?

A)20%
B)25%
C)18%
D)16%

Question 7

Ramesh's salary was reduced by 10% and then the reduced salary was increased by 10%. What was his ultimate loss?

A)0%
B)10%
C)1%
D)5%

Question 8

5% of 5% of Rs. 100 is

A)rs. 0.25
B)rs. 0.50
C)rs. 10
D)rs. 25

Question 9

person sold a stove for Rs. 423 and incurred a loss of 6%. At what price would it be sold so as to earn a profit of 8%?

A)rs. 525
B)rs. 500
C)rs. 490
D)rs. 486

Question 10

A fruit seller buys lemons at 2 for a rupee and sells then at 5 for three rupees. His gain percent is

A)10%
B)15%
C)20%
D)25%

Question 11

A sells a car to B at 10% loss. If B sells it for Rs. 54000 and gains 20%, the cost price of the car for A was

A)rs. 25000
B)rs. 50000
C)rs. 37500
D)rs. 60000

Question 12

Ramesh sold a statue for a price 25% higher than the original price of the statue. He hadhowever bought the statue at 20% discount on the original price. With the profit of Rs. 2025, findthe original price of the statue.

A)rs. 6000
B)rs. 7500
C)rs. 3500
D)rs. 4500

Question 13

If selling price of 40 articles is equal to cost price of 50 articles, the loss or gain percent is

A)25% loss
B)20% loss
C)25% gain
D)20% gain

Question 14

Two bicycles were sold for Rs. 3990 each, gaining 5% on one and losing 5% on the other. The gain or loss percent on the whole transaction is

A)neither gain nor loss
B)2.5% gain
C)2.5% loss
D)0.25% loss

Question 15

The ratio of cost price and selling price is 4:5. The profit percent is

A)10%
B)20%
C)25%
D)30%

Question 16

If a person sells a 'sari' for Rs. 5200, making a profit of 30%, then the cost price of the sari is

A)rs. 4420
B)rs. 4000
C)rs. 3900
D)rs. 3800

Question 17

A shopkeeper earns a profit of 15% after selling a book at 20% discount on the printed price. The ratio of the cost price and printed price of the book is?

A)20:23
B)23:20
C)16:23
D)23:16

Question 18

Simran bought pet food worth Rs. 56000. She then sold 1/3rd of it incurring a loss of 40%. What profit she must earn on rest of the supplies to nullify this loss?

A)25%
B)20%
C)45%
D)50%

Question 19

Ramesh gets a profit of 20% in one trade and suffers a loss of 20% in the second when he sells 2 cycles for Rs. 4000 each. What is his profit or loss in the entire trade?

A)loss = 4%
B)loss = 16%
C)profit = 16%
D)profit = 4%

Question 20

Guddi buys some oranges in a shop at 4 per rupee. She goes to other shop and buys samenumber of oranges at 5 per rupee. She then combines them in a basket and sells them at 4 perrupee. Will she get a profit or loss? And how much?

A)profit = 100/9 %
B)loss = 100/9 %
C)profit = 116/9 %
D)loss = 116/9 %

Question 21

Chaman sells 40 fans at 10% profit. He wants a total of 20% profit on the entire sale. Since he got 160 fans at rate of Rs. 100 each, at what profit must he sell the remaining fans?

A)70/3%
B)160/58%
C)30%
D)100/3%

Question 22

Uma wants to gain 15% profit on her sale of sugar. She buys 120 kg of sugar at Rs. 24 per kg to mix with 180 kg of sugar bought at Rs. 28 per kg. She sells the sugar mix at ….

A)rs. 8159
B)rs. 9108
C)rs. 9756
D)rs. 8564

Question 23

Rohit got profit of 11½% by selling his old car. However he realized that had he sold it for Rs. 8100 more, his profit would be 38.5%. At what price did he buy the car?

A)rs. 44500
B)rs. 55000
C)rs. 41000
D)rs. 30000

Question 24

Rambabu sells paper planes at the rate of 20 planes for Re. 1. If he gets profit of 20%, how many planes did he buy in 1 rupee?

A)16
B)40
C)24
D)36

Question 25

A cheater manipulated his weighing machine so that it shows 1kg for 970 grams. How much profit does he get?

A)397/100%
B)0.3 %
C)0.03%
D)300/97%