SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS ON PERCENTAGE WORKSHEET

Problem 1 :

What is the value of 3 1/3 % of 1.5 % of smallest six digit number?

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Problem 2 :

What percent of 2/7 is 1/35?

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Problem 3 :

If the C.P. of 6 articles is equal to the S.P. of 4 articles, find the gain percent?

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Problem 4 :

If 40% of a number is 256, then what is the 25% of that number?

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Problem 5 :

If x% of 25/2 is 150, then what is the value of x?

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Problem 6 :

What percentage of n umbers from 1 to 30 has the digit 9 in the unit place?

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Problem 7 :

If the cost price is 25% of selling price, then find the profit percent?

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Problem 8 :

In how much time would the simple interest on a certain sum be 0.125 times the Principal at 10% per annum?

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Problem 9 :

A tank can hold 50 litres of water. At present, it is only 30% full. How many litres of water shall i put in the tank, so that it is 80% full?

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Problem 10 :

A 60 lit tank was full of oil. Ram used 40% of it and poured the rest into a 40 lit tank.

(i) What percent of the 40 lit tank was filled with oil?

(ii) If Ram used 3 lit of oil daily, what percent of oil in the 40 lit tank would be used in 10 days?

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