Tag: percentage

A watermelon weighing 25 kg contains 95% of water by weight. It is put in sun for some time and some water evaporates so that now it contains only 90% …

In an alloy, there is 10% of brass, to get 70 kg of brass, how much alloy is needed?

A company has produced 1000 pieces of televisions out of which 15% are defective and out of remaining 20 % were not sold. Find out the number of televisions sold.

A man spends 50% of his income. His income is increased by 30% and his expenditure also increases by 20%. Find the percentage change in his savings.

Weights of two friends Arun and Balu are in the ratio of 2:3. If Arun’s weight increases by 10% then the total weight of Arun and Balu together becomes 50 …

When the price of sugar is increased by 20 percent, a shop reduces its consumption such that the expenditure is only 20 percent more than before. If 60 kg of  …

The marked price of an article is 30% higher than the cost price. A discount of 20% is given on the marked price. In this transaction the seller

In an election contested by two parties A and B, party A secured 20 percent of the total votes more than Party B. If party B gets 10000 votes. By …

A vendor sells 40 percent of fruits he had and throws away 25 percent of the remainder. Next day he sells 60 percent of the remainder and throws away the …

Aisha goes to a market and bought things worth rupees 50, out of which 30 paise was charged as sales tax. If the tax rate is 20 percent, then what …