TOPIC : PERCENTAGE GRE

1. 4,400 participants in a study were surveyed regarding side effects of a new medication, and x percent
reported experiencing drowsiness. If x is rounded to the neatest integer, the result is 8. Which of the
following could be the number of survey participants who reported experiencing drowsiness?
315
330
352
356

2. If w is 10 percent less than x, and y is 30 percent less than z, then wy is what percent less than xz?
 10%
 20%
 37%
 40%
 100%

3. A 30% discount reduces the price of a commodity by $90 if the discount is reduced to 20% then
the price of the commodity will be:
 $180
 $210
 $240
 $270
 $300

4. In 1992, if the 1.8 billion dollars collected as child support payments was only 10 percent of the
total court-ordered payments due, approximately how many billion dollars of court-ordered
payments for child support were not collected?
 1.6
 14.4
 16.2
 17.2
 18.0

5. In a class of 150 students, 33 1/3 % are girls, twenty percent of the boys and 40 percent of the
girls enrolled for music class. How many students enrolled for music class?
 40
 50
 60
 70
 80

6. A dress was initially listed at a price that would have given the store a profit of 20 percent of the
wholesale cost. After reducing the asking price by 10 percent, the dress sold for a net profit of
10 dollars. What was the wholesale cost of the dress?
 200
 125
 100
 20
 10
7. The capacity of glass X is 80 percent of the capacity of glass Y. further glass X contains 6
ounces of punch and is half full while glass Y is full. Glass Y contains how many more ounces
of punch than glass X
 1
 3
 6
 9
 Not enough information to decide

8. A car dealer received a shipment of cars, half of which were black, with the remainder
consisting of equal number of blue, silver, and white cars. During the next month, 70 percent of
the black cars, 80 percent of the blue cars, 30 percent of the silver cars, and 40 percent of the
white cars were sold. What percent of the cars in the shipment were sold during that month?
 36%
 50%
 55%
 60%
 72%

9. A dishonest shopkeeper professes to sell cloth at the cost price, but he uses faulty meter rod.
His meter rod measure 80 cms. Find his gain%.
 25
 30
 26
 20
 35

10. During a one-year study, biologists observed the number of fish in a certain pond as well as the
percent of the fish that were catfish. At the beginning of the year, there were 300 fish in the
pond, of which 15 percent were catfish; and at the end of the year, there were 400 fish in the
pond, of which 10 percent were catfish. From the beginning of the year to the end of the year,
the number of catfish in the pond.
 Deceased by more than 5%
 Decreased by 5%
 Did not change
 Increased by 5%
 Increased by more than 5%

11. What percent of the integers between 200 and 999, end with the digits “03”?
 1%
 25
 3%
 4%
 5%

12. If the radius of a circular region were decreased by 20 percent, the area of the circular region
would decrease by what percent?
 16%
 20%
 36%
 40%
 44%

13. For every five days mosquito population triples. If there were m mosquitoes on April 1st, what
was the percent change in the population on May 1st?
  1,500%
 1,800%
 9,999%
 72,800%
 72,900%

14. On stock clearance sale washing machine discounted by 22% sold for $215. What is the
marked price of washing machine?
 $ 261.69
 $ 264.54
 $ 275.64
 $ 282.34
 $ 292.50

15. Fresh fruit contain 68% of water and dry fruit contains 20% of water. How much dry fruit can be
obtained from 200 kg of fresh fruits?
 64 kg
 80
 104kg
 160
 180

16. Milk contains 5% of water. How many liters of pure milk should be added to 15 liters of milk, to
obtain 3% of water?
 5
 7
 10
 12
 14

17. 40% of the citizens read newspaper A, 50% read newspaper B and 10% read both the papers.
What percent of the citizens read neither newspapers?
 10
 15
 20
 25
 30

18. A retailer buys an iPod for 10% less than marked price and sells it for 10% more than marked
price. What is the profit or loss percent?
 11.11% in loss
 22.22% in loss
 No loss / No profit
 11.11% in profit
 22.22% in profit

19. On selling 15 notebooks, a seller makes a profit equal to the selling price of 5 notebooks, what
is the profit percent?
 16.67
 25
  40
 50
 57.76

20. A shopkeeper sells two mobiles $205 for each. On the first one he made a profit of 10%, other
one made a loss of 10%. What is the approximate net loss or profit?
 $2.07 in loss
 $4.13 in loss
 NO loss/ No profit
 $2.07 in profit
 $4.13 in profit

21. A retailer sold 2/3 of stock at a profit of 20% and remaining at a profit of 14%. What is the profit
percent of retailer?
 12
 17
 18
 20
 22

22. How long will it take a sum of money invested at 8% per annum simple interest to sum
becomes doubled?
 8 years
 8 years and 3 months
 12 years
 12 years 3 months
 12 years 6 months

23. The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to nominal rate of 6%per annum payable
quarterly is: (round of to two decimal places )
 6.10%
 6.12%
 6.13%
 6.14%
 6.15%

24. What percent of numbers from 1 to 100 have squares that end in the digit 1?
 10%
 13%
 17%
 20%
 22%
25. What percent of numbers are prime from 1 to 100?
 18
 21
 25
 32
 37
26. The population of a city increased from 3,50,000 to 5,25,000 in a decade. The average increase
of population per year is:
 4.36%
 4.9%
 5%
 5.45%
  6%

27. A person spends 28% of his income on rent, 24% on children’s education, 60% of the
remaining on food and remaining for savings. Savings are what percent of his income?
 15.6
 17.7
 19.2
 20.33
 21.45

28. In a math test, the average score of total class was 80. Of the class 10% of the students scored
95 and 20% of scored 90, what is the average score of remaining students of the class?
 67.5
 72.25
 75
 79
 82

29. A company sells a car with marked price of $21,150 and offers discounts of 3% on $15,000,
2.5% on the remaining and they are charging 4% as tax on the discounted price , approximately
what is the selling price of the car ?
 $20,546.25
 $ 21,115.25
 $ 21,368.1
 $22,159.75
 $22,225.25

30. A retailer gives 13% additional discount on the discounted price, after giving an initial discount
of 23% on the marked price of a laptop. The selling price of the laptop is $1440. Approximately
what is the marked price of laptop?
 $1958
 $2001
 $2150
 $2205
 $2215

31. By selling a sofa set for $600, a shopkeeper gains 20%. During stock clearance sale, the
shopkeeper offers a discount of 10% on the marked price. What is the profit percent during
stock clearance sale?
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10

32. A man invested a certain sum of money at 8% per annum and another sum at 12% per annum
simple interest.His income from interest after 3 years was $1,104. One-fourth of the first sum is
equal to one-fifth of the second sum. What was the total amount invested?
 $2400
 $2800
 $3000
 $3600
 $4500
33. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum is $525. What is the
simple interest on the same sum for double the time and half the rate percent per annum?
 $400
 $500
 $600
 $800
 $900

34. Today the price of a table was reduced by 20 percent form what it was yesterday, and the price
of a lamp was reduced by 30 percent from what it was yesterday.
Column A The dollar amount of the reduction In the price of the table
Column B The dollar amount of the reduction in the Price of the lamp.
35. In a certain store, computer X costs 30 percent more than computer Y, and computer Y costs
30 percent more than computer Z.
Column A The cost of computer X minus the cost of computer Y
Column B the cost of computer Y minus the cost of Cost of computer Z.

36. In 2009 the property tax on a each home in town X was p percent of the assessed valies of the
home, where p is a constant. The property tax in 2009 on a home in Town X that had an
assessed value of $125,000 was $2,500.
Column A: The property tax in 2009 on a home in town X that had an assessed value of
$160,000
Column B: $3000
37. Emma spent $75 buying a used bicycle and $27 repairing it. Then she told the bicycle for 40
percent more than the total amount she spent buying and repairing it.
Column A Column B
The price at which Emma Sold the bicycle $140
38. Quantity A: 7 percent of9
Quantity B: 900 percent of 0.07
39. Quantity A: Percent increase from 40 to 50
Quantity B: 20%
40. Quantity A: 12% of 512
Quantity B: 50
41. An item’s price is discounted by 16%. Subsequently, the discounted price is increased by 16%
Quantity A: The original price
Quantity B: The price after the discount and increase