Question types

Percentage question types

75 questions across 6 question groups — pick any mix to generate a Maths paper with step-by-step answer keys.

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Sample Questions

Percentage questions

One sample from each question group in this chapter. Select any group above to see the full set with answer keys.

Q 12 Mark Question2 Marks
Balanced diet should contain 12% of proteins, 25% of fats and 63% of carbohydrates. If a child needs 2600 calories in his food daily, find in calories the amount of each of these in his daily food intake.
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Q 103 Mark Question3 Marks
The price of petrol goes up by 10%. By how much percent must a motorist reduce the consumption of petrol so that the expenditure on it remains unchanged?
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Q 11MCQ1 Mark
Tick $(\checkmark)$ the correct answer in the following: A number is first increased by $10\%$ and then reduced by $10\%.$ The number.
  • A
    Does not change
  • Decrease by $1\%$
  • C
    Increases by $1\%$
  • D
    None of these

Answer: B.

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Q 13MCQ1 Mark
Tick $(\checkmark)$ the correct answer in the following: A period of $4$ hours $30$ min is what percent of a day?
  • $18\frac{3}{4}\%$
  • B
    $20\%$
  • C
    $16\frac{2}{3}\%$
  • D
    $19\%$

Answer: A.

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Q 14MCQ1 Mark
Tick $(\checkmark)$ the correct answer in the following$:x\ \%$ of $y$ is $y\ \%$ of?
  • $x$
  • B
    $100x$
  • C
    $\frac{\text{x}}{100}$
  • D
    $\frac{\text{y}}{100}$

Answer: A.

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Q 15MCQ1 Mark
Tick $(\checkmark)$ the correct answer in the following: $0.8\%$ when erpressed as a decimal, is.
  • A
    $0.08$
  • $0.008$
  • C
    $8$
  • D
    $0.8$

Answer: B.

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Q 174 Mark Question4 Marks
Gunpowder contains 75% nitre and 10% sulphur. Find the amount of gunpowder which carries 9kg nitre. What amount of gunpowder would contain 2.5kg sulphur?
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