Kerala LDC · Simple Arithmetic and Mental Ability
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Percentage
Percentage, profit, loss and discount calculations.
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A shopkeeper marks up an article by 25% above its cost price and then gives a discount of 10% on the marked price. If he sells the article for Rs. 450, what was the cost price of the article?
Q2 · Percentage · HARD
In an examination, a student scored 35% marks and failed by 30 marks. Another student scored 55% marks and passed with 50 marks more than the minimum passing marks. What is the maximum marks of the examination?
Q3 · Percentage · EASY
If 30% of a number is 90, what is 75% of that number?
Q4 · Percentage · MEDIUM
A man's salary was decreased by 20%. By what percentage should his reduced salary be increased so that he gets his original salary?
Q5 · Percentage · MEDIUM
The price of sugar increases by 25%. By what percentage should a housewife reduce her consumption so that the expenditure on sugar remains the same?