GRADE 7

TOPIC 9: PERCENTAGE AND ITS APPLICATION

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

Mark (√ ) against the correct answer in each of the following:

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1. as rate percent is
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(a) 7.5% (b) 75% (c) 0.75% (d) none of these

2. The ratio 2 :5 as rate per cent is

a) 4% (b) 0.4% (c) 40% (d) 14%

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3. 8 % expressed as a fraction, is
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25 3 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
3 25 12 4

4. If x % of 75=9, then the value of x is

(a) 16 (b) 14 (c) 12 (d) 8

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5. What per cent of is ?
7 35
(a) 25% (b) 20% (c) 15% (d) 10%

6. What per cent of 1 day Is 36 minutes?

(a) 25% (b) 2.5% (c) 3.6% (d) 0.25%

Hint: Required percentage = {2436x 60 x 100}%

7. A number increased by 20% gives 42. The number is
a) 35 (b) 28 (c) 36 (d) 30

8. A number decreased by 8% gives 69. The number is

a) 80 ( b) 75 (c) 85 (d) none of these

9. An ore contains 5% copper. How much ore is required to obtain 400 g of

copper?
a) 2 kg (b) 4 kg (c) 6 kg (d) 8 kg

[Link] deducting a commission of 10% a TV costs $ 18000. What is its gross

value?
(a) $ 18800 (b) $ 20000 (c) $ 19800 (d) none of these

11. On increasing the salary of a man by 25%, it becomes $20000. What was his
original salary?

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 (a) $ 15000 (b) $ 16000 (c) $ 18000 (d) $ 25000

[Link] an examination, 95% of the total examinees passed. If the number of

failures is 28, how many examinees were there?
(a) 600 (b) 480 (c) 560 (d) 840
13.A fruit-seller had some apples. He sells 40% of them and still has 420 apples.
How many apples had he in all?
(a) 588 (b) 600 (c) 700 (d) 725
Hint: 60 % of x =420 . Find x.

14. The value of a machine depreciates 10% annually. If its present value is $
25000, what will be its value after one year?
(a) $ 27500 (b) $ 22500 (c) $ 25250 (d) none of these

Answer: 1(b); 2(c); 3 (c); 4(c); 5(d); 6(b); 7 (a); 8(b); 9(d); 10(b); 11(b); 12
(c); 13 (c); 14 (b)

Mark (√ ) against the correct answer in each of the following:

[Link] simple interest on $ 5000 for 219 days at 4% per annum is

(a) $ 126.50 (b) $ 120 (c) $125 (d) $ 43.80

16.A sum amounts to $ 3720 in 8 months at 5% per annum simple interest. The
sum is
(a) $ 3600 (b) $ 3500 (c) $ 3560 (d) $ 3620

[Link] what rate per cent per annum simple interest will a sum be double of itself
in 8 years?
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(a) 16% (b) 15% (c) 14% (d) 12 %
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18. At simple Interest a sum becomes of itself in 5 years. The rate of Interest is
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(a) 5% p.a. (b) 8% p.a. (c) 10% p.a. (d) 12% p.a.

[Link] what time will $ 1600 amount to $ 1768 at 6% per annum simple interest?
1 1 3 1
(a) 1 years (b) 1 years (c) 1 years (d) 2 years
4 2 4 2

20.A sum of money at simple interest amounts to $ 696 in 2 years and $ 840 in
5 years. The sum is (a) $ 500 (b) $ 600 (c) $ 560 (d) $ 620

Answer: 15 (b); 16 (a); 17 (d); 18(d); 19 (c); 20(b)

Mark (√ ) against the correct answer in each of the following:

21.A man buys an arucle for $ 80 and sells it for $ 100. His gain per cent is
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(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 33 % (d) none of these
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22.A football is bought for $ 120 and sold for $ 105. The loss per cent is
1 2 2
(a) 12 % (b) 14 % (c) 16 % (d) none of these
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[Link] selling a bat for $ 100, a man gains $ 20. His gain per cent is
(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 18% (d) 22%

[Link] selling a racket for $ 198, a shopkeeper gains 10%. The cost price of the racket is
(a) $ 180 (b) $178.20 (c) $217.80 (d) none of these
[Link] the cost price of 8 toffees be equal to the selling price of 6 toffees, then the gain per cent is
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(a) 25% (b) 30% (c) 33 % (d) 16 %
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[Link] the cost price of 12 pencils is equal to the selling price of 15 pencils, then the loss per cent is
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(a) 20% (b) 25% (c) 16 % (d) none of these
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[Link] selling a pen for $ 48, a shopkeeper loses 20%. In order to gain 20% what would be the
selling price?
(a) $ 52 (b) $ 56 (c) $ 68 (d) $ 72

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[Link] selling a jug for $ 144, a man loses his outlay. If it is sold for $ 189, what is the gain per
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cent?
(a) 50% (b) 25% (c) 30% (d) 12%
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Hint: Let the CP be $ x . Then . x + x=144 ⟺ x=126
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Answer: 21(b); 22(a); 23 (b); 24 (a); 25 (c); 26 (a); 27 (d); 28 (a)

[Link] the given percentage of the following quantities.

Percentage Quantity Step Value
(a) 5% $725 0.05x725 $36.25
(b) 26% $300
(c) 35% 200kg
(d) 21% 70 m
(e) 6% 420 litres
(f) 12% $620
(g) 20% $420
(h) 18% 500 g

Answer: (a)$36.25; (b) $78; (c) 70 kg; (d) 14.7 m; (e)25.2 km; (f)$74.4; (g)
$84; (h) 90 g

[Link] population of a village was 75,000 in 1990. In 2000 the population became 93,000. What is
the increase percentage during these ten years?

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 Answer:24%

31.A broker takes 2% as commission for the sale of property of value up to $ 3,00,000. If the sale
price is more than this, the broker charges 1.5% for the remaining amount. If a property was
sold for $ 4,50,000, what was the broker's commission?

Answer: $8250

[Link]'s collection of stamps are 25% more than that of Sarita. How much percent is Sarita's
collection less than Saroja's collection?

Answer:20%

[Link] got 215 marks in an examination. If she had got 10 marks more, she would have scored
60% of the total marks. What are the maximum marks for the examination?

Answer:375

[Link] price of 5 kg of sweets was $ 180. The price has gone up such that the price of 4 kg of
sweets is now $ 180. What is the percentage increase in price?

Answer: 25%

[Link] cost of a transistor decreases from $ 400 to $ 380. What is the percentage of decrease?

Answer:5%

36.A shopkeeper increased the price of a cycle by 15%. The increased price was $1,610. What was
the original price?

Answer: $1400

[Link] tables were sold at $990 each, one at a profit of 10% and the other at loss of 10%. What are
the cost prices of each of the tables? In this sale, did the seller make a profit or loss? What is the
percentage of profit or loss?
Hint: In the first case. 110% of cost price is 990. In the second case 90% of cost price is 990.)

Answer: $900, $1100, loss; $20, 1% loss

[Link] selling a watch for $1,275, Javed lost 15%. At what price should he sell to make a profit of
10%?
Hint: 85% of the cost price is 1,275, then 110% of the cost price is how much?

Answer: $1650

39. By selling a pen for $165, Mukti gains 10%. If she had sold it for $157.50, what percentage would
she have lost or gained?

Answer:5%

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40. The cost price of 24 articles is the selling price of 15 articles. Find the gain percentage.

Answer:60%

41. Calculate the interest and the amount in the following cases.
Principal Rate (R) Time (T) Interest Amount
(P) p.a.
(a) $7,250 15% 3 years
(b) $25,000 8% 1
2 years
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(c) $240 12% 2 years
Answer: (a) $3262.50, $10512.50; (b) $5000, $30,000; (c) $57.60; $297.60
42. Find the principal in the following.
S.I. ($) Time (T) Rate (R) Principal
(P)
(a) 240 2 years 12% p.a.
(b) 448 8 months 8% p.a.

Answer: (a) $1000; (b) $8400

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43. Sandeep borrowed $ 3,000 for 4 years and $ 8,000 for 2 years from Sonia at the same rate of
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interest. The total interest earned by Sonia is $ 2,880. Find the rate of interest.

Answer:9%

44. Beena invested $ 15,000 at 15% p.a. interest from 17 June 2008 to 10 Nov. 2008. Calculate the
interest.

Answer:$900

45. Dipankar invested a sum of money from March 2003 to March 2008 at the rate of 12% p.a. If the
interest received is $ 1620, find the sum.

Answer:$2700

46. What sum of money should be invested for 5 years at 8% p.a. to earn the same interest as
$3,600 at 10% p.a. for 4 years?

Answer:3600

47. If a farmer paid $ 2025 as interest over 3 years at 2% per annum to a moneylender, how much
loan had the farmer taken?

Answer:33,750

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 [Link] of 1200 pupils in a school, 900 are boys and the rest are girls. If 20% if
the boys and 30% of the girls wear spectacles, find:
(a) how many pupils in all wear spectacles?
(b) what percent of the total number of pupils wear spectacles?

Answer: (a)270; (b) 22.5%

49. A sum of $ 1,780 become $ 2,136 in 4 years at simple interest. Find :

(a) the rate of interest.
(b) the sum that will become $810 in 7 years at the same rate of interest ?

Answer: (a) 5%; (b) $600

50.A shopkeeper buys an article for $ 300. He increases its price by 20% and
then gives 10% discount on the new price. Find:
(a) the new price (marked price) of the article.
(b) the discount given by the shopkeeper.
(c) the selling price.
(d) profit percent made by the shopkeeper.

Answer: (a) $360; (b)$36; (c) $324; (d) 8%

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