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On children's day 405 sweets were distributed equally among children in such a way that the number of sweets received by each child is 20% of the total number of children. How many sweets did each child receive?

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The value of a machine depreciates at the rate of 10% per annum. If its present value is Rs. 81000, What was the value of the machine 2 years ago?

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A rectangle having length 100 cm and width 40 cm. If the length of the rectangle is increased by fifty percent then how much percent the breadth should be decreased so as to maintain the same area.

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The present population of a town is 60,000. The population increases annually at 10%. Find the population after 3 years.

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Ashis's height is 25% more than Babji, by how much percent Babji's height is less than Ashis.

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If x % of y is 200 and y % of z is 400, then find a relation between x and z

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In a certain government school, 40% of students are below 10 years of age. The number of students above 10 years of age is 5/6 th of the number of students of 10 years age which is 36. What is the total number of students in the school ?

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In an election between two political leaders 10% of the voters did not cast their vote. 10% of the votes polled were found invalid. The successful political leader got 54% of the valid, votes and won by a majority of 3240 votes. The number of voters enrolled on the voters list was :

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Jagan went to the book shop and bought things worth Rs. 30, out of which 25 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate was 5%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?

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In a competitive examination in state Madhya Pradesh, 4% candidates got selected from the total appeared candidates. State Uttar Pradesh had an equal number of candidates appeared and 9% candidates got selected with 72 more candidates got selected than Madhya Pradesh. what was the number of candidates appeared from each state?

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After spending Rs. 5000 on rent, Rs. 1500 on milk, Rs. 4500 on groceries, Rs.2500 On children’s education Rs. 2000 on petrol and Rs. 2500 on miscellaneous expenses, Mr. Kishore saved 10% of his monthly salary. How much did he save in Rs. ?

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Shanmukham buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After getting the rebate, he pays sales tax at 10%. Find the amount he will have to pay for the goods

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A merchant offers three successive discounts of 10%, 20% and 30% to a customer. If the actual price of the item is Rs. 10000, find the price the customer has to pay to the merchant.

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In a police selections, the weight of Arun is marked as 64 kg instead of 48 kg. Find the percentage of correction required.

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Two numbers are less than third number by 60% and 74% respectively. How much percent is the second number less than by the first ?

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Rakesh's Mathematics test had 75 problems, 10 arithmetic, 30 algebra, 35 geometry problems. Although he answered 70% of arithmetic, 40% of arithmetic and 60% of geometry problems correctly, still he got less than 60% problems right. How many more questions he would have to answer more to get passed ?

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A cricketer scored 132 runs which included 12 boundaries and 2 sixes. What percent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets.

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In expressing a length of 61.472 km as nearly as possible with the three significant digits, find the percentage error ?

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A tester rejects 0.08% of the meters as defective, How many meters he tested to reject 2 meters ?

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When processing flower-nectar into honey bees' extract, a considerable amount of water gets reduced. How much flower-nectar must be processed to yield 1kg of honey, if nectar contains 50% water, and the honey obtained from this nectar contains 15% water?

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35% of ?+90% of 30 = 20% of 170.

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If 20% of 30 is greater than 25% of a number by 2, the number is:

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If number M is 10% less than another number N and N is 10% more than 125, then M is equal to

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In an entrance test, 5% of the applicants were found ineligible and 85% of the eligible candidates belonged to the general category. If 8550 eligible candidates belonged to other categories, then how many candidates applied for the test?

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180 students appeared for a test, of which 162 passed. The pass percentage is

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Krishna's monthly expenditure was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%. How much percent does he loss?

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The price of a furniture is Rs. 3,25,000. It was insured to 85% of its price. The furniture was damaged completely in an incident and the insurance company paid 90% of the insurance. What was the difference between the price of the furniture and the amount received ?

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What percent of a day is five hours?

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Pradeep has to obtain 35% of the total marks to pass. He got 185 marks and failed by 25 marks. The maximum marks are

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How many litres of pure salt are there in 12 litres of a 25% solution?

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If 20% of s = t, then t% of 20 is the same as

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Arun and Varun appeared at an examination. Arun secured 9 marks more than Varun and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks. What are the marks obtained by them

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In a survey, it was found that 70% of the people watched news on TV, 45% read in newspaper, 30% read newspaper and watched TV. What percentage of people neither watched TV nor read newspaper ?

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In a primary school, 10% of students are below 11 years of age. The number of students above 11 years of age is 3/4 of the number of students of 11 years of age which is 36. What is the total number of students in the school?

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The manufacturing cost of a shoe is Rs.180 and the transportation lost is Rs.500 for 100 shoes. What will be the selling price if it is sold at 20% gains

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In a container of vegetables there are 25% potatoes, 40% onions and the rest are tomatoes. If there are 200 kgs vegetables in the container, how many tomatoes are there in the container?

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Sheela deposits Rs. 5000 in bank savings account. If this is 20% of her monthly income. What is her monthly income in?

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The population of a town increases by 10% per annum for two years then decreases by 10% per annum for the next two years, if the population of the town four year ago was 10000, what would it be today?

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A student must secure 50% marks to pass in an examination. He obtains 52 marks and fails by 23 marks. What are the maximum marks of the examination?

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