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Percentage Questions with Answers

Converting between fractions, decimals and percentages, and the successive-change traps built on them. This page pools every percentage question on the site (236 of them, from 51 exams, weighted towards Banking, Management, SSC) so you can drill the topic on its own instead of meeting four of them inside a full paper.

11% of the pool is graded hard on this site’s own scale and 33% easy, which is gentler than the average topic in this section.

Questions
236
Practice set
25 in 25 min
Difficulty
77/132/27
Negative marking
None
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Percentage questions with solutions

6 from the 236-question pool, worked in full.

  1. 1. A trader bought an article for 4,500 naira and sold it for 5,400 naira. Find the percentage profit.

    • A. 16.7%
    • B. 18%
    • C. 20% ✓
    • D. 25%

    Solution. Profit is 5,400 - 4,500 = 900 naira. Percentage profit is (900 / 4,500) x 100 = 20%.

  2. 2. If 30% of a number is 90, what is 55% of that number?

    • A. 150
    • B. 155
    • C. 160
    • D. 165 ✓

    Solution. The number = 90 / 0.30 = 300. 55% of 300 = 165.

  3. 3. In an examination, a student needs 40% marks to pass. A candidate scored 250 marks and failed by 30 marks. Find the maximum marks of the exam.

    • A. 650
    • B. 675
    • C. 725
    • D. 700 ✓

    Solution. Passing marks = 250 + 30 = 280. This is 40% of the maximum marks. Maximum marks = 280/0.40 = 700.

  4. 4. The area under irrigation in a district increased from 7,500 hectares to 9,750 hectares over four years. Find the percentage increase.

    • A. 30% ✓
    • B. 32%
    • C. 28%
    • D. 25%

    Solution. Percentage increase = ((9,750 − 7,500)/7,500) × 100 = (2,250/7,500) × 100 = 30%.

  5. 5. What is 35% of 840?

    • A. 294 ✓
    • B. 284
    • C. 304
    • D. 314

    Solution. 35% of 840 = 35/100 x 840 = 294.

  6. 6. A's salary is 60% more than B's salary. By what percentage is B's salary less than A's?

    • A. 60%
    • B. 37.5% ✓
    • C. 40%
    • D. 35%

    Solution. If B = 100, A = 160. B is less than A by 60/160 = 37.5%.

Exams that set Percentage

12 categories, led by Banking, Management, SSC.

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Percentage: frequently asked questions

How many percentage questions are there?

236, from the 51 exams here whose syllabus sets the topic. 33% are graded easy and 11% hard, which makes percentage one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

Which exams ask percentage questions?

51 of the exams on this site, weighted towards Banking (13), Management (13), SSC (6). Every question in this pool comes from one of their own mock tests, so the list below is the honest answer to whether the topic is worth your time.

Is percentage hard?

11% of these 236 questions are graded hard and 33% easy, making it one of the more tractable topics in this section, against a 17% average.

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