Arithmetic
Practice Arithmetic MCQs from the Mathematics syllabus.
A reduction of 20% in the price of sugar enables a housewife to buy 5 kg more for Rs. 600. Find the original price per kg.
A container contains 80 liters of milk. From this, 8 liters of milk was taken out and replaced by water. This process was repeated further two times. How much milk is now contained by the container?
In an examination, 35% of the total students failed in Hindi, 45% failed in English and 20% in both. Find the percentage of those who passed in both subjects.
The population of a town is 1,76,400. If it increases at the rate of 5% per annum, what will be its population 2 years ago?
A man's salary was reduced by 50%. Again the reduced salary was increased by 50%. Find his loss in percentage.
Two numbers are in the ratio 2:3. If 20% of the smaller number added to 20 is equal to the sum of 10% of the larger number and 25, then the smaller number is:
If the price of sugar is increased by 7%, then by how much percent a housewife should reduce her consumption so as not to increase her expenditure? (Approx)
40% of the people read newspaper A, 50% read newspaper B and 10% read both. What percentage of people read neither newspaper?
A salesman's commission is 5% on all sales up to Rs. 10,000 and 4% on all sales exceeding this. He remits Rs. 31,100 to his parent company after deducting his commission. Find the total sales.
If the side of a cube is increased by 10%, find the percentage increase in its volume.
A number x is 20% less than y and y is 10% more than 100. What is x?
If 37.5% of a number is 900, then 62.5% of the number is:
If A's income is 10% more than B's and B's income is 20% less than C's, what is the ratio of A's income to C's income?
The price of sugar is increased by 20%. If a person wants to keep his expenditure the same, he should reduce his consumption by:
A person saves 20% of his income. If his income increases by 20% and he still saves the same amount of money, find the percentage increase in his expenditure.
In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The number of students above 8 years of age is 2/3 of the number of students of 8 years age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?
A reduction of 21% in the price of an item enables a person to buy 3 kg more for Rs. 100. The reduced price of the item per kg is:
If 10% of x is the same as 20% of y, then x : y is equal to:
The length of a rectangle is increased by 60%. By what percent should the width be decreased so as to maintain the same area?