| Coverage : The GRE Practice Test - Math - Percentage has been designed to test the important concepts related to percentage. The test covers important topics like finding percentage of a number, finding the profit or loss percentage, expressing fraction terms of percentage and vice-versa, computing rate of interest etc. |
| 1. | 28 out of 70 students are absent. What % are present? |
| a. | | 50% |
| b. | | 72% |
| c. | | 60% |
| d. | | 42%
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| 2. | A salesman receives a bonus of 5% on the cars he sells. Also, he earns a monthly salary of $350. What is his monthly income, if he sells a car worth $3000? |
| a. | | 800 |
| b. | | 900 |
| c. | | 600 |
| d. | | 950
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| 3. | What will be 160% of a number whose 200% is 140? |
| a. | | 200 |
| b. | | 160 |
| c. | | 140 |
| d. | | 112
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| 4. | To what % is 0.83 equivalent? |
| a. | | 0.83 |
| b. | | 83 |
| c. | | 8.3 |
| d. | | 830
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| 5. | Percentage
If 30% of a number is added to 42,the result is the number itself. Then what is the number? |
| a. | | 100 |
| b. | | 75 |
| c. | | 60 |
| d. | | 40
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| 6. | If 15% of 40 is greater than 25% of a number by 2,then what is the number? |
| a. | | 20 |
| b. | | 24 |
| c. | | 16 |
| d. | | 32
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| 7. | A number on subtracting 27 from it, reduces to its 70%. What is the number? |
| a. | | 100 |
| b. | | 90 |
| c. | | 70 |
| d. | | 75
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| 8. | If 55% people in an area are men and the number of women is 135, then what is the number
of men? |
| a. | | 300 |
| b. | | 135 |
| c. | | 140 |
| d. | | 165
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| 9. | Shally's salary is 20% less than Tim's. How much is Tim's salary more than Sally's? |
| a. | | 20% |
| b. | | 25% |
| c. | | 80% |
| d. | | 30%
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| 10. | The annual income of a family was $80,000 in 2004 and $88,000 in 2005. What was the %
increase in income? |
| a. | | 5% |
| b. | | 9.09% |
| c. | | 8% |
| d. | | 4%
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| 11. | The price of LPG cylinder increases by 25%. In order to keep the expenses on LPG constant as before, by what percentage should a person cut down his consumption? |
| a. | | 20% |
| b. | | 25% |
| c. | | 75% |
| d. | | 30%
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| 12. | If $10,000 is invested at 6% simple annual interest, how much interest in earned after 9 months? |
| a. | | $540 |
| b. | | $450 |
| c. | | $600 |
| d. | | $500
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| 13. | 120 apples are found rotten. If they are 8% of the total apples. Find the total number of apples. |
| a. | | 1200 |
| b. | | 1800 |
| c. | | 1500 |
| d. | | 1250
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| 14. | Which statement is true:
Column A Column B
(1/3)˛ 11% |
| a. | | The quantity in column A is greater. |
| b. | | The quantity in column B id greater. |
| c. | | Both the quantities are equal. |
| d. | | The relationship cannot be determined.
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| 15. | A discount of 25% brought down the price of a T.V to $7350. What is the original price(in $) of T.V? |
| a. | | 10000 |
| b. | | 9800 |
| c. | | 9500 |
| d. | | 9000
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| 16. | Subtracting 12% of X from X is equivalent to multiplying X by how much? |
| a. | | 0.88 |
| b. | | 8.8 |
| c. | | 0.088 |
| d. | | 88
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| 17. | Two numbers are less than a third number by 20% and 40% respectively. How much percent is the second number less than the first number? |
| a. | | 20% |
| b. | | 25% |
| c. | | 30% |
| d. | | 35%
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| 18. | Which statement is true:
Column A Column B
(1/3) / (5/9) 62 ˝ % |
| a. | | The quantity in column A is greater. |
| b. | | The quantity in column B is greater. |
| c. | | The two quantities are equal. |
| d. | | The relationship cannot be determined.
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| 19. | The income of Ali is $1200, from which he saves $108. What % does he save? |
| a. | | 8% |
| b. | | 9% |
| c. | | 10% |
| d. | | 10.8%
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| 20. | Anita travelled 32% of a journey by bus and the rest of the journey by train. If the bus covered 96 miles, find the distance covered by thetrain. |
| a. | | 200 |
| b. | | 202 |
| c. | | 220 |
| d. | | 204
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| 21. | 30% of 120 is 24% of ______. |
| a. | | 130 |
| b. | | 150 |
| c. | | 180 |
| d. | | 160
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| 22. | Mr.X had 3 children A, B, and C. A's age was 20% more than C but 10% less than B. If X was thrice as old as C at 45 years, what is B's age (in years)? |
| a. | | 22 |
| b. | | 16 |
| c. | | 18 |
| d. | | 20
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| 23. | Lilly spends 20% of her income on clothes and 30% of the remaining on her food. What % does she save? |
| a. | | 50% |
| b. | | 60% |
| c. | | 56% |
| d. | | 66%
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| 24. | In an examination, 600 boys and 800 girls appeared. 40% of boys and 70% of girls passed the examination.What is the percentage of the candidates who failed? |
| a. | | 40 |
| b. | | 42.3 |
| c. | | 42.5 |
| d. | | 42.9
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| 25. | 80% of the people knows English, 70% of them knows French, 60% knows both the languages and 37 people knows none of the two languages.What is the total number of people? |
| a. | | 370 |
| b. | | 400 |
| c. | | 420 |
| d. | | 475
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| 26. | There are 800 people in an area. Each like tea, coffee, or both. If 40% likes tea and 65% like coffee then how many like both? |
| a. | | 35 |
| b. | | 40 |
| c. | | 45 |
| d. | | 50
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| 27. | What will be the % change in the volume of a tube, if the height of the tube decreases by 5% and the diameter increases by 5% ? |
| a. | | 3.7575% increase |
| b. | | 3.7575% decrease |
| c. | | Remains Unchanged |
| d. | | 4.7375% increase
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| 28. | If X's salary is 4 times more than that of Y, then how much is Y's salary in terms of X. |
| a. | | 30% |
| b. | | 40% |
| c. | | 25% |
| d. | | 20%
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| 29. | A shopkeeper first incresed the price of an item by 30% and then reduced the new price by 30% to get the final selling price. What percent of the original price is the final selling price? |
| a. | | 60% |
| b. | | 30% |
| c. | | 91% |
| d. | | 40.5%
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| 30. | What percent of 3Kg is 9gm? |
| a. | | 0.5% |
| b. | | 0.3% |
| c. | | 0.7% |
| d. | | 0.47%
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| 31. | A number increased by 10% gives 55. What is the number? |
| a. | | 65 |
| b. | | 60 |
| c. | | 50 |
| d. | | 80
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| 32. | The price of tea is increased by 20%. If the expenditure is not allowed to be increased, then the ratio between the reduction in consumption and the original consumption is: |
| a. | | 1:4 |
| b. | | 1:8 |
| c. | | 1:6 |
| d. | | 1:9
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| 33. | Which statement is true:
Column A Column B
30% of 80 32% of 75 |
| a. | | The quantity in column A is greater. |
| b. | | The quantity in column B is greater. |
| c. | | Both quantities are equal. |
| d. | | The relationship cannot be determined.
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| 34. | Rita spends 28% of her earnings in paying taxes, while 70% of the remaining is spent on her living expenses. If she has left with $7560, what was her income (in $)? |
| a. | | 48000 |
| b. | | 45000 |
| c. | | 42000 |
| d. | | 35000
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| 35. | Pam gave her friend 1/3 of her toys and lost 1/6 of her toys. What % of toys is she left with? |
| a. | | 50% |
| b. | | 50.45% |
| c. | | 51% |
| d. | | 62.5%
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| 36. | Mr.Lal deposited a sum of $1000, and it produced $728 by compound rate of 10% per annum. Find the time period for which he deposited the money. |
| a. | | 5yrs |
| b. | | 4yrs |
| c. | | 3yrs |
| d. | | 2˝yrs
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| 37. | A person borrowed $2000 at 8% per annum and the interest charged to him was $20. Find the time period for which he borrowed the money. |
| a. | | 40.56 days |
| b. | | 50 days |
| c. | | 45.625 days |
| d. | | 55.735 days
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| 38. | What amount would 'X' get if he has deposited $2000 at 6% per annum for the time period of 2 years by compound interest? |
| a. | | $2200 |
| b. | | $2247.2 |
| c. | | $2325. 20 |
| d. | | $2300.5
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| 39. | The amount of $676 for 2 years at certain compound rate of interest becomes $900. Find the rate of interest per annum. |
| a. | | 7.69% |
| b. | | 15.3% |
| c. | | 7% |
| d. | | 8.69%
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| 40. | Find the sum on which the compound interest for 2 years at 5% per annum becomes $102? |
| a. | | App.$ 995 |
| b. | | App.$1000 |
| c. | | App.$1200 |
| d. | | App.$1095
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| 41. | Alice got a 120% hike in her salary and is now earning $330 a week. What was her weekly salary before the hike? |
| a. | | $120 |
| b. | | $112 |
| c. | | $250 |
| d. | | $150
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| 42. | If the price of sugar is increased by 12%. Find the percentage of consumption a householder should reduce so that the expenditure of sugar is not increased? |
| a. | | 25% |
| b. | | 20% |
| c. | | 105/7% |
| d. | | 10%
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| 43. | A number which when decreased by 25% gives 105,what is the number? |
| a. | | 170 |
| b. | | 150 |
| c. | | 140 |
| d. | | 130
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| 44. | The population of a city increases at a rate of 5% annually. Its present population is 27,783. What was its population two years back? |
| a. | | 25200 |
| b. | | 25700 |
| c. | | 26750 |
| d. | | 29000
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| 45. | In a school,classes 7th and 10th have 50 and 60 students with passed percentages of 80% and 70% respectively.What is the total passed percentages of these two classes? |
| a. | | 72.5 |
| b. | | 74.5 |
| c. | | 70 |
| d. | | 72
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| 46. | If 55% of the people in an area are men and the number of women is 135, then what is the number of men? |
| a. | | 300 |
| b. | | 135 |
| c. | | 140 |
| d. | | 165
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| 47. | 6% of (20% of $1000) is: |
| a. | | $18 |
| b. | | $22 |
| c. | | $12 |
| d. | | $15
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| 48. | XYZ bank lends $1000 and collects $1200 at the end of six months. The rate of interest per annum is: |
| a. | | 40% |
| b. | | 50% |
| c. | | 41% |
| d. | | 40˝%
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| 49. | Whixh statement is true:
Column A Column B
23% 2/5 |
| a. | | The quantity in column A is greater. |
| b. | | The quantity in column B is greater. |
| c. | | Both the quantities are equal. |
| d. | | Relationship cannot be determined.
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