Express as Percentage


 
 
Concept Explanation
 

Express as Percentage

Express as Percentage: It means to calculate the value per hundred.

For Example: 

1. Ram had  20 apples and he gave Shyam 12 apples.Then the percentage of apples given will be

  = frac{12}{20} X 100 = 60%

2. Soniya gave 20% of her pocket money for charity. If she had 400 Rs.How much money did she give in charity.

Money given in charity = 20% of 400

large =frac{20}{100} X 400 = 80; Rs.

3. In an election, candidate A got 75% of the total valid votes. If 15% of the total votes were declared invalid and the total numbers of votes is 560000, find the number of valid vote polled in favour of candidate.

Solution:

Total number of invalid votes = 15 % of 560000

                                               =frac{15}{100}; X; 560000

                                               = 84000

Total number of valid votes 560000 – 84000 = 476000

Number of valid vote polled in favour of candidate.= 75 % of 476000

                                                                               =frac{75}{100}; X; 476000

                                                                             = 357000

 
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Question : 1

Express 5gm as a percentage of 25gm

Right Option : A
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Question : 2

In a toy shop there are 500 balls of which 125 are blue, 150 are red and the remaining are yellow.

What percentage of the balls in the shop are yellow?

Right Option : C
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Question : 3

If x% of 3y =45,then y% of 3x is

Right Option : D
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