Percentage

In a town, the population of males decreased by $25\%$ from $2001$ to $2002$. The population of females increased by $20\%$ in this period. If females formed $44\dfrac{4}{9}\%$ of the population in $2002$, what percentage of the population in $2001$ were males?

The population of a certain town increases by $50$ percent every $50$ years. If the population in $1950$ was $810$, in what year was the population $160$?

If the price of milk falls down by $20\%$. By how much percent must a householder increase its consumption, so as not to decrease his expenditure on this item?

A district has $64000$ inhabitants. If the population increases the rate of $2\cfrac{1}{2}$% per annum, the number of inhabitants at the end of $3$ years will be:

A trader bought a car at 5% discount on its original price.He sold it at 10% increase on the price he bought it.What percentage of profit did he make on the original price?

Three candidates contested an election and received $1136,7636,11628$ votes respectively. what percentage of the total votes did the winning candidate get?

Sanjay purchased a chair marked at $Rs.\,800$ at $2$ successive discount of $10\% $ and $15\% $ respectively. He spent $Rs.\,25$ on transportation and sold the chair for $Rs.\,800$. How much is his gain percentage ?

The price of an article is first increased by $20\%$ and later on decreased by $25\%$ due to reduction in sales. Find the net percentage change in final price of the article.

The price of an item decreased by $20\%$ to $ $200$. Then later the price decreased again from $ $200$ to $ $150$. What is the percent of decrease from the original price to the final price of $ $150$?

If tax on commodity is decreased by $15\%$ and its consumption increases by $10\%$, then the percentage decrease in the revenue is:

A shopkeeper marks his goods $20$ $\%$ higher-than the cost price and allows a discount of $5$ $\%$. What is the percentage of his profit?

Eight people are planning to share equally the cost of a rental car. If one person withdraws from the arrangement and the others share equally the entire cost of the car, then by how much percentage is the share of each of the remaining persons is increased in terms of original share?