Percentage

A man spends $80$% of his income in expenditure, with the increase in the cost of living his expenditure increases by $\displaystyle 37\frac{1}{2}$ and his income increases by $\displaystyle 16\frac{2}{3}$, then the present percent saving is

The number of employees working in a farm is increased by $25\%$ and the wages per head are decreased by $25\%$. If it results in $x\%$ decrease in total wages, then the value of $x$ is

A shopkeeper claims to sell his articles at a discount of 10% but marks his articles by increasing the cost of each by 20%. His gain per cent is

Peter could save 10% of his income. But two years later when his income is increased by 20%, he could save the same amount only as before. By how much percent has his expenditure increased?

A person sells a radio at a price of $1000$ at $20\%$ discount to another person. The second person increases its price by $400$ and sells it at $25\%$ discount. What is the percent profit made by the second person?

Ramu marked his bicycle at 800. He sold it without offering any discount. The price at which he bought it was 500. Find his profit percentage.

A shopkeeper buys an article at a rebate of 20% on its marked price and then spends Rs. 300 on its transportation, etc. If he sells the article for Rs. 4,160 (including sales tax at the rate of 4% of the marked price), find the shopkeeper's profit as per cent.

A shopkeeper buys an article for Rs. 2,400 from a wholesaler at 20% rebate on its list price. He marks up the list price of the article bought by 10% and then sells it for Rs. 3,498 including sales tax on the marked-up price. Find (i) the rate of sales tax (ii) the shopkeeper's profit as per cent.

Smith buys an article marked at Rs. $2,200.$ The rate of Sales Tax is $12\%$. He asks the shopkeeper to reduce the price of the article to such an extent that he does not have to pay anything more than Rs. $2,240$ including Sales Tax. Calculate the reduction, as percent, needed in the marked price of the article.

Tarun bought an article for Rs. $8,000$ and spent Rs. $1,000$ for transportation. He marked the article at Rs. $11,700$ and sold it to a customer. If the customer had to pay $10\%$ sales tax, find: (i) the customer's price (ii) Tarun's profit percent

During the eighteenth century, the population of country $X$ increased by $1,000$ percent. During the nineteenth century, the population increased by $500$ percent. Calculate by what percent did the population increase over the two century period.

The number of employees who work at Company $A$ increased by $18\%$ during the year $2003$. During $2004$, the number of employees increased by $26\%$. Calculate the approximate percent of the increase, to the nearest percent, in employment over the two-year period.

Amar drew a square. He then erased it and drew a second square whose sides were $3$ times the sides of the first square. By what percent was the area of the square increased?