TVIS VELAMMAL VIDYALAYA, PONNERI

CLASS: VIII WORKSHEET SUB:MATHS

COMPARING QUANTITIES

1.A and B together have Rs.1210. If of A's amount is equal to of B's

amount,
how much amount does B have?
a)Rs. 460 b)Rs. 484 c)Rs. 550 d)Rs. 664
2.Two numbers are respectively 20% and 50% more than a third number.
The
ratio of the two numbers is:
a)2 : 5 b)3 : 5 c)4 : 5 d)6 : 7
3.A sum of money is to be distributed among A, B, C, D in the proportion of
5 : 2 : 4 : 3. If C gets Rs. 1000 more than D, what is B's share?
a)Rs. 500 b)Rs. 1500 c)Rs. 2000 d)None of these
4.Seats for Mathematics, Physics and Biology in a school are in the ratio
5 : 7 : 8. There is a proposal to increase these seats by 40%, 50% and
75%
respectively. What will be the ratio of increased seats?
a)2 : 3 : 4 b)6 : 7 : 8 c)6 : 8 : 9 d)None of these
5. In a mixture 60 litres, the ratio of milk and water 2 : 1. If this ratio is to
be
1 : 2, then the quantity of water to be further added is:
a)20 litres b)30 litres c)40 litres d)60 litres
6.The ratio of the number of boys and girls in a college is 7 : 8. If the
percentage increase in the number of boys and girls be 20% and 10%
respectively, what will be the new ratio?
a)8 : 9 b)17 : 18 c)21 : 22 d)Cannot be determined
7. Salaries of Ravi and Sumit are in the ratio 2 : 3. If the salary of each is
increased by Rs. 4000, the new ratio becomes 40 : 57. What is Sumit's
salary?
a)Rs. 17,000 b)Rs. 20,000 c)Rs. 25,500 d)Rs. 38,000
8. If 0.75 : x :: 5 : 8, then x is equal to:
a)1.12 b)1.2 c)1.25 d)1.30
9. The sum of three numbers is 98. If the ratio of the first to second is 2 :3
and that of the second to the third is 5 : 8, then the second number is:
a)20 b)30 c)48 d)58
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10. If Rs. 782 be divided into three parts, proportional to 2 : 3 : 4 , then the
first part is:
a)Rs. 182 b)Rs. 190 c)Rs. 196 d)Rs. 204
11.The salaries A, B, C are in the ratio 2 : 3 : 5. If the increments of 15%,
 10% and 20% are allowed respectively in their salaries, then what will be
new ratio of their salaries?
a)3 : 3 : 10 b)10 : 11 : 20
c)23 : 33 : 60 d)Cannot be determined
12. If 40% of a number is equal to two-third of another number, what is the
ratio of first number to the second number?
a)2 : 5 b)3 : 7 c)5 : 3 d)7 : 3
13. The fourth proportional to 5, 8, 15 is:
a)18 b)24 c)19 d)20
14. Two number are in the ratio 3 : 5. If 9 is subtracted from each, the new
numbers are in the ratio 12 : 23. The smaller number is:
a)27 b)33 c)49 d)55
15. In a bag, there are coins of 25 p, 10 p and 5 p in the ratio of 1 : 2 : 3. If
there is Rs. 30 in all, how many 5 p coins are there?
a)50 b)100 c)150 d)200
16.A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes.
What percent of his total score did he make by running between the
wickets?
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a)45% b)45 11 % c).54 11 % d)55%
17. Two students appeared at an examination. One of them secured 9
marks
more than the other and his marks was 56% of the sum of their marks.
The marks obtained by them are:
a)39, 30 b)41, 32 c)42, 33 d)43, 34
18.A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420
apples. Originally, he had:
a)588 apples b)600 apples c)672 apples d)700 apples
19. What percentage of numbers from 1 to 70 have 1 or 9 in the unit's
digit?
a)1 b)14 c)20 d)21
20. If A = x% of y and B = y% of x, then which of the following is true?
a)A is smaller than B. b)A is greater than B
c)Relationship between A and B cannot be determined.
D)None of these
21. f 20% of a = b, then b% of 20 is the same as:
a)4% of a b)5% of a c)20% of a d)None of these
22.In a certain school, 20% of students are below 8 years of age. The
number
of students above 8 years of age is of the number of students of 8 years
of
 age which is 48. What is the total number of students in the school?
a)72 b)80 c)120 d)100
23.Two numbers A and B are such that the sum of 5% of A and 4% of B is
two-third of the sum of 6% of A and 8% of B. Find the ratio of A : B.
a)2 : 3 b)1 : 1 c)3 : 4 d)4 : 3
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24. A student multiplied a number by 5 instead of 3 .
What is the percentage error in the calculation?
a)34% b)44% c)54% d)64%
25. In an election between two candidates, one got 55% of the total valid
votes, 20% of the votes were invalid. If the total number of votes was
7500,
the number of valid votes that the other candidate got, was:
a)2700 b)2900 c)3000 d)3100
26.Three candidates contested an election and received 1136, 7636 and
11628 votes respectively. What percentage of the total votes did the
winning
candidate get?
a)57% b)60% c)65% d)90%
26. Two tailors X and Y are paid a total of Rs. 550 per week by their
employer.
If X is paid 120 percent of the sum paid to Y, how much is Y paid per
week?
a)Rs. 200 b)Rs. 250 c)Rs. 300 d)None of these
28. Gauri went to the stationers and bought things worth Rs. 25, out of
which 30 paise went on sales tax on taxable purchases. If the tax rate
was
6%, then what was the cost of the tax free items?
a)Rs. 15 b)Rs. 15.70 c)Rs. 19.70 d)Rs. 20
29. Rajeev buys good worth Rs. 6650. He gets a rebate of 6% on it. After
getting the rebate, he pays sales tax @ 10%. Find the amount he will have
to pay for the goods.
a)Rs. 6876.10 b)Rs. 6999.20 c)Rs. 6654 d)Rs. 7000
30. The population of a town increased from 1,75,000 to 2,62,500 in a
decade. The average percent increase of population per year is:
a)4.37% b)5% c)6% d)8.75%
31.Alfred buys an old scooter for Rs. 4700 and spends Rs. 800 on its
repairs.
If he sells the scooter for Rs. 5800, his gain percent is:
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a)4 7 % b)5 11 % c)10% d)12%
32.The cost price of 20 articles is the same as the selling price of x articles.
If
the profit is 25%, then the value of x is:
a)15 b)16 c)18 d)25
33. If selling price is doubled, the profit triples. Find the profit percent.
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a)66 3
b)100 c)105 3 d)120
34. In a certain store, the profit is 320% of the cost. If the cost increases by
25% but the selling price remains constant, approximately what
percentage
of the selling price is the profit?
a)30% b)70% c)100% d)250%
35. A vendor bought toffees at 6 for a rupee. How many for a rupee must
he
sell to gain 20%?
a)3 b)4 c)5 d)6
36.The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1920 is equal
to
the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1280. At
what price should the article be sold to make 25% profit?
a)Rs. 2000 b)Rs. 2200 c)Rs. 2400 d)Data inadequate
37. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week, his
sale was of Rs. 392, what was his profit?
a)Rs. 18.20 b)Rs. 70 c)Rs. 72 d)Rs. 88.25
38. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is
the
selling price of the cycle?
a)Rs. 1090 b)Rs. 1160 c)Rs. 1190 d)Rs. 1202
39. Sam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He
sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was his percentage
profit?
a)3.5 b)4.5 c)5.6 d)6.5
40. Some articles were bought at 6 articles for Rs. 5 and sold at 5 articles
for
Rs. 6. Gain percent is:
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a)30% b)33 3 % c)35% d)44%
41.On selling 17 balls at Rs. 720, there is a loss equal to the cost price of 5
balls. The cost price of a ball is:
a)Rs. 45 b)Rs. 50 c)Rs. 55 d)Rs. 60
42. When a plot is sold for Rs. 18,700, the owner loses 15%. At what price
must that plot be sold in order to gain 15%?
 a)Rs. 21,000 b)Rs. 22,500 c)Rs. 25,300 d)Rs. 25,800
43. 100 oranges are bought at the rate of Rs. 350 and sold at the rate of
Rs.48 per dozen. The percentage of profit or loss is:
2 2
a)14 7 % gain b)15% gain c)14 7 % loss d)15 % loss
44. A shopkeeper sells one transistor for Rs. 840 at a gain of 20% and
another for Rs. 960 at a loss of 4%. His total gain or loss percent is:

15 5 2
a)5 17 % loss b)5 17 % gain c)6 3 % gain d)None of
these
45. A trader mixes 26 kg of rice at Rs. 20 per kg with 30 kg of rice of other
variety at Rs. 36 per kg and sells the mixture at Rs. 30 per kg. His profit
percent is:
a)No profit, no loss b)5% c)8% d)10%
e)None of these.
46.A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to
Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is:
a)Rs. 650 b)Rs. 690 c)Rs. 698 d)Rs. 700
47. Mr. Thomas invested an amount of Rs. 13,900 divided in two different
schemes A and B at the simple interest rate of 14% p.a. and 11% p.a.
respectively. If the total amount of simple interest earned in 2 years be
Rs. 3508, what was the amount invested in Scheme B?
a)Rs. 6400 b)Rs. 6500 c)Rs. 7200 d)Rs. 7500
e)None of these
48.A sum fetched a total simple interest of Rs. 4016.25 at the rate of 9
p.c.p.a. in 5 years. What is the sum?
a)Rs. 4462.50 b)Rs. 8032.50 c)Rs. 8900 d)Rs. 8925
e)None of these
49.How much time will it take for an amount of Rs. 450 to yield Rs. 81 as
interest at 4.5% per annum of simple interest?
a)3.5 years b)4 years c)4.5 years d)5 years
50. Reena took a loan of Rs. 1200 with simple interest for as many years as
the rate of interest. If she paid Rs. 432 as interest at the end of the loan
period, what was the rate of interest?
a)3.6 b)6 c)18
d)Cannot be determined e)None of these
51.A sum of Rs. 12,500 amounts to Rs. 15,500 in 4 years at the rate of
simple interest. What is the rate of interest?
a)3% b)4% c)5% d)6% e)None
of these
52. An automobile financier claims to be lending money at simple interest,
but he includes the interest every six months for calculating the principal.
If he is charging an interest of 10%, the effective rate of interest becomes:
a)10% b)10.25% c)10.5% d)None of these
53.A lent Rs. 5000 to B for 2 years and Rs. 3000 to C for 4 years on simple
interest at the same rate of interest and received Rs. 2200 in all from both
of them as interest. The rate of interest per annum is:
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a)5% b)7% c)7 8 d)10%

54.A sum of Rs. 725 is lent in the beginning of a year at a certain rate of
interest. After 8 months, a sum of Rs. 362.50 more is lent but at the rate
twice the former. At the end of the year, Rs. 33.50 is earned as interest
from
both the loans. What was the original rate of interest?
a)3.6% b)4.5% c)5% d)None of these
55.A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest.
After
3 years he had to pay Rs. 5400 interest only for the period. The principal
amount borrowed by him was:
a)Rs. 2000 b)Rs. 10,000 c)Rs. 15,000 d)Rs. 20,000
56.A sum of money amounts to Rs. 9800 after 5 years and Rs. 12005 after
8
years at the same rate of simple interest. The rate of interest per annum
is:
a)5% b)8% c)12% d)15%
57. What will be the ratio of simple interest earned by certain amount at
the
same rate of interest for 6 years and that for 9 years?
a)1 : 3 b)1 : 4 c)2 : 3
d)Data inadequate e)None of these
58. A certain amount earns simple interest of Rs. 1750 after 7 years. Had
the
interest been 2% more, how much more interest would it have earned?
a)Rs. 35 b)Rs. 245 c)Rs. 350
d)Cannot be determined e)None of these
59. A person borrows Rs. 5000 for 2 years at 4% p.a. simple interest. He
immediately lends it to another person at 6% p.a for 2 years. Find his
gain
in the transaction per year.
a)Rs. 112.50 b)Rs. 125 c)Rs. 225 d)Rs. 167.50
60.A bank offers 5% compound interest calculated on half-yearly basis. A
customer deposits Rs. 1600 each on 1st January and 1st July of a year. At
 the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest
is:
a)Rs. 120 b)Rs. 121 c)Rs. 122 d)Rs. 123
61.The difference between simple and compound interests compounded
annually on a certain sum of money for 2 years at 4% per annum is Re. 1.
The sum (in Rs.) is:
a)625 b)630 c)640 d)650
62.There is 60% increase in an amount in 6 years at simple interest. What
will be the compound interest of Rs. 12,000 after 3 years at the same
rate?
a)Rs. 2160 b)Rs. 3120 c)Rs. 3972
d)Rs. 6240 e).None of these
63.What is the difference between the compound interests on Rs. 5000 for
1 years at 4% per annum compounded yearly and half-yearly?
a)Rs. 2.04 b)Rs. 3.06 c)Rs. 4.80 d)Rs. 8.30
64.The compound interest on Rs. 30,000 at 7% per annum is Rs. 4347. The
period (in years) is:
1
a)2 b)2 2 c)3 d)4
65.What will be the compound interest on a sum of Rs. 25,000 after 3 years
at the rate of 12 p.c.p.a.?
a)Rs. 9000.30 b)Rs. 9720 c)Rs. 10123.20
d)Rs. 10483.20 e)None of these
66.At what rate of compound interest per annum will a sum of Rs. 1200
become Rs. 1348.32 in 2 years?
a)6% b)6.5% c)7% d)7.5%
67. The least number of complete years in which a sum of money put out at
20% compound interest will be more than doubled is:
a)3 b)4 c)5 d)6
68.Albert invested an amount of Rs. 8000 in a fixed deposit scheme for
2 years at compound interest rate 5 p.c.p.a. How much amount will Albert
get on maturity of the fixed deposit?
a)Rs. 8600 b)Rs. 8620 c)Rs. 8820 d)None of these
69.The effective annual rate of interest corresponding to a nominal rate of
6%
per annum payable half-yearly is:
a)6.06% b)6.07% c)6.08% d)6.09%
70.Simple interest on a certain sum of money for 3 years at 8% per annum
is
half the compound interest on Rs. 4000 for 2 years at 10% per annum.
The
 sum placed on simple interest is:
a)Rs. 1550 b)Rs. 1650 c)Rs. 1750 d)Rs. 2000
71.If the simple interest on a sum of money for 2 years at 5% per annum is
Rs. 50, what is the compound interest on the same at the same rate and
for the same time?
a)Rs. 51.25 b)Rs. 52 c)Rs. 54.25 d)Rs. 60
72.The difference between simple interest and compound on Rs. 1200 for
one
year at 10% per annum reckoned half-yearly is:
a)Rs. 2.50 b)Rs. 3 c)Rs. 3.75
d)Rs. 4 e)None of these
73.The difference between compound interest and simple interest on an
amount of Rs. 15,000 for 2 years is Rs. 96. What is the rate of interest per
annum?
a)8 b)10 c)12
d)Cannot be determined e)None of these
74. The compound interest on a certain sum for 2 years at 10% per annum
is
Rs. 525. The simple interest on the same sum for double the time at half
the rate percent per annum is:
a)Rs. 400 b)Rs. 500 c)Rs. 600 d)Rs. 800

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