Comparing Quantities: Ex: 3

Answer the following:

1) Divide 15000 tons of rice among Odisha, west Bengal and Bihar in the ratio of 4
: 5 : 6 . ________________
2) Divide ₹. 2500 between Julie and Viola in the ration 2 : 3. _________
3) Ratio of the boys and girls in a school is 3 : 5. If there are 120 boys in the school,
then find out the girls strength. ___________
4) Find 15% of 250. ______
5) Find 1% of 1 hour. (Express in seconds) __________
6) Find 20% of ₹ 2500. __________
7) Find 75% of 1 kg. (Express in grams) ____________
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8) Find 16 % of 1 day in hours. ____________
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9) Find 20% of 1 hour in minutes. ________
10) Find 25% of 1 hour in minutes. __________
11) Find the whole quantity if 5% of it is 600. ________
12) Find the whole quantity if 12% of it is ₹ 1080._______
13) Find x if 40% of x is 500km. ________
14) Find the whole quantity if 70% of it is 14 minutes. ________
15) Find x if 8% of x is 40 litres. __________
16) In a city, 30% of the public are females, 40% of them are males, and the
remaining are children. What percent of them are children? _______
17) If the ratio of the number of boys and girls in a class is 3:2, what is the
percentage of girls in the class? _________
18) If the ratio of the number of boys and girls in a class is 7:5, what is the
percentage of girls in the class? __________

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19) If the ratio of the number of boys and girls in a class is 6:4, what is the
percentage of boys in the class? __________
20) Find the whole quantity if 25% of it is 9. _______
21) Find the whole quantity if 75% of it is 15. _________
22) Find the whole quantity if 15% of it is 105. _________
23) Find the whole quantity if 15% of it is 300. __________
24) Find the whole quantity if 12% of it is Rs. 960. _________
25) Find the whole quantity if 12% of it is 48 litres.__________
26) Find the whole quantity if 90 % of it is 500 km. _________
27) Find the whole quantity if 40 % of it is 500 km. _________
28) Out of 15,000 voters in a constituency, 60% of people voted. Find the
percentage of voters who didn’t vote. Now find out how many of them
actually did not vote. ___________
29) Meera saves ₹ 4000 from her salary. Suppose this is 10% of her salary. Then
what is her total salary? __________
30) A local cricket team played around 20 matches in one season. They won 25% of
the matches. Hence how many matches did they win? ________
31) When a number is reduced by 5, it becomes 75% of itself. Find the number.
____________
32) A cake is made-up of 100g sugar, 400g eggs, 300g flour and 100g dry fruits.
What percent of sugar is present in the cake? ________
33) The number 175 is 35% of another number. Find that another number.
__________
34) When a number is reduced by 5, it becomes 80% of itself. Find the number.
________
35) Vipin divided Rs. 100000 among his four sons Saurav, Rohit, Rahul and Rohan
such that Saurav got 6 parts. Rohit got 4 parts. Rahul got 6 parts and Rohan got
4 parts. What percentage of the total amount did Rahul get? ________

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36) Divide Rs. 3500 between Pradeep and Prakash in the ratio 3 : 4. How much
money both will get? ___________
37) Find the value of 15% of Rs. 80. _____________
38) In a school of 200 students, 45% students are boys. How many girls are present
in the school? ___________
39) 25% of a number is 75, then find the number. ____________
40) Ram got 420 out of 700 marks. What is the percentage of mark he got?
___________
41) There are 36 boys and 24 girls in a class. Find the percentage of boys and girls
in the class.
a) 40% and 60% b) 70% and 30% c) 50% and 40% d) 60% and 40%
42) A shop has 600 chocolates, out of which 240 chocolates were sold. What
percentage of chocolates remained in the shop? __________
43) A gold ornament is having 7 parts of silver and 33 parts of gold. Find the
percentage of gold in the ornament? ___________
44) What percent is 16 hours of 4 days? ______________
45) 60 paise is _____ percentage of 5 rupees.
46) 75% of 4 kg = _____ grams.
47) 0.6% of 2 litres = _____ ml.
48) Out of 25000 voters in a town 75% voted. Find the number of voters who did
not vote?
49) The ratio of Julie's income to her saving is 8 : 2. The percentage of money saved
by her is _____.
50) Every month, a lady spends 72% of her income and saves Rs. 5600. What is her
monthly income? _________
51) If 25% of a number is added to 45 then the result will be the number itself, then
what is the number? _________
52) 250 cm is 4% of 6250 cm. (yes/no)
53) 70% of 750 ml is equal to 525 ml. (yes/no)

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54) Convert 3 : 1 to percentage. _____________
55) Convert 2 : 3 : 5 into percentage. ___________
56) Convert 1 : 4 to percentage. _____________
57) Convert 1 : 2 : 5 to percentage. _____________
58) Chalk contains calcium, carbon, and oxygen in the ratio of 10:3:12. Find the
total percentage of carbon in chalk. ___________
59) In a class of 50 children, 40% are girls. How many boys are there? _________
60) Pradeep got 85% marks out of 900. How many marks did he lose? _______
61) A school has 300 boys and 250 girls. What is the percentage of girls in the
school? ________
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62) If 50 is 16 % of a number, then what is the number? ___________
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63) Money spent on the repairs of a car was 5% of it's value. If the repair cost is Rs.
7500, then find the cost of the car. __________
64) Mr. John bought a house for Rs. 7500000. He paid 25% cash and the rest
amount will be paid in 12 equal monthly installments. How much will he pay
each month? _____________
65) If 25% of the staffs in a school are females and the number of male staffs is 225,
then find the total number of staff in the school. ___________
66) In a inter school test 98% student passed and 60 students failed. How many
students appeared for the test? _________
67) If 15% of an amount is Rs.690 then find 66% of the amount. _______
68) 10 metres are 10% of 1 km. (yes/no)
69) 8 minutes are 15% of 1 hour. (yes/no)
70) A man spends 88% of his annual income. If he saves Rs.4800 every month find
his annual income. ___________
71) In an election out of 60000 eligible voters 38000 cast their votes. What was the
percentage of people not casting their votes? _________
72) Rashmi obtains 480 marks out of 600. Rajan obtains 560 marks out of 700.
Whose performance is better? __________

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73) 150% of a number is 900. What is the number? __________
74) During a cricket match, 4800 people showed their spirit by wearing home
team's colour. If 12000 people attended the game, what percent of crowd wear
the same colour? ______
75) In a school 720 are boys and 40% are girls, then the number of girls is
__________.
76) Mr Prateek has a total of Rs. 15000. He spends 35% of his money on his child's
education and save the rest. He save Rs. 9750. (yes/no)
77) If 25% of the journey is 800km, the total distance of the journey is 3000km.
(yes/no)
78) Gayatri’s income is ₹1,60,000 per year. She pays 15% of this as house rent and
10% of the remainder on her child’s education. The money left with her is
__________.

Applications of Percentage
Formulae:
Increase in Value
 Increase Percentage = [ x 100 ]%
Original Value
Decrease in Value
 Decrease Percentage = [ x 100 ]%
Original Value

 Profit = Selling Price − Cost Price

 Loss = Cost Price − Selling Price
Profit
 Profit percent = x 100
Cost Price
Loss
 Loss Percent = x 100
Cost Price
Profit% x Cost Price
 Profit =
100
Loss% x Cost Price
 Loss =
100

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 Selling Price = Cost Price + Profit (for profit)
 Selling Price = Cost Price – Loss (for loss)
 Cost Price = Selling Price + Loss
 Cost Price = Selling Price – Profit
(P × R × T)
 Simple Interest =
100
(Interest x 100)
 Principal (P) =
RXT
(Interest x 100)
 Rate of Interest (R) =
PXT
(Interest x 100)
 Time Period (T) =
PXR

 Amount = Principal + Interest

 When we have to find the cost price of any item, we start with the assumption of
CP as Rs. 100.

Answer the following – I:

1) Express 25 as a percentage of 75.

2) Express 500 grams as percentage of 2.5 kg.
3) A cycle was costing Rs. 4500 last year, but this year it is costing Rs. 5000. Find
the percentage increase in the price. ___________
4) Price of orange per kilogram is Rs. 60 last year. This year orange price is Rs. 50
per kilogram. Find the percentage decrease in price. _______
5) Population of a country is 750000. It is forecasted that the population of the
country will rise by 6% after 10 years. What will be the population of country
after 10 years? ___________
6) If a number is increased from 20 to 30, then the increase percentage is _____.
7) The salary of a man is Rs. 240000 per year. If he gets a hike of 15%, then the
new salary per year is _____.

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8) The rent of a house increases 10% annually. If the present value of the rent is
Rs. 5000, then what will be the rent after 2 years? ________
9) If the price of a book increases by 10%, what is the new price of a book that
originally cost Rs. 150? ___________
10) If the price of a shirt increases by 15%, what is the new price of a shirt that
originally cost Rs. 500? __________
11) If the price of a book decreases by 10%, what is the new price of a book that
originally cost Rs. 200? _________
12) The population of a city gets decreases from 25,000 to 24,500. Find the
percentage decrease. ___________
13) If the salary of a person increases by 20%, what is the new salary if his original
salary was Rs. 10,000? __________
14) If the salary of a person increases by 15%, what is the new salary if his original
salary was Rs. 12,000? __________
15) A machine costs ₹ 7500. Its value decreases by 5% every year due to usage.
What will be its price after one year? __________
16) What percent is 250 g of 1200 g? __________
17) What percent of 5.6 m is 560 cm? _________
18) What is 60 kg of 150 kg?_________
19) Express 54 m as a percentage of 1 km 80 m. __________
20) What percent of 1 day is 36 minutes? __________
21) Last year, the price of petrol was Rs. 65 per litre. Recently, the government
decreased the price of petrol to Rs. 61 per litre. What was the percentage
decrease in the price of petrol? __________
22) Weight of Nikhil increased from 60 kg to 66 kg. Then, the increase in weight is
____%
23) Savitri obtained 440 marks out of 500 in an examination. She secured ________
% marks in the examination.
24) What is 500 increased by 50%? ___________-

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25) The annual salary of Suresh increased from Rs 1, 80,000 to Rs 2, 20,000. Find
the percentage increase in the price. ___________
26) The percentage increase of quantities from 700 to 875 is equal to ____.
27) The number of people who were expected to go for the first show of a movie
was 600. But due to rain the number of people who had been to the movie was
540. What is the percentage decrease in the number of people? ___
28) The rent for a shop has been reduced by 5%. The current rent of the shop is Rs.
12000. The new rent of the shop is ___.
29) The value on decreasing of 15% from Rs. 1200 is equal to _______.
30) The price of land has been increased by 12% per cent area of land. The current
price for one cent of land is Rs. 8000. The new price for one cent of a land is
equal to _____.

Profit & Loss: Quick Check

1) CP = Rs. 980 ; SP = Rs. 940 ; Profit/Loss? ________

2) CP = Rs. 720 ; Profit = Rs. 55.50 ; SP = ? _________
3) SP = 1254 ; Loss = Rs. 32 ; CP = ? ________
4) SP = Rs. 450 ; Profit = Rs. 150 ; CP = ? ________
5) SP = Rs. 2390 ; Loss = Rs. 5.50 ; CP = ? ________
6) CP = Rs. 4560 ; SP = Rs. 5000 ; Find profit or loss and profit or loss percentage
7) CP = Rs. 2600 ; SP = Rs. 2470 ; Find profit or loss and profit or loss percentage
8) CP = Rs. 1500 ; SP = Rs. 1500 ; Find profit or loss and profit or loss percentage
9) Find gain percent when CP = Rs. 4000 and gain = Rs. 40.
10) Find loss percent when SP = Rs. 1272 and loss = Rs. 328.
11) Find gain percent when SP = Rs. 1820 and gain = Rs. 420.
12) Find gain percent when CP = Rs. 2300, overhead expenses = Rs. 300 and gain =
Rs. 260.

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13) Find loss percent when CP = Rs. 3500, overhead expenses = Rs. 150 and loss =
Rs. 146. _____________
14) A vendor buys oranges at Rs. 26 per dozen and sells them at 5 for Rs. 13. Find
his gain percent. _______-
15) Mr. Vimal purchased a house for Rs. 365000 and spent Rs. 135000 on its
repairs. If he sold it for Rs. 550000, find his gain percent. _____
16) Seema purchased a watch for Rs. 840 and sold it to her friend for Rs. 910. Find
her gain percent. ________
17) A business man makes a 10% profit by selling a toy costing him Rs. 120. What
is the selling price? ___________
18) A bookseller sells all his books at a profit of 10%. If he buys a book from the
distributor at Rs. 200, how much does he sell it for? _______
19) Sonal bought a bed sheet for Rs. 400 and sold it for Rs. 440. Her profit percent
is ________.
20) Aarti purchased a house for ₹ 50, 59,700 and spent ₹ 40300 on its repairs. To
make a profit of 5% , she should sell the house for ₹__________

Answer the following – II:

1) Gardening shears bought for ₹ 250 and sold for ₹ 325. Tell the profit or loss.
Also find the profit per cent or the loss per cent. _________
2) Cost price of a dress is Rs. 500 and selling price of it is Rs. 650. Find profit or
loss. _________
3) Selling price of an article is Rs. 2460 and profit made by the shopkeeper is Rs.
120.50. Find the cost price of the article. __________
4) If cost price of an article is 725 and selling price of it is Rs. 715, find profit or
loss. __________
5) One man bought a cycle for Rs. 3780. He used it for 1 year, then sold it at a loss
of Rs. 750. Find the selling price of the cycle. _____________

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6) An article was sold for Rs. 400 at a loss of Rs. 72. Find the cost price of the
article. __________
7) If cost price of an article is Rs. 500 and selling price is Rs. 575, then find the
profit percentage. ____________
8) Maria bought apples at Rs. 120 per kg. If she had to sell them at a profit of 20%,
then find the selling price. ___________
9) A shopkeeper sells his product at a profit of 12%. If his selling price is Rs.
95984, then find the cost price. ____________
10) A chair was bought for Rs. 800 and sold for Rs. 736. Find the loss and loss
percentage. _________
11) Find the selling price of a wall clock whose cost price is Rs. 650 and loss
percentage is 6%. ________
12) A refrigerator bought for ₹ 12,000 and sold at ₹ 13,500. Tell the profit or loss.
Also find the profit per cent or the loss per cent. _________
13) A cupboard bought for ₹ 2,500 and sold at ₹ 3,000. Tell the profit or loss. Also
find the profit per cent or the loss per cent. _________
14) A skirt bought for ₹ 250 and sold at ₹ 150. Tell the profit or loss. Also find the
profit per cent or the loss per cent. _________
15) Ishan buys a T.V. for ₹ 10,000 and then sells it at a profit of 20%. How much
money did Ishan get for it? __________
16) Juhi sells a washing machine for ₹ 13,500. She loses 20% in the bargain. What
was the initial price at which she bought it? ____________
17) Amina buys a book for ₹ 275 and then sells it at a loss of 15%. How much does
she initially sell it for? _________
18) The cost price of 15 pens is Rs. 120. What is the cost price of 20 pens?
__________
19) The cost price of 20 pens is Rs. 160. What is the cost price of 25 pens? _________
20) A shopkeeper sells two radios at Rs. 1,500 each. If he makes a profit of 10% on
one radio and a loss of 10% on the other, what is the overall profit or loss? ____

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21) A shopkeeper bought 200 notebooks for Rs. 1,000 and sold them for Rs. 1,500.
What is the profit percentage? __________
22) A shopkeeper sells two fans at Rs. 2,000 each. If he makes a profit of 20% on
one fan and a loss of 20% on the other, what is the overall profit or loss? ______
23) A shopkeeper bought 100 pencils for Rs. 250 and sold them for Rs. 300. What is
the profit percentage? ________
24) A man bought a pen for Rs. 25 and sold it for Rs. 67. How much profit/loss did
he make? _______________
25) Cost price of an article is Rs. 1800 and selling price is Rs. 1611. Find the
percentage of loss / profit. ____________
26) Cost price of a statue is Rs. 12000 and selling price is Rs. 12900. Find the
percentage of loss / Profit. ______________
27) A shopkeeper makes 10% profit by selling a product for Rs. 550. Find the cost
price of the product. ___________
28) A shopkeeper makes 8% loss by selling a product for Rs. 8510. Find the cost
price of the product. _____________
29) Mohan bought a table for Rs. 14500 and spent Rs. 500 on transportation. He
sold it for Rs. 18000, then find the profit percentage. __________
30) Pradeep bought an old motorbike for Rs. 265000 and spent Rs. 35000 on it's
repair. Then sold it at a profit of 10%. How much did he gain? ________
31) On selling a television for Rs. 21504, a dealer gains 12%. Find the cost price of
the television. __________
32) On selling a painting for Rs. 12600, a shopkeeper makes a profit of 5%. What is
the cost price of the painting? ___________
33) On selling a toy for Rs. 630, a salesman loses 10%. Find the cost price of the
toy? ____________
34) Gain = C.P − S.P. (yes/no)
35) Loss = C.P − S.P. (yes/no)

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36) A man bought a knife for Rs. 80 and sold it for Rs. 120. Find the gain
percentage. ___________
37) A toy car is bought for Rs. 150 and sold for Rs. 120. Find the loss percentage.
__________
38) On selling a cricket bat for Rs. 200, a shopkeeper gains 25%. Find the cost price
of the cricket bat. ________
39) If C.P of a product is Rs. 950 and loss percentage is 6%, then find the S.P of the
product. ___________
40) Bob bought 5 dozen of pens at Rs. 120 and sold them for Rs. 2.50 each. Find the
gain or loss in percent.
a) 25% Loss b) 20% Gain c) 25% Gain d) 30% Loss
41) A vendor bought eggs at Rs. 60 per dozen and sold them at 5 eggs for Rs. 40.
Find his percentage gain. __________
42) A salesman makes a 15% profit by selling a book costing him Rs. 250. What is
the selling price of the book?
a) Rs. 287 b) Rs. 278.50 b) Rs. 278 d) Rs. 287.50
43) A shopkeeper sells a product at Rs. 300, thus suffering a loss of 25%. What is
the cost price of the product? __________
44) Maria bought a second-hand piano for Rs. 8000 and spent Rs. 1000 on its
repair. At what cost should she sell the piano to make a profit of 20%? _______
45) A wholesaler sold some damaged products for Rs. 7200 at a loss of 10%. What
is the cost price of the product? ___________
46) 11 oranges are bought for Rs.10 and 10 oranges are sold for Rs.11. The
gain/loss percent is ____.
47) Mini purchased a dozen handkerchiefs tor Rs.60 and sold them for Rs.84
whereas Trishika purchased a dozen handkerchiefs for Rs.90 and sold them for
Rs.150. Whose profit percentage is more and by how much? _______
48) A man purchased a bag of rice containing 70 kg for Rs.175. He sold it at the
rate of Rs.2.75 per kg. Find the profit or loss %. ____________

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49) A man buys a radio for Rs.600 and sells it at a gain of 25%. What is the S.P of
the radio? ___________
50) Sneha bought a purse for Rs. 1000. She sold it to Neha at a gain of 6% and
Neha sold it to Devi at a gain of 20%. How much did Devi pay for it? _______
51) Sidak bought 100 dozen pencils at Rs, 20 per dozen. She sold the pencils at Rs.
2 each. Her loss per cent is 20%. (Yes/no)
52) Radha bought a table for Rs. 5000 and sold it for Rs. 5800/-. What was the
profit percentage that she made? ________
53) Suhana sells a sofa set for Rs. 9600 making a profit of 20%. What is the CP of
the sofa? ____________
54) Shop A : CP = Rs. 4500 and SP = Rs. 5500 ; Shop B: CP = Rs. 7000 and SP is Rs.
8500. Which shop made more profit percent? ________
55) A grain merchant sold 600 quintals of rice at a profit of 7%. If a quintal of rice
cost him Rs. 250 and his total overhead charges or transportation etc were Rs.
1000, find his total profit and the selling price of 600 quintals of rice. ________

Answer the following – III:

1) The money we borrowed from bank or moneylender is known as ___________.

2) Amount = ____________.
3) Interest = ___________
4) R in PRT stands for _____________
5) Rs. 2000 is given at 9% per annum simple interest for 2 years. Find the interest
which will be received at the end of two years. ____________
6) Find the simple interest on Rs. 15000 at 8% per annum for 5 years. What will be
the total amount after 5 years? _____________
7) For a certain principal bank paid after 6 years is Rs. 12000 as interest at a rate of
10% per annum. Find the principal amount. __________

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8) A person borrowed Rs. 4800 at 12% interest per annum from a bank. At the
end of 2 1⁄2 years, he cleared the loan. Find the total amount he paid to the
bank. ___________
9) How many years will Rs. 1250 amount to Rs. 2000 at 8% per annum? ______
10) A sum of money doubles itself in 10 years. Find the rate of interest the bank is
providing. ___________
11) At what rate of interest per annum of simple interest will a sum triple itself in
12 years? _________
12) Find the final amount to be paid at the end of three years for a Principal = ₹
1,200 at 12% p.a. __________
13) What rate gives ₹ 280 as interest on a sum of ₹ 56,000 in two years? _________
14) If Meena gives an interest of ₹ 45 for one year at a 9% rate per annum. Then
what is the sum she has borrowed? _______________
15) Find the final amount to be paid at the end of three years for a Principal = ₹
7,500 at 5% p.a. ___________
16) ₹ 9000 becomes ₹ 18000 at simple interest in 8 years. Find the rate per cent per
annum. __________
17) What sum of money lent out at 12 per cent p.a. simple interest would produce
₹ 9000 as interest in 2 years? ____________
18) Radhika borrowed ₹ 12000 from her friends. Out of which ₹ 4000 were
borrowed at 18% and the remaining at 15% rate of interest per annum. What is
the total interest after 3 years? ____________
19) Interest on Rs. 100 for 1 year is called the rate of interest per annum. (yes/no)
20) A sum doubles itself at a simple interest 25% per annum in 4 years. (yes/no)
21) Find the simple interest when Principal = Rs. 4000, Rate of interest = 6.5% and
time = 5 years. ___________
22) At what rate of interest per annum simple interest will a sum triple itself in 16
years? ____________

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23) A man borrowed Rs. 50000 from a bank at 15% rate of interest per annum. Find
the amount he has to pay after 5 ½ years. __________
24) The simple interest depends upon Principal and Rate of interest but does not
depend on time. (yes/no)
25) Find the rate of interest when simple interest on Rs. 75000 in 4 years is Rs.
5000. __________
26) Find simple interest if Principal = Rs. 12,000, rate of interest = 18% per annum
and time is 4 months. _________
27) Rakesh lent out Rs. 8000 for 5 years at 15% per annum and borrowed Rs. 6000
for 3 years at 12% per annum. How much did he gain or lose? ____
28) Mr. Garg lent Rs. 15000 to his friend. He charged 15% per annum on Rs. 12500
and 18% on the rest. How much interest does he earn in 3 years?
29) Mr. Sharma deposited Rs. 20,000 as a fixed deposit in a bank at 10% per
annum. If 30% is deducted as income tax on the interest earned, find his
annual interest income. ________
30) Which will produce more money as interest, Rs, 17000 lent for 2 years at 5%
p.a. rate or Rs. 17000 lent for 3 years at 7% p.a. rate? By how much? __________
31) Meera borrowed Rs. 20,000 for 3 years at 10% per annum and Shiva borrowed
Rs. 15,000 for 2 years at 15% per annum? Who pays more interest and by how
much? ____________
32) Mona lent Rs. 9000 at the rate of 8% p.a. for 5 years and Sona lent Rs. 6500 at
the rate of 7% for 8 years. Who earned more interest and how much more?
__________
33) John borrowed Rs.75000 from his friend and after one year returned 80000 to
his friend, find the interest? ________
34) If Meena pays an interest of Rs.1500 for 4 years on a sum of 2500. Find the rate
of interest per annum? ___________

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35) Rajni and Mohini deposited ₹3000 and ₹ 4000 in a company at the rate of 10%
per annum for 3 years and 2 ½ years respectively. The difference of the
amounts received by them will be ________.
36) Mohan and Sohan borrowed Rs.5000 each from two different banks at 6% and
7% interest per annum respectively for 2 years .Find the interest each will pay
after 2 years. _______
37) At what rate percent per annum will a sum of money doubles itself in 6 years?
_________
38) If a sum of money doubles itself after 8 years then find the rate of interest.
__________
39) The difference of interest for 2 years and 3 years on a sum of ₹2100 at 8% per
annum is______
40) In what time will ₹3600 amount to ₹4320 at 8% per annum simple interest?
__________

Choose the right answer: (Mixed – all topics)

1) Assertion (A): Cost Price of an article is Rs. 100 its selling price is Rs. 150, Profit
is 33.3 %. Reason (R): Profit or loss is calculated on cost price.
a) Both A and R are correct and R is the correct explanation of A.
b) Both A and R are correct, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
c) Assertion is correct but Reason is incorrect.
d) Assertion is incorrect but Reason is correct.
2) In an examination, 94% of the candidates passed and 48 candidates are failed.
Total candidates appeared in examination are __________.
a) 700 b) 800 c) 900 d) 850
3) A man spends 92% of his monthly income if he saves Rs. 220 per month; his
monthly income is (in Rs.)
a) 2850 b) 2650 c) 2750 d) 2700

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4) Ramesh sold his household refrigerator at a loss of 20%; if Ramesh had bought
the refrigerator for Rs. 13500, then at what price did he sell it?
a) Rs. 10500 b) Rs. 10800 c) Rs. 11500 d) Rs. 11300
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5) Find the simple interest when Principal = Rs. 2500, Rate of interest = % and
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time = 12 years.
a) Rs. 575 b) Rs. 775 c) Rs. 675 d) Rs. 875
6) Find the simple interest on Rs. 6500 at 7% rate of interest for 9 months.
a) Rs. 314.25 b) Rs. 431.25 c) Rs. 341.25 d) Rs. 143.25
7) Find the rate of interest when Principal is Rs. 5000, Simple interest is Rs. 1200
and Time is 3 years.
a) 15% b) 8% c) 25% d) 10%
8) Find the rate of interest when Principal is Rs. 75000, Amount is Rs. 85000 and
Time is 5 years.
2 2 2 3
a) 2 % b) 7 % c) 2 % d) 2 %
3 7 5 5
9) Raj borrowed Rs. 5000 from a bank for 3 years 4 months at 15% per annum.
How much he will pay to clear off her loan?
a) Rs. 2500 b) Rs. 5000 c) Rs. 7500 d) Rs. 7000
10) The simple interest on a certain sum for 4 years at 20% per annum is Rs. 1200.
Find the sum.
a) Rs. 1100 b) Rs. 1150 c) Rs. 1200 d) Rs. 1500
11) In what time will Rs. 5600 amount to Rs. 7280 at 10% rate of interest per
annum?
a) 2 Years b) 3 Years c) 4 Years d) 5 Years
12) What sum of money will raise a simple interest of Rs. 1122 in 3 years at 11%
per annum?
a) Rs. 3600 b) Rs. 3400 c) Rs. 3160 d) Rs. 3006
13) If Rohit borrows Rs. 2400 at 9% per annum simple interest, then what amount
he has to return at the end of 5 years?
a) Rs. 3408 b) Rs. 3840 c) Rs. 3480 d) Rs. 4380
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14) Rs. 14000 is invested at 4% per annum simple interest. How long will it take for
the amount to reach Rs. 16240?
a) 3 Years b) 2 Years c) 5 Years d) 4 Years
15) A man borrowed Rs. 5000 from a bank at 12% rate of interest per annum. Find
the amount he must pay after 3 1⁄2 years.
a) Rs. 7100 b) Rs. 7101 c) Rs. 7010 d) Rs. 9010
16) What sum will amount to Rs. 6526 at 15% per annum simple interest in 2
years?
a) Rs. 5200 b) Rs. 5002 c) Rs. 5020 d) Rs. 6020
17) In what time will a sum of Rs. 1000 amount to Rs. 1200 at 8% per annum
simple interest?
a) 22 months b) 30 months c) 24 months d) 32 months
18) On what sum of money lent at 9% per annum for 6 years does the S.I. amount
to Rs.810?
a) Rs.1000 b) Rs.1500 c) Rs.1200 d) Rs.1600
19) The interest on 5000 at the rate of 15% per annum for one month is ____.
a) Rs.750 b) Rs.75 c) Rs.625 d) Rs.62.50
20) 20% of 700 m is ___________.
a) 560 m b) 70 m c) 210 m d) 140 m
21) What percent of ₹ 4500 is ₹9000?
a) 200 b) ½ c) 2 d) 50
22) A bicycle is purchased for ₹ 1800 and is sold at a profit of 12%. Its selling price
is ___________.
a) ₹ 1584 b) ₹ 2016 c) ₹ 1788 d) ₹ 1812
23) A cricket bat was purchased for ₹ 800 and was sold for ₹ 1600. Then profit
earned is ________.
a) 100% b) 64% c) 50% d) 60%
24) The interest on ₹ 30000 for 3 years at the rate of 15% per annum is
a) ₹ 4500 b) ₹ 9000 c) ₹ 18000 d) ₹ 13500

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25) Amount received on ₹ 3000 for 2 years at the rate of 11% per annum is ______.
a) ₹ 2340 b) ₹ 3660 c) ₹ 4320 d) ₹3330
26) Interest on ₹ 12000 for 1 month at the rate of 10% per annum is ____.
a) ₹ 1200 b) ₹ 600 c) ₹ 100 d) ₹ 12100
27) If 90% of x is 315 km, then the value of x is _________.
a) 325 km b) 350 km c) 405 km d) 340 km
28) On selling an article for ₹329, a dealer lost 6%. The cost price of the article is
____.
a) ₹310.37 b) ₹348.74 c) ₹335 d) ₹350
29) The sum which will earn a simple interest of ₹ 126 in 2 years at 14% per annum
is ________.
a) ₹394 b) ₹ 395 c) ₹450 d) ₹540
30) 15 Kg is __________% of 50 kg.
a) 50 b) 15 c) 30 d) 90
31) John sells a bat for ₹75 and suffers a loss of ₹8. The cost price of the bat
is__________.
a) Rs. 83 b) Rs. 80 c) Rs. 67 d) Rs. 70
32) Mohini bought a cow for ₹ 9000 and sold it at a loss of ₹ 900. The selling price
of the cow is_________.
a) ₹ 9900 b) ₹ 8000 c) ₹ 8100 d) ₹ 10000
33) Cost price of an article is Rs. 150. If the article is sold at a profit of 18%, what
will be its selling price?
a) Rs. 180 b) Rs. 175 c) Rs. 177 d) Rs. 160
34) 50% of 4 days is ________.
a) 24 hours b) 40 hours c) 48 hours d) 8 hours
35) If Ankita obtains 336 marks out of 600, then the percentage of marks obtained
by her is _________.
a) 33.6 b) 60 c) 56 d) 63
36) 250 cm is 4% of 1 km.

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 a) yes b) no c) can’t determine d) insufficient information
37) Out of 600 students of a school, 126 go for a picnic. The percentage of students
that did not go for the picnic is __________.
a) 75 b) 60 c) 79 d) 80
38) By selling an article for Rs. 4080, a man loses 15%. Cost price of this article is
________.
a) Rs. 4800 b) Rs. 4500 c) Rs. 5000 d) Rs. 5180
39) If a bicycle was bought for ₹650 and sold for ₹585, then the percentage of loss
is _______.
a) 15 b) 60 c) 10 d) 65
40) Amount received after depositing ₹800 for a period of 3 years at the rate of
12% per annum is _______.
a) Rs. 890 b) Rs. 896 c) Rs. 1088 d) Rs. 980
41) 8% of ₹x is ₹100. Find x.
a) Rs. 1000 b) Rs. 1200 c) Rs. 1250 d) Rs. 1520
42) 35% of ₹x is ₹280. Find x.
a) 600 b) 800 c) 180 d) 300
43) What percent of 1 hour is 30 minutes
a) 50 b) 60 c) 30 d) 100
44) What percent of 1 day is 1 minute?
a) 6.9 b) 0.69 c) 0.069 d) 69
45) What percent of 1 km is 1000 metres?
a) 10 b) 100 c ) 1000 d) none
46) What percent of ₹80 is ₹100?
a) 100 b) 200 c) 125 d) 250
47) 800 kg of mortar consists of 55% sand, 33% cement and rest lime. What is the
mass of lime in mortar?
a) 100 b) 180 c) 96 d) 80

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48) A man travelled 60 km by car and 240 km by train. Find what percent of total
journey did he travel by car and what percent by train?
a) 20 & 80 b) 80 & 20 c) 50 & 40 d) 45 and 55
49) Nancy obtained 426 marks out of 600 and the marks obtained by Rohit are 560
out of 800. Whose performance is better?
a) Nancy (71%) b) Rohit (71%) c) Rohit (70%) d) Nancy (70%)
50) Kurla obtained 480 marks out of 600 and Birla obtained 560 marks out of 800.
whose performance is better ?
a) Kurla (70%) b) Kurla (80%) c) Birla (70%) d) Birla (80%)
51) ₹9000 becomes ₹18000 at simple interest in 8 years. Find the rate per cent per
annum.
a) 12 b) 15 c) 12.5 d) 10
52) If Rohit borrows Rs.4800 at 5% per annum simple interest, then the amount he
has to return at the end of 2 years is _______.
a) Rs.480 b) Rs.5040 c) Rs.5280 d) Rs.5600
53) What percent of 1/7 is 2/35 ?
a) 20% b) 40% c) 25% d) 30%
54) If 90% of x is 216, find x.
a) 400 b) 350 c) 320 d) 240
55) A TV and Washing machine were purchased for Rs 15000 each. If together,
they are sold at Rs 35000, What is Profit and Profit%
a) Rs 5000, 17% b) Rs 5000, 20% c) Rs 20000, 17% d) Rs 2000, 20%
56) Profit ℅ and loss % are always calculated on _________.
a) C.P b) S.P c) Both C.P and S.P d) None
57) The marks in a test decreased from 40 to 30. The percentage decrease is _____.
a) 10% b) 20% c) 25% d) 40%
58) The number of students in 2008 was 1000. It became 1100 in 2009. The
percentage increase is ________.
a) 10% b) 5% c) 24% d) 30%

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59) Meena purchased an item for ₹ 300 and sold the same for ₹ 450. The gain
percentage is ________
a) 10% b) 20% c) 30% d) 50%

60) The amount on a sum of ₹ 2500 for 4 years at the interest rate 4% is
a) ₹ 2600 b) ₹ 2700 c) ₹ 2800 d) ₹ 2900

Data Handling: Probability

Number of favourable outcomes
Probability of an event =
Total Outcomes

Playing Cards: There are thirteen cards in each of the four suits in a regular 52-card
deck: clubs (♣), diamonds (♦), hearts (♥), and spades (♠). The printing of hearts and
diamonds is done with Red ink whereas that of clubs and spades is done in black
ink. All the suits consist of three face cards—the King, Queen, and Jack—having
reversible (or double-headed) pictures. There are ten more cards in each suit,
ranging from one (the Ace) to ten.

Match the following:

1) The objects is not a circle a) 5/16

2) The objects is a triangle b) 4/16
3) The objects is not a triangle c) 7/16
4) The objects is not a square d) 9/16
5) The objects is a circle e) 12/16
6) The objects is a square f) 11/16

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Answer the following:

1) The probability of an event which is certain to happen is ________.

2) The probability of an event which is impossible to happen is ______.
3) The probability of getting a number greater than 2 on throwing a die once is
_________.
4) The cards containing letters of the word ‘MATHEMATICS’ are placed in a bag.
a) How many outcomes are possible? __________
b) What is the probability of getting ‘M’? __________
c) What is the probability of getting any vowel? ________
d) What is the probability of getting any consonant? ________
e) What is the probability of getting ‘X’ ? _______
5) In throwing a die the number of possible outcomes is ________.
6) If a die is thrown, the probability of getting a number greater than 6 is 1.
(yes/no)
7) When a coin is tossed, there are 2 possible outcomes. (yes/no)
8) It is impossible to get a sum of 14 of the numbers on both dice when a pair of
dice is thrown together. (yes/no)
9) The probability of getting an ace out of a deck of cards is greater than 1.
(yes/no)
10) The letters written on paper slips of the word MEDIAN are put in a bag. If one
slip is drawn randomly, what is the probability that it bears the letter D?
________
11) Classify the following events as certain to happen, impossible to happen, may
or may not happen:
(a) Getting a number less than 1 on throwing a die - _________________
(b) Getting head when a coin is tossed - ____________________
(c) A team winning the match - ________________________
(d) Christmas will be on 25 December - ___________________
(e) Today moon will not revolve around the earth - __________________

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 (f) A ball thrown up in the air will fall down after some time - ______
12) A spinner has 8 sections: 2 purple, 2 yellow, 3 blue, and 1 red. What is the
probability of spinning and landing on a color that is not yellow? __________
13) What is the probability of landing on a 7 when a cube is rolled? _____
14) When a die is thrown, the probability of getting a number less than 7 is ______.
15) What is the probability of drawing a black card from a pack of cards?
16) A coin is tossed 15 times and the outcomes are recorded as follows: H T T H T
H H H T T H T H T T. The chance of occurrence of a head is 50%. (yes/no)
17) What is the probability that a student chosen at random out of 3girls and 4
boys is a boy? __________
18) If there are 3 red marbles in a bag of 10 marbles, what is the chance of drawing
a NOT red marble? __________
19) A spinner has 8 sections: 2 purple, 2 yellow, 3 blue, and 1 red. What is the
probability of spinning and landing on a blue or purple section? ______
20) The letters that form the word ALGEBRA are placed in a bowl. What is the
probability of choosing a letter that is NOT “A”? ______
21) Tell whether these following statements are certain to happen, impossible to
happen, or can happen but not certain:
a) You are older today than yesterday. __________
b) A tossed coin will land heads up. __________
c) A die, when tossed, shall land up with eight on its top. _______
d) The next traffic light seen will be green. _________
e) Tomorrow will be a cloudy day. _________
22) A coin is flipped to decide which of the two teams starts the game. What is the
probability that team A will start? ___________
23) A fair die is rolled, find the probability of getting a prime number. __________
24) A bag contains 5 white and 9 red balls. One ball is drawn at random from the
bag. Find the probability of getting (a) a white ball ; (b) a red ball.
25) A dice is tossed once. Find the probability of getting

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 (i) a number 5 - _____________
(ii) a number greater than 5 - ____________
(iii) a number less than 5 - _____________
(iv) an odd number - ____________
(v) an even number - ______________
(vi) a number greater than 6 - ___________
26) A coin and a die are tossed once together. Find the total number of outcomes.
_______
27) A card is drawn from a well shuffled pack of 52 cards. Find the probability of:
(i) ‘2’ of spades- ___________
(ii) a jack- ___________
(iii) a king of red colour - ______________
(iv) a card of diamond - ______________
(v) a king or a queen - ______________
(vi) a non-face card - ______________
(vii) a black face card - ______________
(viii) a black card - ______________
(ix) a non-ace - ______________
(x) non-face card of black colour - ______________
28) A card is drawn at random from a pack of 52 playing cards. Find the
probability that the card drawn is a king. _________
29) A card is drawn at random from a well-shuffled pack of 52 playing cards.
What is the probability of drawing
(i) a queen - __________
(ii) a spade - ___________
(iii) a red card - __________
30) A bag contains 3 red balls and 4 black balls. A ball is drawn at random from
the bag. Find the probability that the ball drawn is (i) black ; (ii) not black.

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Picture Questions:

1) The probability of the spinning arrow

stopping in the shaded region is
_______

2) What is the chance of drawing out

a) a vowel
b) A or I
c) a card marked U
d) a consonant

3) P(not A) = *Remember to simplify.*

a) 6/8 b) ¾ c) 2/8 d) 1/4

4) Shannon has a bag of jelly beans. What

is the probability of her selecting a red
jelly bean?
a) 11/33 b) 1/3 c) 11/44
d) 18/26

5) What is the probability of spinning the

spinner and landing on 7?
a) 6/8 b) 1/8 c) 7/8 d) 8/8

6) What is the probability of spinning the

spinner and landing on a number?
a) ½ b) 0 c) 5/8 d) 1

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 7) What is the probability that you will
get plain crust with ham on your
pizza?
a) 1/8 b) ½ c) 1/10 d) 2/10

8) If a stone is dropped at random on the

arrangement of tiles shown, what is the
probability the stone lands on a black
tile?
a) 56% b) 45% c) 50% d) 11%

Choose the right answer:

1) On tossing a coin, the outcome is _________.

a) only head b) only tail c) neither head nor tail d) either head or tail
2) When a die is thrown, the probability of getting a number less than 7 is ______
a) 0 b) 1 c) ½ d) ¼
3) What is the probability of randomly selecting an odd number from the
numbers 1 -15?
a) 8/15 b) ½ c) 7/15 d) 1/8
4) Twelve students have an equally likely chance of being selected in a drawing
at school. Eight are girls and four are boys. What is the probability that a boy
will be selected?
a) ¼ b) 1/3 c) 1/8 d) ¾
5) Marty can go to one movie on either Friday or Saturday. His choice of movies
includes a comedy or an action movie. Which list shows all of the possible
outcomes of one movie on one day?
a) Comedy, Friday ; Comedy, Saturday ; Action, Friday ; Action, Saturday
b) Comedy, Action ; Action, Comedy ; Friday, Saturday ; Saturday, Friday

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 c) Action, Friday ; Action, Saturday
d) Comedy, Friday; Action, Friday
6) Two coins are flipped. What is the probability that both of the coins land heads
up?
a) ½ b) ¼ c) 1/6 d) 1
7) The letters in the word AUGUST are placed into a bag. What is the probability
of selecting a U?
a) 2/5 b) 1/3 c) 3/5 d) 3/6
8) A bag contains 30 pieces of candy. There are 15 grape, 7 cherry, 3 lemon, 5
strawberry. What is the probability of drawing a lemon?
a) 3 b) 1/10 c) 3/10 d) 30%
9) A bag has 3 red marbles, 2 blue and 4 yellow. What is the probability of pulling
a red? Write it in simplest form.
a) 3/10 b) 3/9 c) 1/9 d) 1/3
10) Rolling a 15 on a number cube is _________.
a) Impossible b) Certain c) Unlikely d) Equally Likely
11) An amusement park has 18 attractions, including 8 arcades. What is the
probability that a randomly selected attraction at this amusement park will be
an arcade?
a) 8/18 b) 4/9 c) 44% d) All of the above
12) In a school , only 2 out of 5 students can participate in a quiz. What is the
chance that a student picked at random makes it to the competition?
a) 20% b) 40% c) 50% d) 30%
13) If there are 5 blue marbles in a bag of 20 marbles, what is the chance of
drawing a blue marble?
a) 20% b) 50% c) 5% d) 25%
14) If there is a 2% chance of rain tomorrow, what is the probability it will rain?
a) Likely b) Unlikely c) Certain d) Impossible
15) If there is a 100% chance of rain tomorrow, what is the probability it will rain?

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 a) Likely b) Unlikely c) Certain d) Impossible
16) If there is a 73% chance of rain tomorrow, what is the probability it will rain?
a) Likely b) Unlikely c) Certain d) Impossible
17) The cafeteria is serving three kinds of sandwiches: tuna (T), chicken, (C), and
peanut butter (P) and choice of two drinks: milk (M) or water (W). Which
shows the CORRECT Sample Space List of possible combinations?
a) TW, CW, PW b) TW, TM, TC, CW, PW c) TW, TM, CW, CM, PW,
PM d) TCP, MW
18) What is the probability of landing on 5 on rolling a cube?
a) 1/6 b) 5/6 c) 1/5 d) 5
19) A jar contains 2 pink, 6 red, and 4 blue marbles. If you pick one marble without
looking, what is the probability that the marble you pick will be red or blue?
a) 5/6 b) ½ c) 1/3 d) 1/6
20) A box has 3 limes, 5 grapes, and 2 oranges. P (NOT lime) = _______
a) 3/10 b) 30% c) 7/10 d) Answer Not Here
21) On rolling a die, P(even) = _________
a) 2,4,6 b) 3 c) 3/4 d) ½
22) Probability can be between what two numbers?
a) 10 and 20 b) 0 and 100 c) 0 and 1 d) All Numbers are possible
23) Which of these event has probability = 1 certainly?
a) A tossed coin lands with heads up.
b) The sun rises in the east.
c) A die thrown lands with 3 on the top.
d) The sun revolves around the earth.
24) Which of these is impossible to happen?
a) A tossed coin lands with heads up.
b) A tossed die lands up with 3 on top.
c) The next traffic light is green
d) A die thrown lands up with 8 on top.

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25) Which of these is certain to happen?
a) You look older yesterday than today
b) You look older today than yesterday
c) A tossed coin will land heads up.
d) Tomorrow will be a sunny day.
26) The least value of the probability of an event is _________.
a) 0 b) -1 c) 1 d) 0.1
27) In a survey of 500 students, it was found that 220 like milk, 150 like coffee and
130 like tea. Out of these students, one student is chosen at random. Based on
this information choose the statement which is incorrect.
a) The probability that the chosen girl like tea is 13/50
b) The probability that the chosen girl does not like coffee is7/10.
c) The probability that the chosen girl dislikes milk is 2/5.
d) The probability that the chosen girl likes coffee is 3/10.
28) A coin is tossed 18 times and the recorded outcomes are: H H T H T T H T T T
H T H H H T H T. The chance of occurrence of a tail is________.
a) 50% b) 40% c) 60% d) 70%
29) A bag contains red, white and blue pencils. The probability of selecting a red
pencil is 2/13 and that of selecting a blue pencil is 4/13 . Find the probability
of selecting a white pencil.
a) 6/13 b) 7/13 c) 3/5 d) 2/5
30) A fair dice has faces numbered 0,1, 7, 3, 5 and 9. If it is thrown, the probability
of getting an odd number is _________.
a) 1 b) 2/3 c) 5/6 d) 1/6
31) The heights of six mountains are 8200 m, 6000 m, 8600 m, 7500 m, 8800 m and
6500 m. Based on this information, answer the questions given. Rakesh and
Sanjay planned to go trekking on any of these mountains. They wrote the
heights on chits of paper, shuffled them and picked one. What is the
probability that the height picked is the maximum?

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 a) 1/3 b) 2/3 c) 1/6 d) ¼
32) From a shuffled pack of cards, John picks up one card at random. What is the
probability of it being a hearts' card?
a) ¾ b) 2/3 c) ¼ d) 1/5
33) From a deck of 52 cards, Justin picks up one at random. What is the probability
of it being a red non-face card?
a) ½ b) ¾ c) 5/13 d) 5/52
34) If a card is selected from a deck of 52 cards, then the probability of its being a
red face card is ______.
a) 3/26 b) 3/13 c) 2/13 d) ½

Data Handling – Bar Graphs

Picture Question:

1) a) Which sport is liked the most

by class VIII students?
(b) How many students of class VII
like Hockey and Tennis in all?
(c) For which sport is the number of
students of class VII less than
that of class VIII?
(d) For which sports students of
class VIII are less than class VII?
(e) Find the ratio of students who
like Badminton in class VII to
students who like Tennis in
class VIII.

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 2) a) Find the total number of
boys in all sections of class VII.
b) In which sections, number of
girls is greater than number of
boys?
c) In which section, the number
of boys is the maximum?
d) In which section, the number
of girls is the least?

(Answers : (1) (a) cricket, (b) 17, (c) cricket, (d) Hockey, Football, Tennis and
Badminton, (e) 2 : 1

(2) (a) 110, (b) sections VII A and VII D, (c) section VII B, (d) section VII C )

Construct a bar graph with the given data:

1) The following data gives the information of the number of children involved in
different activities. Construct a bar graph.
Activities Dance Music Art Cricket Football
No. of children 30 40 25 20 53

2) The vehicular traffic at a busy road crossing in a particular place was recorded
on a particular day from 6am to 2 pm and the data was rounded off to the
nearest tens. Draw a bar graph.
Time in hours 6-7 7-8 8-9 9-10 10-11 11-12 12-1 1-2
No. of 100 450 1250 1050 750 600 550 200
vehicles

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3) In a public library, the following observations were recorded by the librarian in
a particular week.
Days Mon Tues Wed Thu Fri Sat
Newspaper readers 400 600 350 550 500 350
Magazine readers 150 100 200 300 250 200

a) Draw a double bar graph choosing a appropriate scale.

b) On which day, the number of readers in the library was maximum?
c) What is the mean number of magazine readers?

(Ans b: Thursday ; Ans c: 200)

4) Observe the following data:

Class Total Students Number of students present on that day
VI 90 81
VII 82 76
VIII 95 91
IX 70 65
X 63 62

a) Draw a double bar graph choosing an appropriate scale. What do you infer
from the bar graph?
b) Which class has the maximum number of students?
c) In which class, the difference of total students and number of students
present is minimum?
(Ans b: Class VIII has maximum students – 95 ; Ans c: class X – 1)

5) The marks out of 100 obtained by Kunal and Soni in the half yearly
examination are given below:

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 Subjects English Hindi Maths Science S. Science Sanskrit
Kunal 72 81 92 96 64 85
Soni 86 89 90 82 75 82

a) Draw a double bar graph by choosing appropriate scale.

b) In how many subjects did Soni get more marks than Kunal? Which are
those subjects?
c) Who got more marks in S. Science and what was the difference of marks?
d) In which subject the difference of marks was maximum and by how much?
(Ans b: English, Hindi, S. Science ; Ans c: Soni by 11 marks ; Ans d:
English and Science, 14)

6) The students of class VII have to choose one club from Music, Dance, Yoga,
Dramatics, Fine arts and Electronics clubs. The data given below shows the
choices made by girls and boys of the class. Study the table and answer the
questions that follow:
Clubs Music Dance Yoga Dramatics Fine Arts Electronics
Girls 15 24 10 19 27 21
Boys 12 16 8 17 11 30

a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to depict the above data.
b) How many students are there in class VII?
c) Which is the most preferred club by boys?
d) Which is the least preferred club by girls?
e) For which club the difference between boys and girls is the least?
f) For which club is the difference between boys and girls the maximum?
(Ans b: 210 ; Ans c: Electronics ; Ans d: Yoga ; Ans e: yoga and dramatics - 2
each ; Ans f: fine arts – 16)

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7) The data given below shows the production of motor bikes in a factory for
some months of two consecutive years.
Months Feb May Aug Oct Dec
2008 2700 3200 6000 5000 4200
2007 2800 4500 4800 4800 5200

a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to depict the above
information and compare them.
b) In which year was the total output the maximum?
c) Find the mean production for the year 2007.
d) For which month was the difference between the production for the two
years the maximum?
e) In which month for the year 2008, the production was the maximum?
f) In which month for the year 2007, the production was the least?
(Ans b: 2007 ; Ans c: 4420 ; Ans d: May – 1300 ; Ans e: August – 6000 ; Ans
f: February – 2800)

8) The table below gives the flavours of ice-cream liked by children (boys and
girls) of a society.

Flavours Vanilla Chocolate Strawberry Mango Butterscotch

Boys 4 9 3 8 13
Girls 8 12 7 9 10

a) Draw a double bar graph using appropriate scale to represent the above
information.
b) Which flavour is liked the most by the boys?
c) How many girls are there in all?
d) How many children liked chocolate flavour of ice-cream?

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 e) Find the ratio of children who liked strawberry flavour to vanilla flavour of
ice-cream.
(Ans b: butterscotch : Ans c: 46 ; Ans d: 21 ; Ans e: 10 : 12 or 5 : 6)

9) The following data shows the number of Maths and Science books bought by
school library. Draw a double bar graph.
Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Maths 30 35 25 40 50
Science 25 35 40 20 25

10) Here is the data for the number of ice cream cones sold each week at an ice
cream stand during the months of July and August. Draw double bar graph.
Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4
July 500 800 700 900
August 800 900 600 700

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