Percentage : Concept, Short Trick and Example with Solution

Percentage: Concept, Short Trick, and Example with Solution

Percentage: Percentage refers to “Per hundred” i.e. 10% means 10 out of hundred or$\frac{10}{100}$.

Conversion: (i) To convert a fraction/Decimal into percentage multiply it by 100.

Example: 0.35 = $\frac{35}{100}$= 35% or 0.35 = (0.35 × 100)

(ii) To convert a percentage to fraction/Decimal divide it by 100.

Example: 25% = $\frac{25}{100}$ = 0.25

Rule1:

Example: 50% of a number is 60. The number is:

Solution: 50% of x = 60 (let the number is x)

⇒ $\frac{50}{100}\times \mathrm{x}=60$

⇒ x = $\frac{60\times 100}{50}=120$

Rule2: P is a number. After

∴ Q = P + $\frac{\mathrm{x}}{100}\times \mathrm{P}$ = $\mathrm{P}\left( 1+\frac{\mathrm{x}}{100} \right) $

= $\mathrm{P}\left( \frac{100+\mathrm{x}}{100} \right) $

∴ Q = $\mathrm{P}\left( \frac{100+\mathrm{x}}{100} \right) $ or P = $\frac{100\mathrm{Q}}{100+\mathrm{x}}$

Example: New fare of bus Rs. 12 after 20% fare hike. What is the original fare of bus?

Solution: Using above relation, Original fare = $\frac{100\times 12}{100+20}=10$

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Rule3: P is a number. After

∴ Q = P – $\frac{\mathrm{x}}{100}\times \mathrm{P}$ = $\mathrm{P}\left( 1-\frac{\mathrm{x}}{100} \right) $

= $\mathrm{P}\left( \frac{100-\mathrm{x}}{100} \right) $

∴ Q = $\mathrm{P}\left( \frac{100-\mathrm{x}}{100} \right) $ or P = $\frac{100\mathrm{Q}}{100-\mathrm{x}}$

Example: As production increased, commodity prices fell by 20%. What is the current price of 200 rupees per kg of Assam tea?Solution: Using above relation, current price of Assam tea = $\frac{100\times 200}{100-20}=250$

Rule4: If the cost of an article is increased by

Or

If A’s salary is

$\frac{\mathrm{x}}{100+\mathrm{x}}\times 100$

Example1: If the price of sugar goes up by 25%, what is the percentage of sugar consumption to be reduced if the expenditure on household sugar is to remain the same?

Solution: Required percentage = $\frac{25}{100+25}\times 100=20$

Example2: If A’s salary is 20% more than B’s salary, how much less is B’s salary than A’s?

Solution: B’s salary is less than A’s =$\frac{20}{100+20}\times 100=16\frac{2}{3}$

Rule5: If the cost of an article is decreased by

Or

If A’s salary is

$\frac{\mathrm{x}}{100-\mathrm{x}}\times 100$

Example1: If the price of sugar decreased by 20%, due to excessive production. What is the percentage of sugar consumption to be reduced if the expenditure on household sugar is to remain the same?

Solution: Required percentage = $\frac{20}{100-20}\times 100=25$

Example2: If A’s salary is 10% less than B’s salary, how much more is B’s salary than A’s?

Solution: B’s salary is more than A’s salary =$\frac{10}{100-10}\times 100=11\frac{1}{9}$

Rule6: If a number is first increased by

$\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}+\frac{\mathrm{xy}}{100}$

N.B:– Remember to use the ‘+’ sign in case of increase and the ‘–’ sign in case of decrease. After the calculation, if ‘+’ then gain or increase and if ‘–’ then loss or decrease

Example: The salary of one person is increased by 10% and 20% respectively. Determine the total percentage increase in his salary.

Solution: Total percentage increase = $10+20+\frac{10\times 20}{100}=32$

Rule7: If a number is increased by

$\mathrm{x}-\mathrm{y}-\frac{\mathrm{xy}}{100}$

N.B:- ‘+’ then gain or increase and if ‘–’ then loss or decrease

Example: The price of an article 40% increased first and give a 10% discount on it. How much gain or loss for the article?

Solution: Gain or loss = $40-10-\frac{40\times 10}{100}=26$

Rule8: If a number is first decreased by

$-\mathrm{x}-\mathrm{y}+\frac{\mathrm{xy}}{100}$

‘–’ for decrease

Example: Total decrease of an article after 10% and 20% two consecutive decrease.

Solution: Total change = $-10-20+\frac{10\times 20}{100}=-28$

∴ Total decrease = 28%

Rule9: If an amount is increased by

$\frac{\mathrm{x}^2}{100}$

Example: If one side of a rectangular increase by 10% and another side decrease by 10% then changes of area is:

Solution: Area decrease percentage = $\frac{10^2}{100}=1$

Rule10: If an amount is increased by

Initial amount (P) = $\frac{100\times 100\times 100\times \mathrm{Q}}{\left( 100+\mathrm{x} \right) \left( 100+\mathrm{y} \right) \left( 100+\mathrm{z} \right)}$

Example: Population of a city after three year 91080. Every year population increase by 10%, 15% and 20% respectively. What is the initial population of the city?

Solution: initial population of the city = $\frac{\left( 100+10 \right) \left( 100+15 \right) \left( 100+20 \right) \times 60000}{100\times 100\times 100}=91080$

Rule11: If

Initial amount = $\frac{100\times 100\times 100\times \mathrm{Q}}{\left( 100-\mathrm{x} \right) \left( 100-\mathrm{y} \right) \left( 100-\mathrm{z} \right)}$

Example: Decrease population of a city after three month 36720 due to COVID-19. Decrease in 1^st month 10%, 2^nd month 15% and third month 20%. What is the initial population of the city?

Solution: initial population of the city = $\frac{100\times 100\times 100\times 36720}{\left( 100-10 \right) \left( 100-15 \right) \left( 100-20 \right)}=60000$

Rule12: On increasing/decreasing the cost of a certain article by

Increased/decreased cost of the article = $\frac{\mathrm{xy}}{100\mathrm{a}}$ and initial cost = $\frac{\mathrm{xy}}{\left( 100\pm \mathrm{x} \right) \mathrm{a}}$(Negative sign when decreasing and Positive sign when increasing)

Example: The Government reduced the price of sugar by 10 per cent. By this a consumer can buy 6.2 kg more sugar for Rs. 837. The reduced price and initial price per kg of sugar is

Solution: The reduced price =  $\frac{10\times 837}{100\times 6.2}=13.5$ and initial price = $\frac{10\times 837}{\left( 100-10 \right) \times 6.2}=15$(Here Negative sign for reduce)

Example: Due to an increase of 50% in the price of eggs, 4 eggs less are available for 24. The present rate of eggs and initial rate of egg is:

Solution: present rate of eggs = $\frac{50\times 24}{100\times 4}=3$ Initial rate of eggs = $\frac{50\times 24}{\left( 100+50 \right) \times 4}=2$

Rule13: If a number is first increased by

$\mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}+\mathrm{z}+\frac{\mathrm{xy}+\mathrm{yz}+\mathrm{zx}}{100}+\frac{\mathrm{xyz}}{\left( 100 \right) ^2}$

Example: Side increase of a cuboid by 10%, 20% and 30% respectively. What is the change of Volume?

Solution: Volume change = $10+20+30+\frac{10\times 20+20\times 30+30\times 10}{100}+\frac{10\times 20\times 30}{100^2}=71.6$

Rule14: If a person saves ‘S’ rupees after spending

Monthly income = $\frac{100}{100-\left( \mathrm{x}+\mathrm{y}+\mathrm{z} \right)}\times \mathrm{S}$

Example: Radha spends 40% of her salary on food, 20% on house rent, and 10% on entertainment. If her savings at the end of a month are Rs. 1500, then her salary per month (Rs.) is

Solution: Salary of Radha = $\frac{100}{100-\left( 40+20+10 \right)}\times 1500$ = 5000

Rule15: The amount of acid/milk is

Amount of water added = $\frac{\mathrm{L}\left( \mathrm{x}-\mathrm{y} \right)}{\mathrm{y}}$

Example: In one litre of a mixture of alcohol and water, water is 30%. The amount of alcohol that must be added to the mixture so that the part of water in the mixture becomes 15% is:

Solution: Amount of alcohol added = $\frac{1\left( 30-15 \right)}{15}=1$ litre

Rule16: In a certain examination passing marks is

Total marks = $\frac{100\left( \mathrm{b}+\mathrm{c} \right)}{\mathrm{a}}$

Example: A student has to secure 40% marks to pass. He gets 90 marks and fails by 10 marks. Maximum marks are:

Solution: Total marks = $\frac{100\left( 90+10 \right)}{40}=250$

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Rule17: One candidate gets

Total Mark of exam = $\frac{100\left( \mathrm{a}+\mathrm{b} \right)}{\left( \mathrm{y}-\mathrm{x} \right)}$

Example: One candidate gets 35% marks and fails for 30 marks and another candidate gets 43% marks and gets 18 mark more than the pass mark. But what is the pass number in the test?

Solution: Total Mark = $\frac{100\left( 30+18 \right)}{\left( 43-35 \right)}=600$ and Pass mark = $\frac{35}{100}\times 600+35=245$

Rule18: In a certain examination, ‘B’ boys and ‘G’ girls participated.

Percentage of passed students of the total students = $\frac{\mathrm{B}.\mathrm{b}+\mathrm{G}.\mathrm{g}}{\mathrm{B}+\mathrm{G}}$

Example: In an examination, there were 1000 boys and 800 girls. 60% of the boys and 50% of the girls passed. Find the percent of the candidates failed?

Solution: Percentage of passed students = $\frac{1000\times 60+800\times 50}{1000+800}=55.5556$

The percent of the candidates failed = 100 – 55.55 = 44.45

Rule19: If a candidate got

∴ Total no. of votes = $\frac{50\mathrm{x}}{50\sim \mathrm{A}}$

Example: Two candidates contested in an election. One got 60% of the votes and won by 1600 votes. What is the number of votes polled?

Solution: Total no. of votes =  $\frac{50\times 1600}{60-50}=8000$

Rule20: F_AB = 100 – (P_A + P_B – P_AB) and P_AB = 100 – (F_A + F_B – F_AB)

Where P_A = A- subject / percentage pass

P_B = B- subject read / percentage pass

P_AB = AB- read / percentage pass

F_A = don’t read about A / drop percent

F_B = B- don’t read about / drop percent

F_AB = don’t read about AB / Percentage

Example: In one college 50% students study Bengali and 40% students study English and 20% students study both subjects. What percentage of students do not read any of Bengali and English?

Solution: F_AB = 100 –  (P_A + P_B – P_AB)

= 100 – (50 + 40 – 20 )

= 30%

∴ percentage of students do not read any of Bengali and English = 30%

Example: In any exam, 85% of the candidates pass in English and 80% in Math. If 10% fail in both subjects then percentage passes in both subjects?

Solution: F_E = 100 – 85 = 15%, F_M = 100 – 80 = 20%

P_EM = 100 – (F_E + F_M – F_EM) = 100 – (15 + 20 – 10) = 75%

∴ percentage passes in both subjects = 75%