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The price of a kilo of jaggery rose from ₹40 to ₹50. What is the percent increase?Read the answer and worked solution →A shirt's price is increased by 20% and then discounted by 20%. The final price is what fraction of the original?Read the answer and worked solution →What is 12.5% of 800?Read the answer and worked solution →After a 25% raise, an employee's salary is ₹50,000. What was the original salary?Read the answer and worked solution →What is 36% of 25?Read the answer and worked solution →A bookstore advertises '20% off, plus an extra 10% off on already-discounted items'. The effective single discount is:Read the answer and worked solution →A vendor bought a kurta for ₹400 and sold it for ₹500. What is his profit percentage?Read the answer and worked solution →A salary grows by 10% per year. After 2 years, what fraction of the original is the salary?Read the answer and worked solution →Which percentage value is larger?Read the answer and worked solution →If A's salary is 20% more than B's, by what % is B's salary less than A's?Read the answer and worked solution →A man saves 10% of his salary. If his expenses increase by 36% and his savings now are 5%, what is his salary increase %?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the idea of a percentageRead the answer and worked solution →Ratios into percentagesRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps of the unitary methodRead the answer and worked solution →What is the percentage taken OF?Read the answer and worked solution →True or false: percentages and their baseRead the answer and worked solution →Match each comparison to its formRead the answer and worked solution →Common percentage conversionsRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reasonRead the answer and worked solution →Two are true, one is notRead the answer and worked solution →Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.Read the answer and worked solution →Tap every correct way to express one quarterRead the answer and worked solution →Flip and pair: fraction with percentageRead the answer and worked solution →Spot the one that does not belongRead the answer and worked solution →True or false: the unitary methodRead the answer and worked solution →Ratio, fraction, or percentage?Read the answer and worked solution →Complete the comparison chainRead the answer and worked solution →Percentage of a quantityRead the answer and worked solution →Order the steps: turn a part into a percentageRead the answer and worked solution →Assertion and reason: comparisonsRead the answer and worked solution →

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The price of a kilo of jaggery rose from ₹40 to ₹50. What is the percent increase?

  1. $10\%$
  2. $20\%$
  3. $25\%$
  4. $30\%$
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Correct answer: C. $25\%$

Percent change = (50 − 40)/40 × 100 = 10/40 × 100 = 25%. Using 50 as the base gives 20%, the trap.

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A shirt's price is increased by 20% and then discounted by 20%. The final price is what fraction of the original?

  1. Same as original
  2. $80\%$ of original
  3. $120\%$ of original
  4. $96\%$ of original
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Correct answer: D. $96\%$ of original

(1.20)(0.80) = 0.96. Final price is 96% of original (a net 4% decrease). The naive '20 − 20 = 0' is the trap.

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What is 12.5% of 800?

  1. $100$
  2. $80$
  3. $160$
  4. $120$
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Correct answer: A. $100$

12.5% = 1/8 (memorised equivalent). 800 ÷ 8 = 100. Avoids decimal arithmetic entirely.

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