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A basket has 20 apples and 5 oranges. What percentage of the fruit is oranges?Read the answer and worked solution →Girls are 60% of a class and number 18. How many students are in the class?Read the answer and worked solution →With 18 girls and 12 boys, the ratio of girls to boys is:Read the answer and worked solution →A picnic site is 55 km away and the first stop is at 22 km. What percent of the distance is covered?Read the answer and worked solution →A scooter cost 34,000 last year and rose 20%. In unitary terms, 100 became:Read the answer and worked solution →A scooter priced at 34,000 rises by 20%. Its new price is:Read the answer and worked solution →A 5% cut on a 34,000 scooter is a reduction of:Read the answer and worked solution →Discount is a reduction given on the:Read the answer and worked solution →An item marked 840 sells for 714. The discount is:Read the answer and worked solution →A frock listed at 220 gets 20% off. The discount amount is:Read the answer and worked solution →The sale price of the 220 frock after 20% discount is:Read the answer and worked solution →Repair, labour and transport costs added to the cost price are called:Read the answer and worked solution →Sohan buys a fridge for 2,500, spends 500 on repairs and sells it at 3,300. His profit percent is:Read the answer and worked solution →A shopkeeper buys 200 bulbs at 10 each, 5 fuse, and sells the rest at 12. His total selling price is:Read the answer and worked solution →Meenu buys two fans at 1,200 each, sells one at 5% loss and one at 10% profit. Overall she makes a:Read the answer and worked solution →Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced in India on:Read the answer and worked solution →Skates cost 450 with 5% sales tax. The bill amount is:Read the answer and worked solution →Waheeda pays 3,300 for an air cooler including 10% VAT. The price before VAT was:Read the answer and worked solution →Salim pays 784 including 12% GST. The price before GST was:Read the answer and worked solution →10,000 is borrowed at 15% per annum simple interest for 2 years. The interest is:Read the answer and worked solution →Heena borrows 20,000 for 2 years at 8% compounded annually. She pays how much more than under simple interest?Read the answer and worked solution →When interest is compounded half yearly, the time period doubles and the rate is:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the profitable dealsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the price wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the percentage numbersRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the money wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Simple or compound interestRead the answer and worked solution →Sort discount, profit and taxRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Percentages bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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A basket has 20 apples and 5 oranges. What percentage of the fruit is oranges?

  1. 20%
  2. 25%
  3. 80%
  4. 5%
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Correct answer: A. 20%

1. There are 5 oranges out of 25 fruits. 2. 5 out of 25 is 20 out of 100. 3. So oranges are 20 percent and apples 80 percent. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Comparing Quantities._

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Girls are 60% of a class and number 18. How many students are in the class?

  1. 24
  2. 30
  3. 36
  4. 27
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Correct answer: B. 30

1. 60 percent of the class equals 18. 2. 18 divided by 0.6 is 30. 3. So there are 30 students. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Comparing Quantities._

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With 18 girls and 12 boys, the ratio of girls to boys is:

  1. 3 : 2
  2. 2 : 3
  3. 3 : 5
  4. 18 : 30
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Correct answer: A. 3 : 2

1. Write 18 to 12. 2. Divide both by 6. 3. That gives 3 to 2. _Source: syllabus Mathematics, Chapter 8, Comparing Quantities._

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