Cluster · Percentage Change and Successive Percentage Calculations

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Successive and Net Percentage Change
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A number is first increased by 20% and then reduced by 20%. What would be the percentage change in the number?

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A number is increased by 30% and then again increased by 30%. By what percentage should the increased number be reduced so as to get back the original number?

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If the price of an article is raised by 35%, by how much percent must a householder reduce his consumption of that article, so as not to increase his expenditure?

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Two successive price increases of 5% and 5% of an article are equivalent to a single price increase of:

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Ramnarayan's salary was reduced by 3\(\frac{1}{8}\)%, and then, the reduced salary was increased by 7\(\frac{2}{5}\)%. By what percentage (rounded off to two decimal places) is his new salary more/less as compared to his original salary?

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If Arun’s salary was decreased by 50% and subsequently increased by 50%, then how much percent did he lose?

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The salary of a person is first decreased by 40 percent and then increased by 40 percent. What will be the percentage decrease in the salary?

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The price of a commodity increases by 10% from 2020 to 2021 and it again increases by 15% from 2021 to 2022. The difference in the prices in 2020 and 2022 is Rs 35. What is the price of the commodity (in Rs) in 2021 (rounded up to one decimal place)?

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When the price of a Bluetooth earphone is increased by 12%, its sale(number of Bluetooth earphones) is reduced by 20%. What is the net impact on its revenue?

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The price of a mobile-first successively decreases by 5% and 2%, and after that, the price is increased successively by 10%, and 20%, respectively. What is the final change in the price of the mobile?

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The ticket for an IPL match in Chennai was ₹2,500. When the price of the ticket was lowered, the sale(number of tickets) of the tickets was increased by 50%, but the revenue noticed a reduction of 15%. What was the reduced price of the ticket (rounded off to two decimal places) ?

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The value of a painting rises from Rs 140000 to Rs 182000. The percent increase in the value of the painting is:

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Pinky fills her car tank with 20 liters of petrol. She goes on a journey and ends up with just 5.5 liters of petrol left in the tank. What is the percent change in the petrol in the tank?

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If the price of potatoes increases by 10 percent, then by how much percent does a user have to cut down on his consumption of potatoes so that the expenditure on potatoes remains unchanged?

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If the price of petrol is increased by 40%, by what percentage (rounded off to 1 decimal place) should its consumption be decreased so that the expenditure on petrol remains the same?

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If the price of tea increases by 20%, by what percent should the consumption of tea be reduced so that the expenditure on tea does not increase?

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The salary of Neeta is first increased by 13% and then it is decreased by 13%. What is the change in her salary?

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If the number 40 is increased by 40%, then what will be the actual increase?

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If the price of oil increases by 25 percent and Arpit increases the expenditure on oil by 10 percent, then by how much percent will he reduce the quantity of oil purchased?

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A number is increased by 8% and then, the increased number is decreased by 8%. What is the net increase or decrease in the number?

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If the price of petrol is increased by 25 percent, then how much should a person decrease the consumption to keep the expenditure same?

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If the price of petrol becomes Rs 110/litre from Rs 95/litre, by what percentage the consumption of petrol should be reduced by Ravi so that his expenditure remains the same? (correct up to two decimals)

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Neeraj's earning was decreased by 60% and after that subsequently increased by 60%. Find the final loss % on his earnings.

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The price of a car increases successively by 5%, 10% and 20%, respectively. What is the equivalent change in the price?

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P is increased successively by 15% and 20% to get Q. If P = 200, then what is the value of Q?

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If 90 is increased by x%, then it becomes 117. What is the value of x?

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A number is first increased by 10% and then increased by 20%. The number, so obtained, is now decreased by 12%. What is the net increase or decrease percent in the original number?

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Due to a reduction in workforce, the production in a factory decreases by 30%. By what percentage should the working hours per person be increased to restore the original production? (Correct to two decimal places.)

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The price of tomatoes increases by 10%. The consumption of tomatoes decreases by 15%. What is the percentage change in the expenditure on tomatoes?

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For three consecutive years, the costs of a product were Rs. 126 per litre, Rs. 252 per liter, and Rs. 315 per liter, respectively. If a common man spends an average of Rs. 13,860 on that product, then what is the average cost of that product per litre for the next three years? (In Rs. - upto two decimals)

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For three consecutive years, the costs of a product were Rs.130 per liter, Rs.260 per liter, and Rs.325 per liter respectively. If a common man spends an average of Rs. 14300 on that product, then what is the average cost of that product per liter for three years? (In Rs.)

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Z is increased successively by 11\(\frac{1}{9}\)% and 10% to get R. If R = 165, then what is the value of Z?

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The price of sugar is increased by 40%. By what percentage must one cut down on the consumption of sugar so that no extra amount has to be incurred on sugar?

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If the price of a movie ticket increased by 12\(\frac{1}{2}\)% and the sale of tickets also increased by 8\(\frac{1}{2}\)%, the find % change in income.

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Two successive increments of 30% each is by what percentage more than two successive decrements of 30% each? (Correct to two decimal places)

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If the price of petrol increased by 7%, then by what percentage should the consumption be decreased by the consumer, if the expenditure on petrol remains unchanged?

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A number is increased by 25% and then decreased by 16%, the final percentage increase in the number:

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If price of papaya is increased by 40 percent, then by what percentage consumption of papaya should be decreased so that the expenditure incurred on papaya gets decreased by 10 percent?

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The price of an article is increased by r%. The new price was decreased by r% later. Now the latest price is Rs.1. What was the original price of the article?

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The price of petroleum is increased by 20% due to increasing GST. If a motor car company wants to increase its expenditure on petroleum is 5% then, find the decrease in the consumption of petroleum. (The initial consumption of petroleum was 72000 liter.)

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In the Delhi metro, the price of tickets is increased by 25%, and as a result the number of passengers also increases by 12%. If the revenue collected increases by Rs.45000 and the total number of passengers is 11200 now then what is the price of a ticket before the increment? (Number of passengers traveling without a ticket is 200 now, which was zero earlier)

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The price of a gold necklace is increased by 20% and due to this, a man purchases 20 necklaces less at Rs. 500000. Find how many necklaces the man purchased after the price increased.

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If the price of sugarcane has increased from Rs. 350 to Rs. 375.5 this year then, find the percentage increase in the price of sugarcane.

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The number of seats in a stadium is decreased by 15% and also the price of the ticket is increased by 20%. What is the effect on the revenue collected?

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The consumption of petrol in Delhi decreases by 22% when the price of petrol is increased by Rs. 10 per liter. If the revenue collection increases by 2% only then what was the petrol price per liter before increment?

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Price of ticket of a cricket match increases by 24% and thus the sale of tickets decreases by 15%. If the revenue collected is Rs. 189720 then what was the revenue initially before change in price?

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The per unit rate of electricity and per kg rate of gas is increased by 20% and 12.5% respectively. The consumption remains the same as before but total expenditure on electricity and gas got increased by 18.75%. If the consumptions of electricity and gas are 500 units and 12.5 kg respectively then, the initial per unit rate of electricity was what percent of the initial per kg rate of gas?

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The consumption of milk in a family is increased by 25% when the per litre rate of milk is decreased by 5%. If the total expenditure on milk was Rs. 6000 per month initially then what will be the new expenditure on milk consumed per day? (Equal quantity of milk is consumed per day in both cases)

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If the price of potatoes is increased by 30 percent then by what percent should the family's consumption be decreased so that the expenditure increases only 10 percent?

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A family consumes 40 litres of oil per month and spends Rs. X on it. The expenditure on oil gets reduced by Rs. 56 when per litre rate of oil is increased by 20%. If the family now consumes 20% less oil then find the value of X.

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