Problems on percentages of given ratios

Problems on percentages of given ratios

#### What is 25% of 120? 1. [x] 30 2. [ ] 35 3. [ ] 40 4. [ ] 45 #### If a company has 120 employees and wants to increase its workforce by 20%, how many new employees does the company need to hire? 1. [ ] 20 2. [x] 24 3. [ ] 28 4. [ ] 32 #### A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% apples and still has 420 apples. What is the total number of apples he had originally? 1. [ ] 400 2. [ ] 500 3. [x] 700 3. [ ] 800 #### A person multiplied a number by 3/5 instead of 5/3, What is the percentage error in the calculation? 1. [ ] 51 2. [ ] 60 3. [ ] 54 4. [x] 64 #### Three students contested an election and received 1000, 5000 and 10000 votes, respectively. What is the percentage of the total votes the winning student gets? 1. [x] 62.5% 2. [ ] 64% 3. [ ] 60% 4. [ ] 69.5%