Basic numeracy: numbers and percentages - One Line Questions
1.
If a salary of $500 is increased by 10%, what is the new salary? —
$550
2.
Convert 150% to a decimal. —
1.5
3.
Convert 0.025 to a percentage. —
2.5%
4.
What is the value of 0.05 expressed as a percentage? —
5%
5.
What is 0.2 expressed as a percentage? —
20%
6.
Which of the following is NOT a valid representation of 25%? —
25
7.
If a number is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10%, the net percentage change is: —
1% decrease
8.
If a quantity is increased by 50% and then decreased by 50%, what is the net percentage change? —
25% decrease
9.
What is 1/8 expressed as a percentage? —
12.5%
10.
What is the percentage equivalent of the decimal 0.125? —
12.5%
11.
If a quantity is 50% of another quantity, the first quantity is what fraction of the second? —
1/2
12.
A decrease of 25% is equivalent to multiplying the original value by which fraction? —
3/4
13.
What is 12.5% as a fraction? —
1/8
14.
If a number is increased by 20%, what is the new number as a fraction of the original number? —
6/5
15.
A reduction of 20% means the new value is what fraction of the original? —
4/5
16.
What is 1/10 as a percentage? —
10%
17.
What is 0.1 expressed as a percentage? —
10%
18.
If a price is reduced by 10%, what percentage of the original price is the new price? —
90%
19.
What is the percentage increase if a value changes from 100 to 120? —
20%
20.
If a quantity decreases from 50 to 40, what is the percentage decrease? —
20%
21.
If the price of an item increases from $80 to $100, what is the percentage increase? —
25%
22.
If 20% of a quantity is 50, what is the quantity? —
250
23.
If 60% of a number is 30, what is the number? —
50
24.
What is 1/2 as a percentage? —
50%
25.
If 40% of a number is 80, what is the number? —
200
26.
A discount of 20% on an item means the customer pays what percentage of the original price? —
80%
27.
What is the percentage decrease if a value changes from 200 to 150? —
25%
28.
What is the value of 3/4 as a percentage? —
75%
29.
What is 3/5 as a percentage? —
60%
30.
If a price is increased by 25%, what is the new price as a fraction of the original price? —
5/4
31.
Which fraction is equivalent to 60%? —
3/5
32.
What is 30% of 200? —
60
33.
If a quantity is increased by 25%, what is the new quantity as a fraction of the original? —
5/4
34.
What is 2/5 as a percentage? —
40%
35.
What percentage of 80 is 20? —
25%
36.
What is 10% of 500? —
50
37.
What is 1/5 as a percentage? —
20%
38.
What percentage of 50 is 10? —
20%
39.
If a team wins 80% of its matches and loses 15% of its matches, what percentage of matches were drawn? —
5%
40.
If a number is multiplied by 1.25, by what percentage has it increased? —
25%
41.
What is 50% of 200? —
100
42.
What is the value of 0.75 expressed as a percentage? —
75%
43.
Convert 0.75 to a percentage. —
75%
44.
Which percentage is equivalent to the fraction 7/10? —
70%
45.
If 75% of a number is 150, what is the number? —
200
46.
If a shopkeeper marks his goods 20% above the cost price and then offers a 10% discount, his net profit percentage is: —
8%
47.
A profit of 20% means the selling price is what percentage of the cost price? —
120%
48.
If a number is decreased by 10%, it becomes 90. What was the original number? —
100
49.
If a number is decreased by 50%, what is the resulting number? —
Half the original number
50.
If a number is increased by 100%, what is the resulting number? —
Twice the original number