PERCENTAGES Name:_____________________________

OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. 70 sen of RM14 is RM9 000 and sold it later for RM7 200.
Calculate the percentage of loss .
A. 0.5% C. 15%
B. 5% D. 25% A. 80% C. 25%
B. 60% D. 20%

1
2. 12 % of 2 kg. =
2 6. There are 60 girls and 90 boys in Form 3.
1 1
of the girls and of the boys attend a
A. 150 g. C. 250 g 5 3
B. 240 g. D. 264 g course. Calculate the percentage of
students who attend the course.

A. 25% C. 30%
B. 28% D. 42%
3. The diagram below shows a square grid.

7. At a sale, Kim Hock bought a pair of

trousers at 45% of RM140 and a jacket
at y % of RM300. He paid RM288 for
both items. Calculate the value of y.

A. 75 C. 45
B. 60 D. 30
What is the percentage of the shaded
region?
8.
A 56 C. 21
B. 25 D. 14
RM3 400

4. 60% of the oranges in a basket are sweet. If the computer above is given a discount
If there are 384 sweet oranges, calculate of
the number of sour oranges in the basket. 15 %, how much does the computer cost ?

A. 256 C. 640 A. RM510.00 C. RM2 890.00

B. 576 D. 960 B. RM2 550.00 D. RM3 910.00

5. Hashim bought a motorcycle for 9. A salesman receives RM328 as

 commission for the sale of a 12. Kassim borrowed RM1 115 from a bank
motor-cycle. If the commission is at an interest rate of 7 % per annum. If
2 % of the selling price, find the selling he wanted to pay back the bank within
price of the motor-cycle. 8 months, calculate the total amount he
needed to pay to the bank.
A. RM13 300 C. RM15 400
B. RM14 400 D. RM16 400 A. RM52.03 C. RM1 062.97
B. RM624.40 D. RM1 167.03

10. The cost price of a radio is RM120.

What is the selling price if the 13. Halim got 65 marks in his first English
shopkeeper wants to make a profit test and 89 marks in his second English
1 test. Find the percentage of increase and
of 12 % of the cost price.
2 round off your answer to 2 decimal
places.
A. RM135.00 C. RM75.00
B. RM105.00 D. RM15.00 A. 16.98 % C. 36.92 %
B. 26.97 % D. 46.94 %

11. Ahmad bought a camera for RM1 120. 14. The price of petrol was RM1.60 per litre.
He later sold it for RM1 204. Find the It increased by 20 % after the war. Find
percentage of profit. the new price of petrol per litre.

A. 7.5 % C. 6.9 % A. RM2.00 C. RM1.90

B. 7.0 % D. 5.8 % B. RM1.92 D. RM1.89

SUBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. The diagram is drawn on a square grid.

Calculate the percentage of the shaded region in the diagram.

2. An angle is 35 % of one whole turn. Calculate the size of that angle.

3. There are 1 800 books on the book shelf. If 30 % of the books are Mathematics books,
how many books are not Mathematics books ?

4. Encik Bahari bought a house at a price of RM80 000. He sold it at a profit of RM22 400.
 Calculate the percentage profit.

5. The original price of a watch was RM130. During a sale, the price was reduced by 12 %,
calculate the selling price during the sale.

6. Hassan is a salesman. In April, his total sale was RM7 600 and the commission he
received was RM608. Calculate the percentage of his commission.

7. Kim Seng’s Mathematics marks are 8 % more than Sui Lan’s Mathematics marks.
If Sui Lan’s marks are 75, calculate the marks of Kim Seng.

8. Ramli deposited RM740 in a bank. If the simple interest rate is 4 % per annum, calculate the
 simple interest after 2 years.

9. Nordin pluck 620 papayas from his fruit garden. He sold 40 % of the papayas to hawker A
and 45 % to hawker B. Calculate the number of papayas which were not sold.

10. If 20 % of W is 166, find the value of W.

ANSWERS TO PERCENTAGES
OBJECTIVE ANSWERS

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. D
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. A
11. D
12. D
13. C
14. B

SUBJECTIVE ANSWERS

1. 20 %

2. 126°

3. 1 260 books are not Mathematics books.

4. 28 %

5. RM114.40

6. 8%

7. 81 marks

8. RM59.20

9. 93 papayas

10. W=830