Math Test

Topic: Percentage

1. I have to finish three-fifths of a book (that has 160 pages) in 4 days. Find the percentage of the total
pages I have to read each day. How many pages does this amount to?

2. It is required that 15% of the price be paid upfront for a particular product, and the remaining be paid
in 5 equal instalments. If my first instalment was Rs. 3400, find the amount paid upfront and also the
total cost of the product.

3. The side of a square is reduced by 10%. Find the percentage decrease in area and perimeter.

4. In a rectangle, the length is reduced by 10% and breadth by 25%. Find the percentage decrease in area
and also express it as ratio :- Old Area : New Area

5. What percent of 2000 is 1500?

6. The cost of a product rises from 1500 to 2000. Find the percentage increase.

7. A student appears for 5 exams. Here are the student's marks in 4 subjects - 86, 91, 93, 94. (Max marks
is 100). What should the minimum marks obtained in the 5th subject be so that the total percentage is at
least 95?

8. You are making pie-chart to represent percentages of 3 different quantities x, y, z. What would be the
angle of the sectors that you make? (Hint: answer would be in terms of x and/or y and/or z.)

9. We have travelled 7.25 km of a 10 km drive. What percentage of the journey have we covered? Also
express the answer in ratio in lowest terms :- Distance covered : Distance yet to be covered.

10. Explain in your own words with examples the relationship between Percentage, Fractions, Decimal and
Ratio.

11. Express the following as percentage, ratio, decimal, fraction

(a) Diameter & Radius of circle

(b) Diameter & Circumference of a circle
(c) 45%
(d) 2 meters & 0.25 kilometres
(e) 0.17
(f) 12 hours & 3 days
(g) Two-thirds & three-quarters
(h) Rs. 230 & Rs. 11500
(i) 450 grams & 1.5 kilograms
(j) 25 square centimetres & 400 square millimetres

12. Fill these blanks with correct values

(a) 10 % increase will change 200 to ___________

(b) 4 % decrease will change 50 to _____________
(c) _________ % increase is required for 100 to become 120
(d) _________ % decrease is required for 120 to become 100
 (e) 20% of _________ is 780
(f) In a vacant plot, 25% of the area is paved, and the remaining area is 225 square meters. The
total area of the plot is __________
(g) My daughter has grown 5% taller in the past year, says the father. I am130 cm tall now,
says the daughter. Her height a year ago was ________
(h) I should increase the radius of a circle by a factor of _________ to increase the area by 100%
(i) _______% of x2 is x.
(j) 16% decrease followed by a 50% increase amounts to________% increase over all.

13. The composition of Rose Gold alloy is as follows: 75% Au, 22.25% Cu, and the remaining is Ag.
How much silver is needed to produce a Rose Gold alloy of 500 grams?

14. Under certain conditions, 5% evaporation loss per hour is predicted in a 50 litre barrel full of petrol.
What would be the remaining volume expected at the end of 2 hours? Also find the percentage of
volume of petrol lost in the same time.

15. In a town, 100,000 people are eligible to vote. 48% are men. On election day, it was noted that 42000
men voted. What percentage of men did not exercise their right to vote? And it was also noted that 96%
of women did vote. How many women did not vote? Also find the ratio between citizens who voted
and those who did not.
 Topic: Powers & Roots

1. Write the following in exponent form with only primes as bases

(a) 18000; (b) 3179; (c) 7776; (d) 720; (e) 12600;

2. Find the square root of the following

(a) 4096
16k 2
(b)
9x2
(c) 676
(d) a2b4
(e) 8100
(f) (xy)6
(g) 1000000
(h) a4b6c0
(i) 6084
2
9p
(j) 2 2
m n
(k) The number Googol

3. Find the cube root of the following

(a) 13824
(b) (xy)6
(c) 4913
(d) 2744
(e) 125b3c9
(f) 1728
27k 6
(g)
8m 3
(h) 10648

x3 9
512
(i)
216y
1000p 12
(j)
343 ( 4)3

4. List 3 numbers and 3 algebraic terms that are both a perfect square and perfect cube
5. Simplify the following

(a) a 4 b5 (abc) 2
(b) (6 x y)2 3 x 2 y
(c) 23
2
64
( 1)4 +( 1)99 ( 1)2
(d)
( 1) ( 1) ( 1)79
2 100

10+36 + 91 100

(e)
49 49
+
196 196
343 x x2 x
3 3
+ 2
256 + 2
81
(f)
13+144
2 2

6. State true or false

(a) The product of two negative integers is always positive

(b) The product of two numbers is always greater than both the numbers
(c) Negative numbers raised to an even power are always negative
( ab) = a b
4 4 4
(d)
(e) ( ab)7 = a 7 b7 = ( ab)7
(f) The sum of 2 negative integers is always negative
(a+b) = a +b
2 2 2
(g)
(h) (ab) 2 = a 2b 2