
An army lost 10% its men in war, 10% of the remaining due to diseases and 10% of the rest were disabled. Thus, the strength was reduced to 729000 active men. Find the original strength.

Important Questions on Percentages


If , then is how much percent of ?

A student obtained 17 marks out of 20 marks. Find his percentage of marks.
(A) 85%
(B) 80%
(C) 83%
(D) 82%






There are students in a school, are Muslims, are Sikhs, are Christians and remaining are Hindus. How many Hindu students are there in the school?

The bar graph given below presents the number of shoes manufactured by a company on the different days of a week.
The number of shoes manufactured on is what percentage of shoes manufactured on ?


Achyutaya opens a tea-shop by investing Rs. 25000. He spends 30% of this amount on furnishing and 20% of it on buying other essential materials for the shop. What amount remains with him to buy remaining materials for his shop?




In a college, students are graduates. If the number of graduates is , then what are the total number of students in the college?




