Question 1

What percentage of total students are enrolled in either Engineering or Commerce?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Engineering percentage = 35%
Step 2: Commerce percentage = 25%
Step 3: Combined percentage = 35% + 25% = 60%
Answer: 60%

Question 2

What percentage of students are in either Engineering or Commerce streams?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Engineering percentage = 35%
Step 2: Commerce percentage = 25%
Step 3: Combined percentage = 35% + 25% = 60%
Answer: 60%

Question 3

What percentage of total sales is contributed by Home & Kitchen and Books & Media combined?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Home & Kitchen = 18%. Step 2: Books & Media = 16%. Step 3: Combined percentage = 18% + 16% = 34%. Answer: 34%

Question 4

By what amount (in rupees) do Electronics sales exceed Sports & Outdoors sales?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Electronics = 28% of ₹50,00,000 = ₹14,00,000. Step 2: Sports & Outdoors = 16% of ₹50,00,000 = ₹8,00,000. Step 3: Difference = ₹14,00,000 - ₹8,00,000 = ₹6,00,000. Answer: ₹6,00,000

Question 5

What is the combined sales value of Sports & Outdoors and Books & Media categories?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Sports & Outdoors = 16% of ₹50,00,000 = ₹8,00,000. Step 2: Books & Media = 16% of ₹50,00,000 = ₹8,00,000. Step 3: Combined = ₹8,00,000 + ₹8,00,000 = ₹16,00,000. Answer: ₹16,00,000

Question 6

What is the sales value (in ₹) of the Electronics category?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Electronics represents 28% of total sales. Step 2: 28% of ₹50,000 = (28/100) × 50,000 = ₹14,000. Answer: ₹14,000

Question 7

What is the ratio of sales in Clothing to Home & Garden categories?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Clothing = 22% of ₹50,000 = ₹11,000. Step 2: Home & Garden = 18% of ₹50,000 = ₹9,000. Step 3: Ratio = 11,000 : 9,000 = 11 : 9. Answer: 11:9

Question 8

What is the combined sales value (in ₹) of Clothing and Books & Media categories?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Clothing = 22% of ₹50,000 = ₹11,000. Step 2: Books & Media = 16% of ₹50,000 = ₹8,000. Step 3: Combined = ₹11,000 + ₹8,000 = ₹19,000. Answer: ₹19,000

Question 9

What is the sales value (in rupees) of the Electronics category?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Electronics represents 28% of total sales. Step 2: 28% of ₹50,00,000 = (28/100) × 50,00,000 = ₹14,00,000. Answer: ₹14,00,000

Question 10

What is the ratio of sales of Clothing to Home & Kitchen categories?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Clothing = 22% of total sales. Step 2: Home & Kitchen = 18% of total sales. Step 3: Ratio = 22:18 = 11:9 (dividing both by 2). Answer: 11:9

Question 11

Electronics sales are what percentage more than Home & Garden sales?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Electronics = 28% of ₹50,000 = ₹14,000. Step 2: Home & Garden = 18% of ₹50,000 = ₹9,000. Step 3: Difference = ₹14,000 - ₹9,000 = ₹5,000. Step 4: Percentage more = (5,000/9,000) × 100 = 55.56% ≈ 55.56%. Alternatively, percentage difference = (28% - 18%) / 18% × 100 = 10/18 × 100 = 55.56%. Answer: 55.56% or approximately 55.6%

Question 12

By what amount (in ₹) do Sports & Outdoors sales exceed Books & Media sales?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Sports & Outdoors = 16% of ₹50,000 = ₹8,000. Step 2: Books & Media = 16% of ₹50,000 = ₹8,000. Step 3: Difference = ₹8,000 - ₹8,000 = ₹0. Answer: ₹0 (Both categories have equal sales)

Question 13

How many units of Samsung smartphones were sold in Q4 2023?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Samsung sales value in Q4 = ₹1,200 lakhs = ₹12,00,00,000
Step 2: Average selling price per Samsung unit = ₹40,000
Step 3: Number of units = 12,00,00,000 ÷ 40,000 = 30,000 units

Question 14

If the total production increases to 60,000 units next year with the same percentage distribution, how many more units will Factory B produce compared to this year?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Factory B's percentage = 22%. Step 2: Next year's production for Factory B = 60,000 × 22% = 60,000 × 0.22 = 13,200 units. Step 3: Current year Factory B production = 11,000 units. Step 4: Increase = 13,200 - 11,000 = 2,200 units.

Question 15

What is the ratio of production of Factory C to Factory D?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Factory C production = 9,000 units. Step 2: Factory D production = 8,000 units. Step 3: Ratio = 9,000 : 8,000 = 9 : 8 (dividing both by 1,000).

Question 16

If Factory A increases its production by 25% and Factory B decreases by 10%, what will be the new combined production of both factories?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Factory A current production = 14,000 units. After 25% increase = 14,000 × 1.25 = 17,500 units. Step 2: Factory B current production = 11,000 units. After 10% decrease = 11,000 × 0.90 = 9,900 units. Step 3: Combined new production = 17,500 + 9,900 = 27,400 units.

Question 17

What is the average production of Factories C, D, and E combined, and by what percentage is this average less than Factory A's production?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Factory C + D + E = 9,000 + 8,000 + 8,000 = 25,000 units. Step 2: Average = 25,000 / 3 = 8,333.33 units. Step 3: Factory A = 14,000 units. Step 4: Difference = 14,000 - 8,333.33 = 5,666.67 units. Step 5: Percentage less = (5,666.67 / 14,000) × 100 = 40.48% ≈ 40.5% (or exactly 40.48%, closest to 40.5%).

Question 18

By what percentage did Apple's sales value increase from Q3 to Q4 2023?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Q3 2023 total sales = ₹4,000 lakhs
Step 2: Apple's Q3 sales = 30% of 4,000 = ₹1,200 lakhs
Step 3: Apple's Q4 sales = ₹1,400 lakhs
Step 4: Increase = 1,400 - 1,200 = ₹200 lakhs
Step 5: Percentage increase = (200 ÷ 1,200) × 100 = 16.67% ≈ 16.7%

Question 19

If the total sales in Q4 2023 had been ₹6,000 lakhs instead of ₹5,000 lakhs, with the same percentage distribution, how many additional units of Xiaomi smartphones would have been sold? (Assume average price remains ₹25,000 per unit)

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Actual Q4 Xiaomi sales = ₹1,000 lakhs → Units = 1,000 lakhs ÷ 25,000 = 40,000 units
Step 2: Hypothetical Q4 Xiaomi sales at ₹6,000 lakhs total = 20% of 6,000 = ₹1,200 lakhs
Step 3: Hypothetical units = 1,200 lakhs ÷ 25,000 = 48,000 units
Step 4: Additional units = 48,000 - 40,000 = 8,000 units

Question 20

What is the ratio of Apple sales to Realme sales in Q4 2023?

Accepted Answer

Step 1: Apple sales = ₹1,400 lakhs
Step 2: Realme sales = ₹500 lakhs
Step 3: Ratio = 1,400 : 500 = 14 : 5 (dividing both by 100)

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