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7. Solve the following word problems.
(a) Rishabh’s monthly income is ` 9,400. He spends 80% of his income every month. Find
the amount of money that he spends in a month. Also, find his monthly savings.
(b) There are 1,350 students in a school. If only 60% students attend the assembly, find
the number of students who do not attend the assembly?

(c) Two friends Dimple and Anushka had ` 275 and ` 350, respectively. Dimple spent
20% of her money while Anushka spent 22% of her money. Who spent more money
and by how much?
(d) Thomas had ` 9,248 with him. If he spent ` 4,161.60 out of ` 9,248, what percentage
of money did he spend?

(e) In a class, if 24 out of 48 students are present, find the percentage of students who
are absent.

Values and Life Skills

Each of the 25 students of a class contributed ` 150 to buy stationery items for an orphanage.
What is the percentage contribution of each student? How often do you donate things in an
orphanage?

ACTIVITY

What To Do?

To reinforce the concept of percentage
What We Need?
Paper and a pencil

How To Do?
 List the marks of each subject you have obtained/scored in your previous examination

in the table given below.

Subject Maximum Marks Marks Obtained Percentage (%)
English
Hindi
Mathematics
Science

Social Studies
Total
 Calculate the percentage of each subject.
 Also, calculate the total percentage obtained by using the given formula.
Total marks obtained
× 100
Total maximum marks

179