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CCAT Percentages Questions
Practise percentages (quantitative aptitude) for the Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT): 10 multiple-choice questions, each with the correct answer and a worked explanation. Click an option to check it, or “New questions” for another set.
Percentages practice
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Q1.The price of an item changes from $600 to $525. What is the percentage change?
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Answer: C — 12.5% decrease
Change = -75 on a base of 600: -75/600 × 100 = 12.5% decrease. Always divide by the ORIGINAL value.
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Q2.What is 60% of 580?
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Answer: B — 348
60% of 580 = 60/100 × 580 = 348.
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Q3.Two successive discounts of 10% and 10% are equivalent to a single discount of:
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Answer: B — 19%
Net discount = a + b − ab/100 = 10 + 10 − 10×10/100 = 19%.
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Q4.The price of an item changes from $850 to $977.5. What is the percentage change?
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Answer: C — 15% increase
Change = 127.5 on a base of 850: 127.5/850 × 100 = 15% increase. Always divide by the ORIGINAL value.
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Q5.What is 15% of 180?
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Answer: D — 27
15% of 180 = 15/100 × 180 = 27.
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Q6.What is 45% of 840?
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Answer: D — 378
45% of 840 = 45/100 × 840 = 378.
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Q7.The price of an item changes from $925 to $1,202.5. What is the percentage change?
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Answer: C — 30% increase
Change = 277.5 on a base of 925: 277.5/925 × 100 = 30% increase. Always divide by the ORIGINAL value.
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Q8.What is 85% of 360?
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Answer: C — 306
85% of 360 = 85/100 × 360 = 306.
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Q9.The price of an item changes from $725 to $797.5. What is the percentage change?
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Answer: A — 10% increase
Change = 72.5 on a base of 725: 72.5/725 × 100 = 10% increase. Always divide by the ORIGINAL value.
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Q10.Two successive discounts of 10% and 5% are equivalent to a single discount of:
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Answer: B — 14.5%
Net discount = a + b − ab/100 = 10 + 5 − 10×5/100 = 14.5%.
How to approach percentages questions
Convert percentages to fractions you know by heart (12.5% = 1/8, 37.5% = 3/8, 16.67% = 1/6) and always divide a change by the ORIGINAL value. Two successive changes of a% and b% combine to a + b + ab/100.
About CCAT
Criteria Cognitive Aptitude Test (CCAT) — conducted by Criteria Corp (pre-employment test publisher). A 15-minute, 50-question pre-employment aptitude test used by thousands of employers to measure problem-solving, verbal, math and logic, and spatial reasoning. The average raw score is about 24 out of 50.
Original practice questions written for this site in the style and difficulty of each exam’s syllabus. They are not past papers and the site is not affiliated with any exam body. Exam patterns, marking schemes and syllabi change — always check the latest official notification.
CCAT practice topics
| Topic | Section | Question source |
|---|---|---|
| Verbal Reasoning & Analogies | Reasoning | Calculated + question bank |
| Vocabulary & Idioms | English | Question bank |
| Logical Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Spatial Reasoning | Reasoning | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Number System & Simplification | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Percentages | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Ratio, Ages & Mixtures | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Speed, Distance, Trains & Boats | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Averages & Statistics | Quantitative aptitude | Calculated (new numbers every set) |
| Data Interpretation | Data interpretation | Calculated (new numbers every set) |