INDIAN SCHOOL BOUSHER

CBSE Affiliation Number: 6630203 & School Code 90252

ACADEMIC YEAR 2024 - 2025

LESSON 7: COMPARING QUANTITIES

SUBJECT: MATHEMATICS RESOURCE PERSON: MS. SMITA MENON
GRADE: VII SECTION: __________ WORKSHEET

DATE: ________ NAME OF THE STUDENT:

Instruction:
• Write your answers neatly on an A4 sheet of paper and ensure that your
completed worksheet is submitted on time.

I. Choose the correct answers.

1. A shop has 50 televisions, out of which 5 are defective. What percentage of
televisions are defective?
(a) 5% (b) 10% (c) 50% (d) 25%
2. There are 40 children in a class. 25% like playing football. How many children like
playing football?
(a) 10 (b) 20 (c) 30 (d) 40
3. Convert 0.09 into percent
(a) 9% (b) 10% (c) 30% (d) 40%
4. If 65% of students in a class have bicycle, what percent of the students do not have
bicycles?
(a) 35% (b) 25% (c) 45% (d) 10%
5. What percent of the given figure is shaded?
(a) 75% (b) 25%
(b) 10% (d) 50%

6. Rahul has saved ₹20 when a discount of 25% was given. What was the price of the
sweater before the discount?
(a) 70 (b) 60 (c) 80 (d) 50
7. Convert the given fractional number
1
into percentage?
8
(a) 12.5% (b) 13.5% (c) 14.5% (d) 10.5%
8. Find the whole quantity if 5% of it is 600.
(a) 1200 (b) 120 (c) 12000 (d) none of these
II. ASSERTION-REASON QUESTIONS
9. Assertion: Mithilesh purchased a TV for ₹ 10,000 and sold it for ₹ 8000. Loss = 20%
Reason: Loss percentage refers to the amount of loss incurred which is expressed or
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 calculated in percentage.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, but Reason is true.

10. Assertion: The ratio of 50 paise to ₹ 2 is 1:2.

Reason: A ratio can be defined as the relationship or comparison between two
numbers
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true, and Reason is not the correct explanation of
Assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, but Reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, but Reason is true
III. Do as directed. (Short answer type question)

11. A man buys a radio for ₹ 600 and sells it at a gain of 25%. What is the S.P of the radio?

12. On what sum of money lent at 9% per annum for 6 years does the Simple Interest
amount to ₹ 810.
13. 35% population of a town are men and 40% are women. If the number of children
is 20,000, what is the number of women?
14. If angles of a triangle are in the ratio 2 ∶ 3 ∶ 4. Find the percentage of each angle.

IV. Long answer type question

15. Sanjana and Seena deposited ₹ 3000 and ₹ 4000 at the rate of 10% per annum for 3
1
years and 2 years respectively. Find the difference of the amounts received by
2
them.
16. Nilay divided the collection of 252 shells among his three friends Akshay, Ansh and
Varun in the ratio 2 ∶ 3 ∶ 4. Find the number of shells each of the friends received?
17. ₹ 9000 becomes ₹ 18000 at simple interest in 8 years. Find the rate percent per
annum.
V. Case-based question
18 Liquefied gas is a type of fuel used in cars and other vehicles. After petrol and diesel,
liquefied gas is the third most popular fuel in the world. For the past 2 decades, it has
been used as an alternative for petrol worldwide.

Based on the above situations answer the following questions.

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i. In the year 2019, worldwide consumption of liquefied was 27 million tonnes, whereas in
India, its consumption was 0.42 million tonnes. What is the ratio of consumption of
liquefied gas in India to worldwide?
ii. In the year 2019, India consumed 28.3 million tonnes of petrol and 83.5 million tonnes
of diesel. Is it correct to say that in the year 2019
19. A picnic is being planned in a school for class VII. Girls are 60% of the total number of
students and are 18 in number. The picnic site is 55 km from the school and the
transport company is charging at the rate of ₹ 12 / km, the total cost of refreshments
will be ₹ 4280.

Based on the above situations answer the following questions.

i. The ratio of the number of girls to the number of boys.

ii. The cost per head if two teachers are also going with the class.

VI. Challenge Corner

20. A report consists of 20 sheets of 56 lines and each such line cnsists of 65 characters.
The reprt is reduced into sheets, each of 65 lines such that each line consists of 70
characters. What is the percentage reduction in the number of sheets?
(a) 20% (b) 10% (c) 30% (d) 15%

21. A man bought two goats for ₹ 1008. He sold one at a loss of 20% and the other a
profit of 44%. If each goat was sold for the same price, the cost price of the goat
which was sold at a loss was
(a) ₹ 648 (b) ₹ 360 (c) 568 (d) 440

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