1. In an examination, the passing mark is 40%. If a candidate gets 88 marks and fails by 8 marks, the examination was conducted out of _______ marks.   24   144   40   240   96   Hint Half-n-half Clue   2. A company has 625 employees. If 4% of its employees are absent on a particular day, how many employees are absent?   24   14   25   26   13   Half-n-half Clue   3. In an examination, Mark secured 53% and Steve secured 47%. If the sum of their marks is 800, the examination was graded out of _______ total marks.   100   80   424   800   376   Half-n-half Clue   4. 25.5% =   2550   255   2.55   25.5   0.255   Half-n-half Clue   5. The number 18 expressed as a percentage of 120 is   15%   667%   1.5%   0.15%   67%   Half-n-half Clue   6. In an examination paper out of 140 marks, Peter secured 90% and Anthony secured 75%. The ratio of Peter's marks to Anthony's marks is   140%   80%   110%   130%   120%   Half-n-half Clue   7. 2000 candidates appeared for an examination. 4/5 of the candidates were boys and the rest of the candidates were girls. 29% of the boys failed and 17% of the girls failed. The number of candidates who passed the examination are   1600   1136   1468   532   332   Half-n-half Clue