A football team won 10 matches out of the total number of matches they played. If their win percentage was 40, then how many matches did they play in all?

NCERT - Mathematics

Book: NCERT - Mathematics

Chapter: 8. Comparing Quantities

Subject: Maths - Class 8^th

Q. No. 4 of Exercises 8.1

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A football team won 10 matches out of the total number of matches they played. If their win percentage was 40, then how many matches did they play in all?

Let total number of matches be x

According to question,

40% of total matches = 10

∴ x =

Hence total number of matches are 25.

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Chapter Exercises

Exercises 8.1

Exercises 8.2

Exercises 8.3

1

Find the ratio of the following.
(a) Speed of a cycle 15 km per hour to the speed of scooter 30 km per hour.

(b) 5 m to 10 km

(c) 50 paise to Rs 5

2

Convert the following ratios to percentages.
(a) 3 : 4 (b) 2 : 3

3

72% of 25 students are good in mathematics. How many are not good in mathematics?

4

A football team won 10 matches out of the total number of matches they played. If their win percentage was 40, then how many matches did they play in all?

5

If Chameli had Rs 600 left after spending 75% of her money, how much did she have in the beginning?

6

If 60% people in a city like cricket, 30% like football and the remaining like other games, then what per cent of the people like other games? If the total number of people are 50 lakh, find the exact number who like each type of game.