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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 131 · 40 questions
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How to work it out (Find the 100%): Find the base — the number that is 100% (the whole, the old value, the cost price or the marked price). Choose the formula: part = p% of the base, or percent = part ÷ base × 100. Check the answer by working backwards.

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  1. 1.A team scored 500 runs in one match and 25% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹200 and sells it for ₹246. What is the profit percentage?
  3. 3.A school club grows from 25 members to 38 members. What is the percentage increase?
  4. 4.A farmer picks 425 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  5. 5.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 87% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  6. 6.₹5000 earns ₹300 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  7. 7.A farmer picks 280 mangoes and 90% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  8. 8.A torch marked ₹100 has 20% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A tank holds 40 litres of water and 90% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  10. 10.?% of 40 = 28
  11. 11.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹40 to ₹66. What is the percentage increase?
  12. 12.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹20 to ₹9. What is the percentage change?
  13. 13.A test has 50 marks. To get 68%, how many marks does Anaya need?
  14. 14.A lunch box marked ₹1000 has 17% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 39%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  16. 16.A price of ₹100 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 270 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  18. 18.What is the percentage difference between 66 and 54?
  19. 19.7 is 25% of ?
  20. 20.A kite costs ₹600 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
  21. 21.40% of a number is 78. What is the number?
  22. 22.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 48% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  23. 23.What percent of 500 is 90?
  24. 24.A number changes from 100 to 197. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 97% increase (b) 107% increase (c) 107% decrease (d) 97% decrease
  25. 25.A lunch box costs ₹50. The price goes up by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  26. 26.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 90% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  27. 27.Meera scored 19 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
  28. 28.A toy car costs ₹2000 before GST and ₹2100 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  29. 29.A number changes from 150 to 183. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 33% increase (b) 33% decrease (c) 22% decrease (d) 22% increase
  30. 30.66 is 25% of ?
  31. 31.A tank has 20 litres of water and 20% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  32. 32.What percent of 300 is 78?
  33. 33.The price of a football changes from ₹100 to ₹87. What is the percentage change?
  34. 34.One shop sells a pencil box for ₹46 and another sells it for ₹54. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  35. 35.What is the percentage difference between 102 and 138?
  36. 36.6 is what percent of 25?
  37. 37.35% of 140 =
  38. 38.What is the percentage difference between 99 and 141?
  39. 39.The price of a football changes from ₹300 to ₹372. What is the percentage change?
  40. 40.₹500 earns ₹225 simple interest at 9% a year. For how many years was it kept?

Answer key

  1. 375
  2. 23
  3. 52
  4. 170
  5. 26
  6. 1
  7. 252
  8. 80
  9. 36
  10. 70
  11. 65
  12. 55
  13. 34
  14. 830
  15. 834
  16. 196
  17. 10
  18. 20
  19. 28
  20. 108
  21. 195
  22. 370
  23. 18
  24. 97% increase
  25. 70
  26. 475
  27. 76
  28. 5
  29. 22% increase
  30. 264
  31. 16
  32. 26
  33. 13
  34. 16
  35. 30
  36. 24
  37. 49
  38. 35
  39. 24
  40. 5

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