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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 136 · 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 school bag is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹174. What is the discount percentage?
  2. 2.A school club grows from 50 members to 85 members. What is the percentage increase?
  3. 3.A number changes from 100 to 166. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 66% increase (b) 66% decrease (c) 76% decrease (d) 76% increase
  4. 4.Meera scored 276 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
  5. 5.₹4000 earns ₹440 simple interest at 11% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  6. 6.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  7. 7.12 is what percent of 80?
  8. 8.A price of ₹500 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A price of ₹100 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  10. 10.₹1500 earns ₹180 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  11. 11.52 is 20% of ?
  12. 12.Arjun spent ₹25, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
  13. 13.A number changes from 250 to 235. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% increase (b) 15% decrease (c) 6% increase (d) 6% decrease
  14. 14.A torch marked ₹400 has 41% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  15. 15.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
  16. 16.One shop sells a table fan for ₹51 and another sells it for ₹69. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  17. 17.The price of a torch comes down from ₹200 to ₹104. What is the percentage decrease?
  18. 18.A water bottle costs ₹700 before GST and ₹826 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹40 and sells it for ₹56. What is the profit percentage?
  20. 20.75% of a number is 285. What is the number?
  21. 21.Arjun scored 385 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
  22. 22.Rohan keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 1 year?
  23. 23.What is the percentage difference between 110 and 50?
  24. 24.A torch costs ₹40. The price goes up by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  25. 25.A torch marked ₹400 has 46% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  26. 26.A tank had 100 litres of water. Now it has 32 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  27. 27.3 is 30% of ?
  28. 28.A football costs ₹40. The price comes down by 60%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 5%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  30. 30.Meera spent ₹4, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
  31. 31.Anaya spent ₹30, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Anaya have, in rupees?
  32. 32.₹2000 earns ₹300 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  33. 33.A number changes from 50 to 92. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 84% increase (b) 42% increase (c) 42% decrease (d) 84% decrease
  34. 34.A shop sold 25 ice creams on Monday and 47 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  35. 35.Aarav spent ₹12, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Aarav have, in rupees?
  36. 36.A number changes from 40 to 16. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% increase (b) 70% increase (c) 60% decrease (d) 70% decrease
  37. 37.The price of a water bottle comes down from ₹100 to ₹40. What is the percentage decrease?
  38. 38.Kabir keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 1 year?
  39. 39.Aarav scored 120 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
  40. 40.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same

Answer key

  1. 13
  2. 70
  3. 66% increase
  4. 69
  5. 1
  6. 66
  7. 15
  8. 245
  9. 36
  10. 1
  11. 260
  12. 100
  13. 6% decrease
  14. 236
  15. more
  16. 30
  17. 48
  18. 18
  19. 40
  20. 380
  21. 77
  22. 60
  23. 75
  24. 60
  25. 184
  26. 68
  27. 10
  28. 16
  29. 2
  30. 80
  31. 100
  32. 5
  33. 84% increase
  34. 88
  35. 16
  36. 60% decrease
  37. 60
  38. 220
  39. 40
  40. more

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