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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 157 · 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.What percent of 400 is 344?
  2. 2.Riya scored 24 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 41%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  4. 4.A number changes from 400 to 568. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 52% increase (b) 42% increase (c) 52% decrease (d) 42% decrease
  5. 5.What is the percentage difference between 27 and 73?
  6. 6.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
  7. 7.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹800 and sells it for ₹936. What is the profit percentage?
  8. 8.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 75 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  9. 9.A number changes from 500 to 435. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 65% increase (b) 13% decrease (c) 13% increase (d) 65% decrease
  10. 10.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 27 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  11. 11.A number changes from 40 to 46. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% increase (b) 15% increase (c) 6% decrease (d) 15% decrease
  12. 12.Diya scored 28 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
  13. 13.₹5000 earns ₹1800 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  14. 14.A toy car costs ₹250 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 12%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  16. 16.30% of a number is 99. What is the number?
  17. 17.A price of ₹500 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  18. 18.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹100 to ₹68. What is the percentage change?
  19. 19.328 is what percent of 400?
  20. 20.Sara scored 13 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
  21. 21.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 9%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  22. 22.₹3000 earns ₹810 simple interest at 9% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  23. 23.What is the percentage difference between 55 and 45?
  24. 24.?% of 20 = 18
  25. 25.550 children are in a school and 60% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  26. 26.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  27. 27.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹60 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
  28. 28.A lunch box is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹680. What is the discount percentage?
  29. 29.62 is 20% of ?
  30. 30.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 320 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  32. 32.Aarav keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Aarav get in 3 years?
  33. 33.A wall clock costs ₹25 before tax and ₹28 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
  34. 34.₹2000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  35. 35.A number changes from 80 to 136. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 70% decrease (b) 56% increase (c) 56% decrease (d) 70% increase
  36. 36.15% of 500 =
  37. 37.What is the percentage difference between 174 and 66?
  38. 38.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 43%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  39. 39.Arjun scored 13 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
  40. 40.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?

Answer key

  1. 86
  2. 48
  3. 328
  4. 42% increase
  5. 92
  6. more
  7. 17
  8. 70
  9. 13% decrease
  10. 55
  11. 15% increase
  12. 35
  13. 3
  14. 30
  15. 30
  16. 330
  17. 540
  18. 32
  19. 82
  20. 52
  21. 45
  22. 3
  23. 20
  24. 90
  25. 330
  26. 110
  27. 20
  28. 15
  29. 310
  30. 28
  31. 141
  32. 300
  33. 12
  34. 4
  35. 70% increase
  36. 75
  37. 90
  38. 114
  39. 65
  40. 32

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