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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 172 · 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 shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 34 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  2. 2.Diya scored 516 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
  3. 3.A price of ₹300 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹664. What is the loss percentage?
  5. 5.₹1000 earns ₹300 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  6. 6.Isha scored 17 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
  7. 7.A test has 40 marks. To get 45%, how many marks does Dev need?
  8. 8.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹60 to ₹54. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.A price of ₹200 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  10. 10.Arjun scored 144 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
  11. 11.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 25%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹100 and sells it for ₹140. What is the profit percentage?
  13. 13.Ishaan spent ₹72, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Ishaan have, in rupees?
  14. 14.A number changes from 500 to 335. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 43% increase (b) 33% increase (c) 33% decrease (d) 43% decrease
  15. 15.A farmer picks 300 mangoes and 2% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  16. 16.A number changes from 50 to 87. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 74% increase (b) 37% increase (c) 74% decrease (d) 37% decrease
  17. 17.25% of a number is 94. What is the number?
  18. 18.A price of ₹400 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  19. 19.What percent of 300 is 204?
  20. 20.A team scored 150 runs in one match and 51 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  21. 21.Riya keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 5 years?
  22. 22.A cricket bat is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹840. What is the discount percentage?
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 18%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  24. 24.A kite costs ₹800 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  25. 25.6% of 200 =
  26. 26.₹3000 earns ₹480 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  27. 27.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 150 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  28. 28.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹340. What is the loss percentage?
  29. 29.88 is 50% of ?
  30. 30.A pencil box marked ₹250 has 40% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  31. 31.What is the percentage difference between 56 and 44?
  32. 32.What is the percentage difference between 51 and 99?
  33. 33.The price of a water bottle comes down from ₹60 to ₹12. What is the percentage decrease?
  34. 34.A water bottle marked ₹150 has 24% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  35. 35.A toy car is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹138. What is the discount percentage?
  36. 36.A test has 500 marks. To get 47%, how many marks does Aarav need?
  37. 37.A number changes from 40 to 28. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 30% increase (c) 12% decrease (d) 30% decrease
  38. 38.₹500 earns ₹160 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  39. 39.A tank had 250 litres of water. Now it has 70 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  40. 40.A school club has 150 members. The number grows by 78%. How many members are there now?

Answer key

  1. 70
  2. 86
  3. 396
  4. 17
  5. 10
  6. 68
  7. 18
  8. 10
  9. 84
  10. 48
  11. 10
  12. 40
  13. 180
  14. 33% decrease
  15. 6
  16. 74% increase
  17. 376
  18. 728
  19. 68
  20. 66
  21. 1375
  22. 16
  23. 54
  24. 840
  25. 12
  26. 4
  27. 25
  28. 15
  29. 176
  30. 150
  31. 24
  32. 64
  33. 80
  34. 114
  35. 8
  36. 235
  37. 30% decrease
  38. 4
  39. 72
  40. 267

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