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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 175 · 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.Ishaan keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 5 years?
  2. 2.A table fan costs ₹500. The price comes down by 49%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 34%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 42%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  6. 6.What percent of 25 is 13?
  7. 7.Riya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 5 years?
  8. 8.What percent of 25 is 8?
  9. 9.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹420. What is the loss percentage?
  10. 10.A price of ₹200 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  11. 11.A school bag marked ₹800 has 46% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  12. 12.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 65% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  13. 13.A school club has 250 members. The number grows by 50%. How many members are there now?
  14. 14.A tank has 250 litres of water and 16% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  15. 15.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 54%. How many members are there now?
  16. 16.A number changes from 120 to 54. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 66% decrease (b) 55% decrease (c) 66% increase (d) 55% increase
  17. 17.Arjun spent ₹33, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
  18. 18.₹1000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 39%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  20. 20.A school bag costs ₹150. The price comes down by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  21. 21.The price of a torch goes up from ₹100 to ₹180. What is the percentage increase?
  22. 22.A school club has 120 members. The number grows by 40%. How many members are there now?
  23. 23.A test has 50 marks. To get 68%, how many marks does Dev need?
  24. 24.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹86. What is the loss percentage?
  25. 25.72 is 75% of ?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹219. What is the loss percentage?
  27. 27.A shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 174 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  28. 28.What percent of 50 is 3?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  30. 30.A test has 40 marks. To get 50%, how many marks does Meera need?
  31. 31.?% of 500 = 310
  32. 32.A kite marked ₹200 has 26% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  33. 33.A storybook is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹264. What is the discount percentage?
  34. 34.One shop sells a toy car for ₹168 and another sells it for ₹232. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  35. 35.A pencil box costs ₹1470 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  36. 36.A tank has 300 litres of water and 49% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  37. 37.30 is 12% of ?
  38. 38.12% of a number is 6. What is the number?
  39. 39.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 46 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  40. 40.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?

Answer key

  1. 225
  2. 255
  3. less
  4. 198
  5. 71
  6. 52
  7. 675
  8. 32
  9. 16
  10. 312
  11. 432
  12. 66
  13. 375
  14. 210
  15. 154
  16. 55% decrease
  17. 220
  18. 3
  19. 61
  20. 75
  21. 80
  22. 168
  23. 34
  24. 14
  25. 96
  26. 27
  27. 45
  28. 6
  29. 168
  30. 20
  31. 62
  32. 52
  33. 12
  34. 32
  35. 1617
  36. 153
  37. 250
  38. 50
  39. 8
  40. 6

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