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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 186 · 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 farmer picks 440 mangoes and 35% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  2. 2.A price of ₹300 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹50 and sells it for ₹57. What is the profit percentage?
  4. 4.A test has 500 marks. To get 58%, how many marks does Arjun need?
  5. 5.5% of a number is 9. What is the number?
  6. 6.A price comes down by 20% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
  7. 7.What percent of 25 is 4?
  8. 8.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹400 and sells it for ₹432. What is the profit percentage?
  9. 9.One shop sells a kite for ₹42 and another sells it for ₹118. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  10. 10.A football is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹448. What is the discount percentage?
  11. 11.A number changes from 20 to 11. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 9% decrease (b) 9% increase (c) 45% decrease (d) 45% increase
  12. 12.12% of 25 =
  13. 13.Isha scored 34 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
  14. 14.₹2000 earns ₹80 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  15. 15.A number changes from 20 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 2% increase (b) 2% decrease (c) 10% decrease (d) 10% increase
  16. 16.A wall clock marked ₹120 has 25% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A price goes up by 40% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
  18. 18.A tank has 150 litres of water and 28% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  19. 19.A tank holds 195 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  20. 20.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 24%. How many members are there now?
  21. 21.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 65% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  22. 22.What is the percentage difference between 50 and 110?
  23. 23.A water bottle costs ₹420 before GST and ₹441 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  24. 24.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  25. 25.Ishaan keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 3 years?
  26. 26.68 is what percent of 80?
  27. 27.A football costs ₹1100 before GST and ₹1298 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  28. 28.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 46%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  30. 30.Rohan scored 18 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
  31. 31.A price comes down by 40% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
  32. 32.A water bottle costs ₹60. The price comes down by 10%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  33. 33.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹130. What is the loss percentage?
  34. 34.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹60 to ₹42. What is the percentage decrease?
  35. 35.186 is 60% of ?
  36. 36.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹150 to ₹138. What is the percentage decrease?
  37. 37.A tank has 500 litres of water and 29% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  38. 38.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹75 and another sells it for ₹45. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  39. 39.40% of 470 =
  40. 40.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 756 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?

Answer key

  1. 154
  2. 189
  3. 14
  4. 290
  5. 180
  6. more
  7. 16
  8. 8
  9. 95
  10. 44
  11. 45% decrease
  12. 3
  13. 85
  14. 2
  15. 10% increase
  16. 90
  17. less
  18. 108
  19. 78
  20. 31
  21. 35
  22. 75
  23. 5
  24. 68
  25. 1080
  26. 85
  27. 18
  28. 43
  29. 69
  30. 72
  31. less
  32. 54
  33. 48
  34. 30
  35. 310
  36. 8
  37. 355
  38. 50
  39. 188
  40. 89

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