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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 216 · 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 price of ₹500 comes down by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  2. 2.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 15% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  3. 3.A football costs ₹1460 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  4. 4.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 29 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  5. 5.Anaya scored 390 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
  6. 6.1 is what percent of 20?
  7. 7.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 665 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  8. 8.A price of ₹500 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it for ₹690. What is the profit percentage?
  10. 10.₹2500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  11. 11.A water bottle costs ₹300 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  12. 12.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹200 to ₹100. What is the percentage decrease?
  13. 13.A price of ₹500 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  14. 14.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 72%. How many members are there now?
  15. 15.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹25 to ₹31. What is the percentage change?
  16. 16.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A school bag costs ₹1670 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  18. 18.56 is what percent of 80?
  19. 19.5% of a number is 7. What is the number?
  20. 20.Arjun scored 200 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
  21. 21.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  22. 22.What is the percentage difference between 87 and 153?
  23. 23.What is the percentage difference between 34 and 46?
  24. 24.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹120 to ₹24. What is the percentage decrease?
  25. 25.What percent of 60 is 39?
  26. 26.A cricket bat marked ₹500 has 5% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  27. 27.What is the percentage difference between 102 and 138?
  28. 28.A tank has 40 litres of water and 5% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  29. 29.102 is what percent of 120?
  30. 30.80% of a number is 128. What is the number?
  31. 31.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
  32. 32.A pencil box costs ₹100 before GST and ₹118 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  33. 33.12% of 50 =
  34. 34.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 26 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 48%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹400 and sells it for ₹536. What is the profit percentage?
  37. 37.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
  38. 38.What percent of 250 is 35?
  39. 39.₹2000 earns ₹1200 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  40. 40.What is the percentage difference between 30 and 70?

Answer key

  1. 125
  2. 46
  3. 146
  4. 42
  5. 78
  6. 5
  7. 33
  8. 780
  9. 38
  10. 2
  11. 315
  12. 50
  13. 720
  14. 172
  15. 24
  16. 138
  17. 167
  18. 70
  19. 140
  20. 50
  21. 120
  22. 55
  23. 30
  24. 80
  25. 65
  26. 475
  27. 30
  28. 38
  29. 85
  30. 160
  31. more
  32. 18
  33. 6
  34. 48
  35. 416
  36. 34
  37. less
  38. 14
  39. 12
  40. 80

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