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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 232 · 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 cricket bat costs ₹1200 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  2. 2.One shop sells a storybook for ₹71 and another sells it for ₹129. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  4. 4.A school bag costs ₹1050 before GST and ₹1239 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  5. 5.A number changes from 25 to 31. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% decrease (b) 24% decrease (c) 24% increase (d) 6% increase
  6. 6.Sara scored 171 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
  7. 7.15 children are in a school and 40% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  8. 8.A price of ₹100 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A pencil box costs ₹140 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  10. 10.One shop sells a table fan for ₹15 and another sells it for ₹25. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  11. 11.₹4000 earns ₹1440 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  12. 12.40% of 285 =
  13. 13.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  14. 14.Dev keeps ₹500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
  15. 15.A test has 40 marks. To get 55%, how many marks does Meera need?
  16. 16.50% of a number is 113. What is the number?
  17. 17.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
  18. 18.15% of 60 =
  19. 19.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹28. What is the loss percentage?
  21. 21.A football marked ₹400 has 26% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  22. 22.A team scored 500 runs in one match and 8% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  23. 23.One shop sells a football for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹110. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  24. 24.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 35%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  25. 25.6% of 450 =
  26. 26.20% of a number is 66. What is the number?
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹50. What is the loss percentage?
  28. 28.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  29. 29.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
  30. 30.A water bottle marked ₹100 has 40% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹50 and sells it for ₹72. What is the profit percentage?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 46%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  33. 33.Ishaan scored 18 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
  34. 34.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 20 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  35. 35.A shop sold 25 ice creams on Monday and 84% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  36. 36.Rohan spent ₹51, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
  37. 37.Rohan scored 22 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
  38. 38.What is the percentage difference between 84 and 156?
  39. 39.Sara scored 25 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
  40. 40.A storybook is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹168. What is the discount percentage?

Answer key

  1. 60
  2. 58
  3. 48
  4. 18
  5. 24% increase
  6. 57
  7. 6
  8. 98
  9. 154
  10. 50
  11. 12
  12. 114
  13. 100
  14. 580
  15. 22
  16. 226
  17. 65
  18. 9
  19. 65
  20. 30
  21. 296
  22. 460
  23. 20
  24. 35
  25. 27
  26. 330
  27. 50
  28. 1128
  29. less
  30. 60
  31. 44
  32. 138
  33. 45
  34. 50
  35. 46
  36. 340
  37. 55
  38. 60
  39. 50
  40. 16

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