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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 262 · 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 shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 35%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  2. 2.What is the percentage difference between 19 and 21?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  4. 4.Diya scored 342 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
  5. 5.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
  6. 6.8% of 550 =
  7. 7.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹219. What is the loss percentage?
  8. 8.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  9. 9.₹3000 earns ₹810 simple interest at 9% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  10. 10.One shop sells a school bag for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹70. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  11. 11.What is the percentage difference between 84 and 76?
  12. 12.Riya scored 25 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
  13. 13.A tank holds 570 litres of water and 90% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  14. 14.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 52 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  16. 16.Meera keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 2 years?
  17. 17.A test has 500 marks. To get 70%, how many marks does Arjun need?
  18. 18.Sara spent ₹93, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
  19. 19.A price of ₹200 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  20. 20.A toy car costs ₹300 before GST and ₹315 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  21. 21.18 is what percent of 40?
  22. 22.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 121 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  23. 23.What is the percentage difference between 39 and 81?
  24. 24.70% of 390 =
  25. 25.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 40% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  26. 26.?% of 300 = 246
  27. 27.A number changes from 60 to 78. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 30% decrease (b) 18% decrease (c) 18% increase (d) 30% increase
  28. 28.12% of a number is 6. What is the number?
  29. 29.A price of ₹100 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  30. 30.What is the percentage difference between 28 and 72?
  31. 31.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
  32. 32.A water bottle is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹752. What is the discount percentage?
  33. 33.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹108 and another sells it for ₹42. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  34. 34.A price comes down by 40% and then goes up by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
  35. 35.A water bottle costs ₹575 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  36. 36.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 34 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹95. What is the loss percentage?
  38. 38.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 45 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  39. 39.A cricket bat is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹118. What is the discount percentage?
  40. 40.A lunch box marked ₹800 has 23% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?

Answer key

  1. 175
  2. 10
  3. 100
  4. 57
  5. 82
  6. 44
  7. 27
  8. 44
  9. 3
  10. 25
  11. 10
  12. 50
  13. 513
  14. 35
  15. 114
  16. 500
  17. 350
  18. 310
  19. 338
  20. 5
  21. 45
  22. 21
  23. 70
  24. 273
  25. 36
  26. 82
  27. 30% increase
  28. 50
  29. 135
  30. 88
  31. 1725
  32. 6
  33. 88
  34. less
  35. 644
  36. 32
  37. 5
  38. 25
  39. 41
  40. 616

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