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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 388 · 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 kite for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹600 and sells it for ₹858. What is the profit percentage?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹215. What is the loss percentage?
  4. 4.15% of a number is 18. What is the number?
  5. 5.A football costs ₹60. The price comes down by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  6. 6.A storybook costs ₹1200 before GST and ₹1416 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  7. 7.111 is 60% of ?
  8. 8.A kite costs ₹150. The price comes down by 74%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  9. 9.Riya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 4 years?
  10. 10.A tank has 250 litres of water and 34% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  11. 11.₹3000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1112. What is the profit percentage?
  13. 13.A test has 40 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Rohan need?
  14. 14.The price of a toy car goes up from ₹250 to ₹325. What is the percentage increase?
  15. 15.Sara keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Sara get in 2 years?
  16. 16.One shop sells a table fan for ₹96 and another sells it for ₹64. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  17. 17.A number changes from 60 to 72. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 20% increase (c) 12% decrease (d) 20% decrease
  18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  20. 20.One shop sells a table fan for ₹143 and another sells it for ₹57. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  21. 21.What is the percentage difference between 51 and 69?
  22. 22.A toy car marked ₹120 has 25% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  23. 23.Arjun scored 228 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
  24. 24.30% of 290 =
  25. 25.What percent of 40 is 10?
  26. 26.?% of 120 = 84
  27. 27.A torch costs ₹60 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  28. 28.Riya keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 4 years?
  29. 29.A school bag marked ₹500 has 46% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  30. 30.What is the percentage difference between 33 and 87?
  31. 31.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  32. 32.Dev keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
  33. 33.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹500 and sells it for ₹705. What is the profit percentage?
  34. 34.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 60% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹250 and sells it for ₹265. What is the profit percentage?
  36. 36.A price of ₹200 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  37. 37.A torch is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹279. What is the discount percentage?
  38. 38.12% of 350 =
  39. 39.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹200 to ₹38. What is the percentage decrease?
  40. 40.₹5000 earns ₹100 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?

Answer key

  1. 10
  2. 43
  3. 14
  4. 120
  5. 30
  6. 18
  7. 185
  8. 39
  9. 1200
  10. 165
  11. 1
  12. 39
  13. 14
  14. 30
  15. 660
  16. 40
  17. 20% increase
  18. 12
  19. 24
  20. 86
  21. 30
  22. 30
  23. 76
  24. 87
  25. 25
  26. 70
  27. 66
  28. 1440
  29. 270
  30. 90
  31. 360
  32. 1030
  33. 41
  34. 20
  35. 6
  36. 192
  37. 7
  38. 42
  39. 81
  40. 2

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