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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 39 · 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. 1.3% of 500 =
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹38. What is the loss percentage?
  3. 3.65% of 220 =
  4. 4.A storybook costs ₹120 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹26. What is the loss percentage?
  6. 6.The price of a torch goes up from ₹120 to ₹192. What is the percentage increase?
  7. 7.What is the percentage difference between 123 and 177?
  8. 8.A price goes up by 40% and then comes down by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) more (c) less
  9. 9.525 children are in a school and 8% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹24. What is the loss percentage?
  11. 11.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹400 to ₹252. What is the percentage change?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  13. 13.A table fan marked ₹500 has 36% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  14. 14.?% of 500 = 260
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 33%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  16. 16.Isha scored 15 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
  17. 17.A kite costs ₹200. The price goes up by 74%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  18. 18.Meera spent ₹57, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
  19. 19.A school bag costs ₹100 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  20. 20.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 332 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  21. 21.Dev scored 20 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
  22. 22.A number changes from 50 to 43. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 7% increase (b) 7% decrease (c) 14% increase (d) 14% decrease
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 14%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  24. 24.A tank has 400 litres of water and 16% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  25. 25.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 23% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  26. 26.Sara scored 280 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
  27. 27.₹2500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  28. 28.Diya spent ₹20, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
  29. 29.A toy car costs ₹350 before GST and ₹413 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  30. 30.A number changes from 40 to 38. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 5% increase (b) 5% decrease (c) 2% increase (d) 2% decrease
  31. 31.What percent of 40 is 6?
  32. 32.A tank has 120 litres of water and 85% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  33. 33.10% of a number is 32. What is the number?
  34. 34.A school bag costs ₹130 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  35. 35.What is the percentage difference between 100 and 60?
  36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹91. What is the loss percentage?
  37. 37.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹25 to ₹34. What is the percentage increase?
  38. 38.Riya scored 18 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
  39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 14%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  40. 40.?% of 250 = 185

Answer key

  1. 15
  2. 5
  3. 143
  4. 12
  5. 35
  6. 60
  7. 36
  8. less
  9. 42
  10. 40
  11. 37
  12. 30
  13. 320
  14. 52
  15. 132
  16. 60
  17. 348
  18. 190
  19. 118
  20. 17
  21. 100
  22. 14% decrease
  23. 7
  24. 336
  25. 615
  26. 56
  27. 4
  28. 100
  29. 18
  30. 5% decrease
  31. 15
  32. 18
  33. 320
  34. 143
  35. 50
  36. 9
  37. 36
  38. 90
  39. 42
  40. 74

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