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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 41 · 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 table fan costs ₹1500 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
  2. 2.A number changes from 40 to 16. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 70% decrease (b) 70% increase (c) 60% decrease (d) 60% increase
  3. 3.60% of a number is 18. What is the number?
  4. 4.A farmer picks 570 mangoes and 80% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹90. What is the loss percentage?
  6. 6.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹48. What is the loss percentage?
  7. 7.A wall clock costs ₹1450 before GST and ₹1711 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  8. 8.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 5%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  9. 9.Riya scored 24 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹52. What is the loss percentage?
  11. 11.A water bottle costs ₹290 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  12. 12.What is the percentage difference between 84 and 66?
  13. 13.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it for ₹137. What is the profit percentage?
  14. 14.A number changes from 400 to 776. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 94% increase (b) 94% decrease (c) 104% decrease (d) 104% increase
  15. 15.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹20 and another sells it for ₹60. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  16. 16.A football marked ₹200 has 35% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  17. 17.One shop sells a school bag for ₹123 and another sells it for ₹177. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  18. 18.A wall clock costs ₹1150 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  19. 19.Anaya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 3 years?
  20. 20.250 children are in a school and 12% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  21. 21.A tank has 500 litres of water and 44% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  22. 22.Meera scored 35 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
  23. 23.A number changes from 120 to 72. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 48% increase (b) 48% decrease (c) 40% decrease (d) 40% increase
  24. 24.Diya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 3 years, in rupees?
  25. 25.?% of 300 = 141
  26. 26.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹250 to ₹220. What is the percentage decrease?
  27. 27.2% of 300 =
  28. 28.A water bottle costs ₹100. The price goes up by 96%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  29. 29.45% of 140 =
  30. 30.A number changes from 400 to 764. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 101% decrease (b) 91% decrease (c) 91% increase (d) 101% increase
  31. 31.A school club grows from 500 members to 780 members. What is the percentage increase?
  32. 32.2% of 150 =
  33. 33.Kabir spent ₹11, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
  34. 34.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 17%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  35. 35.150% of 28 =
  36. 36.A water bottle costs ₹80 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  37. 37.Sara keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
  38. 38.₹5000 earns ₹400 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  39. 39.A pencil box marked ₹150 has 32% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  40. 40.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹186. What is the loss percentage?

Answer key

  1. 270
  2. 60% decrease
  3. 30
  4. 456
  5. 25
  6. 40
  7. 18
  8. 2
  9. 60
  10. 48
  11. 319
  12. 24
  13. 37
  14. 94% increase
  15. 100
  16. 130
  17. 36
  18. 1357
  19. 105
  20. 30
  21. 280
  22. 70
  23. 40% decrease
  24. 590
  25. 47
  26. 12
  27. 6
  28. 196
  29. 63
  30. 91% increase
  31. 56
  32. 3
  33. 110
  34. 85
  35. 42
  36. 88
  37. 2500
  38. 4
  39. 48
  40. 7

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