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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 46 · 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 school club grows from 300 members to 522 members. What is the percentage increase?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹400 and sells it for ₹436. What is the profit percentage?
  3. 3.A school bag marked ₹150 has 12% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  4. 4.A kite marked ₹250 has 22% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  5. 5.A number changes from 200 to 256. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 56% decrease (b) 28% decrease (c) 28% increase (d) 56% increase
  6. 6.A number changes from 500 to 235. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 53% decrease (b) 63% decrease (c) 63% increase (d) 53% increase
  7. 7.What is the percentage difference between 294 and 106?
  8. 8.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 30 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  9. 9.A price of ₹400 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  10. 10.A farmer picks 150 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  11. 11.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹62 and another sells it for ₹38. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  12. 12.A lunch box costs ₹40. The price goes up by 20%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  13. 13.A table fan costs ₹1875 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  14. 14.A tank has 250 litres of water and 72% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  15. 15.10% of a number is 6. What is the number?
  16. 16.The price of a torch comes down from ₹400 to ₹304. What is the percentage decrease?
  17. 17.60% of a number is 27. What is the number?
  18. 18.102 is 30% of ?
  19. 19.One shop sells a school bag for ₹39 and another sells it for ₹81. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 14%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  21. 21.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  22. 22.A cricket bat marked ₹250 has 24% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹100 and sells it for ₹113. What is the profit percentage?
  24. 24.A lunch box costs ₹40. The price comes down by 70%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  25. 25.A kite costs ₹1600 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  26. 26.A price of ₹400 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  27. 27.A number changes from 300 to 357. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 19% decrease (b) 57% increase (c) 19% increase (d) 57% decrease
  28. 28.Arjun keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Arjun get in 5 years?
  29. 29.A tank holds 400 litres of water and 65% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  30. 30.A tank had 20 litres of water. Now it has 14 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  31. 31.A toy car costs ₹600 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  32. 32.?% of 40 = 36
  33. 33.2% of 100 =
  34. 34.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹219. What is the loss percentage?
  35. 35.What is the percentage difference between 108 and 92?
  36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  37. 37.A shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 156 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  38. 38.12% of 125 =
  39. 39.A school bag marked ₹1000 has 20% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  40. 40.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 248 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?

Answer key

  1. 74
  2. 9
  3. 132
  4. 55
  5. 28% increase
  6. 53% decrease
  7. 94
  8. 85
  9. 224
  10. 6
  11. 48
  12. 48
  13. 225
  14. 70
  15. 60
  16. 24
  17. 45
  18. 340
  19. 70
  20. 43
  21. 45
  22. 60
  23. 13
  24. 12
  25. 1888
  26. 240
  27. 19% increase
  28. 1000
  29. 260
  30. 30
  31. 30
  32. 90
  33. 2
  34. 27
  35. 16
  36. 60
  37. 30
  38. 15
  39. 800
  40. 24

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