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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 517 · 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.Anaya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
  2. 2.Dev spent ₹39, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
  3. 3.A number changes from 300 to 408. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 46% increase (b) 36% increase (c) 46% decrease (d) 36% decrease
  4. 4.One shop sells a toy car for ₹108 and another sells it for ₹52. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹44. What is the loss percentage?
  6. 6.₹2000 earns ₹500 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  7. 7.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹462. What is the loss percentage?
  8. 8.11 is 10% of ?
  9. 9.196 is 80% of ?
  10. 10.One shop sells a football for ₹46 and another sells it for ₹34. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  11. 11.90% of 40 =
  12. 12.What is the percentage difference between 30 and 50?
  13. 13.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
  14. 14.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 32%. How many members are there now?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 and sells it for ₹117. What is the profit percentage?
  16. 16.One shop sells a torch for ₹35 and another sells it for ₹65. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  17. 17.₹5000 earns ₹1500 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  18. 18.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 20 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  19. 19.Anaya scored 14 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 32%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  21. 21.₹3000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  22. 22.A test has 500 marks. To get 45%, how many marks does Diya need?
  23. 23.What is the percentage difference between 62 and 38?
  24. 24.A shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 25% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  25. 25.A cricket bat costs ₹550 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  26. 26.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹48 and another sells it for ₹102. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  27. 27.A farmer picks 130 mangoes and 30% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  28. 28.A school club grows from 20 members to 36 members. What is the percentage increase?
  29. 29.What is the percentage difference between 276 and 124?
  30. 30.A number changes from 300 to 135. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 65% decrease (b) 65% increase (c) 55% increase (d) 55% decrease
  31. 31.₹1000 earns ₹150 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹340. What is the loss percentage?
  33. 33.Aarav scored 252 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
  34. 34.A cricket bat is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹348. What is the discount percentage?
  35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  36. 36.One shop sells a school bag for ₹246 and another sells it for ₹154. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  37. 37.Rohan spent ₹48, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
  38. 38.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹30. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 27%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  40. 40.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 15% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?

Answer key

  1. 2040
  2. 325
  3. 36% increase
  4. 70
  5. 12
  6. 5
  7. 23
  8. 110
  9. 245
  10. 30
  11. 36
  12. 50
  13. less
  14. 33
  15. 17
  16. 60
  17. 3
  18. 60
  19. 35
  20. 48
  21. 4
  22. 225
  23. 48
  24. 150
  25. 66
  26. 72
  27. 39
  28. 80
  29. 76
  30. 55% decrease
  31. 3
  32. 32
  33. 63
  34. 42
  35. 8
  36. 46
  37. 120
  38. 100
  39. 73
  40. 68

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