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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 556 · 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 number changes from 50 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 56% decrease (b) 28% increase (c) 56% increase (d) 28% decrease
  2. 2.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹98 and another sells it for ₹62. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  3. 3.What percent of 50 is 33?
  4. 4.A torch marked ₹600 has 10% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  5. 5.A table fan costs ₹1200 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  6. 6.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it for ₹615. What is the profit percentage?
  7. 7.540 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  8. 8.Kabir scored 18 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
  9. 9.114 is 60% of ?
  10. 10.23 is what percent of 25?
  11. 11.A storybook costs ₹920 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  12. 12.A wall clock marked ₹100 has 12% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  13. 13.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹200 to ₹236. What is the percentage increase?
  14. 14.A tank has 250 litres of water and 18% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  15. 15.What percent of 20 is 1?
  16. 16.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹40 and sells it for ₹46. What is the profit percentage?
  17. 17.The price of a kite changes from ₹250 to ₹160. What is the percentage change?
  18. 18.Anaya scored 52 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
  19. 19.A table fan marked ₹300 has 16% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  20. 20.A test has 40 marks. To get 95%, how many marks does Ishaan need?
  21. 21.A school club has 120 members. The number grows by 95%. How many members are there now?
  22. 22.80% of 60 =
  23. 23.Ishaan scored 16 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
  24. 24.A number changes from 300 to 156. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 58% decrease (b) 48% decrease (c) 58% increase (d) 48% increase
  25. 25.A toy car costs ₹725 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹250 and sells it for ₹335. What is the profit percentage?
  27. 27.The price of a torch changes from ₹400 to ₹204. What is the percentage change?
  28. 28.A pencil box is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹534. What is the discount percentage?
  29. 29.₹2500 earns ₹450 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  30. 30.A number changes from 25 to 47. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 88% decrease (b) 88% increase (c) 22% decrease (d) 22% increase
  31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹24. What is the loss percentage?
  32. 32.₹1000 earns ₹110 simple interest at 11% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  33. 33.Isha scored 38 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
  34. 34.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 19 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  35. 35.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 86% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  36. 36.A test has 80 marks. To get 65%, how many marks does Sara need?
  37. 37.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 30% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  38. 38.A school club grows from 25 members to 38 members. What is the percentage increase?
  39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  40. 40.A farmer picks 540 mangoes and 15% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?

Answer key

  1. 56% decrease
  2. 45
  3. 66
  4. 540
  5. 60
  6. 23
  7. 81
  8. 45
  9. 190
  10. 92
  11. 1012
  12. 12
  13. 18
  14. 205
  15. 5
  16. 15
  17. 36
  18. 65
  19. 48
  20. 38
  21. 234
  22. 48
  23. 40
  24. 48% decrease
  25. 87
  26. 34
  27. 49
  28. 11
  29. 6
  30. 88% increase
  31. 40
  32. 1
  33. 95
  34. 62
  35. 93
  36. 52
  37. 140
  38. 52
  39. 354
  40. 81

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