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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 562 · 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 shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹189. What is the loss percentage?
  2. 2.A number changes from 200 to 316. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 58% decrease (b) 68% increase (c) 68% decrease (d) 58% increase
  3. 3.Meera keeps ₹500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 1 year?
  4. 4.50% of a number is 138. What is the number?
  5. 5.Sara scored 320 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
  6. 6.What is the percentage difference between 98 and 62?
  7. 7.80% of 10 =
  8. 8.A tank holds 120 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  9. 9.A test has 200 marks. To get 46%, how many marks does Isha need?
  10. 10.A wall clock costs ₹1100 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  11. 11.A team scored 400 runs in one match and 82% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  12. 12.A school bag is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹129. What is the discount percentage?
  13. 13.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹14 and another sells it for ₹26. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  14. 14.₹2000 earns ₹560 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  15. 15.A school club grows from 40 members to 58 members. What is the percentage increase?
  16. 16.A toy car marked ₹300 has 40% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  18. 18.A test has 500 marks. To get 76%, how many marks does Rohan need?
  19. 19.A number changes from 20 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% decrease (b) 2% increase (c) 10% increase (d) 2% decrease
  20. 20.A test has 200 marks. To get 50%, how many marks does Anaya need?
  21. 21.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹68. What is the loss percentage?
  22. 22.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 40% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  23. 23.420 children are in a school and 65% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  24. 24.What percent of 120 is 36?
  25. 25.A test has 50 marks. To get 54%, how many marks does Sara need?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  27. 27.150 is what percent of 250?
  28. 28.Arjun keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
  29. 29.What is the percentage difference between 90 and 30?
  30. 30.A school club grows from 250 members to 405 members. What is the percentage increase?
  31. 31.A football marked ₹100 has 34% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  32. 32.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹300 to ₹336. What is the percentage increase?
  33. 33.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 312 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  34. 34.Riya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
  35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹800 and sells it for ₹944. What is the profit percentage?
  36. 36.A cricket bat marked ₹400 has 9% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹342. What is the loss percentage?
  38. 38.A price of ₹300 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  39. 39.A school club grows from 250 members to 350 members. What is the percentage increase?
  40. 40.The price of a toy car changes from ₹50 to ₹21. What is the percentage change?

Answer key

  1. 37
  2. 58% increase
  3. 25
  4. 276
  5. 64
  6. 45
  7. 8
  8. 54
  9. 92
  10. 55
  11. 72
  12. 14
  13. 60
  14. 4
  15. 45
  16. 180
  17. 20
  18. 380
  19. 10% increase
  20. 100
  21. 15
  22. 150
  23. 273
  24. 30
  25. 27
  26. 52
  27. 60
  28. 2900
  29. 100
  30. 62
  31. 66
  32. 12
  33. 56
  34. 2700
  35. 18
  36. 364
  37. 43
  38. 288
  39. 40
  40. 58

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