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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 572 · 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 price comes down by 30% and then goes up by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹40. What is the loss percentage?
  3. 3.A pencil box costs ₹450 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  4. 4.A football costs ₹880 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  5. 5.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹100 to ₹111. What is the percentage change?
  6. 6.A number changes from 150 to 222. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 72% decrease (b) 48% increase (c) 48% decrease (d) 72% increase
  7. 7.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹28. What is the loss percentage?
  8. 8.4 is what percent of 40?
  9. 9.A toy car costs ₹150 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 34%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  11. 11.The price of a school bag comes down from ₹40 to ₹38. What is the percentage decrease?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 14%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  13. 13.75% of a number is 24. What is the number?
  14. 14.What is the percentage difference between 142 and 58?
  15. 15.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
  16. 16.30% of 260 =
  17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  18. 18.Diya spent ₹90, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
  19. 19.Isha scored 120 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
  20. 20.The price of a school bag changes from ₹400 to ₹540. What is the percentage change?
  21. 21.A test has 50 marks. To get 50%, how many marks does Arjun need?
  22. 22.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 8%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹210. What is the loss percentage?
  24. 24.A football costs ₹1825 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  25. 25.Riya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 5 years?
  26. 26.Sara spent ₹72, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
  27. 27.What percent of 400 is 200?
  28. 28.Isha scored 312 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
  29. 29.A storybook costs ₹40. The price goes up by 55%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  30. 30.A school bag costs ₹1480 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  31. 31.A tank has 300 litres of water and 89% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  32. 32.A torch costs ₹1325 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  33. 33.Rohan spent ₹138, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
  34. 34.Diya scored 17 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
  35. 35.12% of a number is 39. What is the number?
  36. 36.A water bottle costs ₹640 before GST and ₹672 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  37. 37.A farmer picks 425 mangoes and 12% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  38. 38.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 198 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  39. 39.What is the percentage difference between 38 and 62?
  40. 40.One shop sells a football for ₹46 and another sells it for ₹34. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?

Answer key

  1. less
  2. 50
  3. 531
  4. 44
  5. 11
  6. 48% increase
  7. 44
  8. 10
  9. 177
  10. 67
  11. 5
  12. 172
  13. 32
  14. 84
  15. 1530
  16. 78
  17. 550
  18. 150
  19. 60
  20. 35
  21. 25
  22. 12
  23. 30
  24. 2044
  25. 600
  26. 360
  27. 50
  28. 52
  29. 62
  30. 74
  31. 33
  32. 159
  33. 230
  34. 85
  35. 325
  36. 5
  37. 51
  38. 34
  39. 48
  40. 30

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