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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 653 · 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 shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 75 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  2. 2.A tank holds 380 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  3. 3.A water bottle costs ₹20. The price comes down by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  4. 4.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹300 to ₹549. What is the percentage increase?
  5. 5.A test has 80 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Aarav need?
  6. 6.A tank had 500 litres of water. Now it has 175 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  7. 7.One shop sells a storybook for ₹225 and another sells it for ₹75. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  8. 8.A team scored 500 runs in one match and 70 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  9. 9.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
  10. 10.A price of ₹100 comes down by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  11. 11.₹1500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  12. 12.A test has 500 marks. To get 75%, how many marks does Ishaan need?
  13. 13.A cricket bat costs ₹700 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
  14. 14.What is the percentage difference between 26 and 14?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹124. What is the loss percentage?
  16. 16.A test has 40 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Dev need?
  17. 17.What percent of 60 is 3?
  18. 18.A water bottle is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹125. What is the discount percentage?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 14%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  20. 20.A test has 40 marks. To get 75%, how many marks does Dev need?
  21. 21.A wall clock marked ₹120 has 40% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  22. 22.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹250 to ₹200. What is the percentage change?
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹200 and sells it for ₹290. What is the profit percentage?
  24. 24.The price of a torch changes from ₹40 to ₹68. What is the percentage change?
  25. 25.A toy car is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹325. What is the discount percentage?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 36%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  27. 27.What percent of 120 is 36?
  28. 28.A price of ₹500 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  29. 29.A number changes from 60 to 108. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 80% increase (b) 48% decrease (c) 80% decrease (d) 48% increase
  30. 30.₹500 earns ₹120 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  31. 31.Sara spent ₹143, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  33. 33.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) the same (b) less (c) more
  34. 34.Meera spent ₹3, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
  35. 35.115 is what percent of 250?
  36. 36.₹2000 earns ₹1000 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  37. 37.500 children are in a school and 2% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  38. 38.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 42 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  39. 39.72 is 25% of ?
  40. 40.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 and sells it for ₹276. What is the profit percentage?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. 171
  3. 10
  4. 83
  5. 32
  6. 65
  7. 100
  8. 86
  9. 95
  10. 72
  11. 4
  12. 375
  13. 126
  14. 60
  15. 38
  16. 16
  17. 5
  18. 50
  19. 70
  20. 30
  21. 72
  22. 20
  23. 45
  24. 70
  25. 35
  26. 54
  27. 30
  28. 660
  29. 80% increase
  30. 12
  31. 286
  32. 30
  33. less
  34. 25
  35. 46
  36. 5
  37. 10
  38. 30
  39. 288
  40. 38

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