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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 671 · 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.₹1500 earns ₹900 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  2. 2.15 is 30% of ?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  4. 4.₹3000 earns ₹450 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  5. 5.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 358 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  6. 6.A number changes from 150 to 267. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 88% increase (b) 78% increase (c) 78% decrease (d) 88% decrease
  7. 7.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 60% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  8. 8.96 is what percent of 120?
  9. 9.Kabir scored 30 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
  10. 10.60% of a number is 30. What is the number?
  11. 11.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹58. What is the loss percentage?
  12. 12.A price of ₹200 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  13. 13.Dev scored 480 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
  14. 14.150 children are in a school and 12% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  15. 15.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  16. 16.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 171 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 42%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  18. 18.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 27 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  19. 19.15% of a number is 15. What is the number?
  20. 20.90 is 30% of ?
  21. 21.3% of 600 =
  22. 22.5% of a number is 2. What is the number?
  23. 23.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹78 and another sells it for ₹72. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  24. 24.A water bottle costs ₹1600 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  25. 25.A tank holds 390 litres of water and 70% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  26. 26.A tank has 80 litres of water and 85% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹246. What is the loss percentage?
  28. 28.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹20 to ₹15. What is the percentage change?
  29. 29.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 54 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  30. 30.The price of a toy car changes from ₹400 to ₹748. What is the percentage change?
  31. 31.What percent of 150 is 57?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 21%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  33. 33.A tank had 250 litres of water. Now it has 215 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  34. 34.15% of 440 =
  35. 35.The price of a kite changes from ₹20 to ₹14. What is the percentage change?
  36. 36.101 is 50% of ?
  37. 37.A wall clock is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹114. What is the discount percentage?
  38. 38.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 15% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  39. 39.One shop sells a school bag for ₹65 and another sells it for ₹35. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  40. 40.₹2500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 50
  3. 120
  4. 3
  5. 79
  6. 78% increase
  7. 240
  8. 80
  9. 75
  10. 50
  11. 42
  12. 120
  13. 96
  14. 18
  15. 270
  16. 14
  17. 42
  18. 35
  19. 100
  20. 300
  21. 18
  22. 40
  23. 8
  24. 80
  25. 273
  26. 12
  27. 18
  28. 25
  29. 46
  30. 87
  31. 38
  32. 237
  33. 14
  34. 66
  35. 30
  36. 202
  37. 5
  38. 34
  39. 60
  40. 1

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