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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 68 · 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.₹2500 earns ₹300 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  2. 2.A torch costs ₹25. The price comes down by 16%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A kite costs ₹240 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  4. 4.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹120 to ₹144. What is the percentage increase?
  5. 5.One shop sells a torch for ₹56 and another sells it for ₹44. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  6. 6.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 22 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  7. 7.198 is 60% of ?
  8. 8.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 45%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  9. 9.What percent of 150 is 21?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  11. 11.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
  12. 12.A tank had 500 litres of water. Now it has 185 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  13. 13.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  14. 14.Aarav spent ₹28, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Aarav have, in rupees?
  15. 15.A football costs ₹1840 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  16. 16.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
  17. 17.A number changes from 300 to 171. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 53% decrease (b) 43% decrease (c) 53% increase (d) 43% increase
  18. 18.A cricket bat costs ₹380 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  19. 19.36 is what percent of 80?
  20. 20.A school club grows from 25 members to 30 members. What is the percentage increase?
  21. 21.A toy car costs ₹20. The price goes up by 15%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  22. 22.One shop sells a school bag for ₹55 and another sells it for ₹45. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  23. 23.80% of a number is 252. What is the number?
  24. 24.A torch is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹408. What is the discount percentage?
  25. 25.A lunch box costs ₹125 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  26. 26.One shop sells a football for ₹72 and another sells it for ₹48. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  27. 27.50% of a number is 123. What is the number?
  28. 28.A pencil box is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹55. What is the discount percentage?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  30. 30.A number changes from 250 to 345. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 95% decrease (b) 38% decrease (c) 95% increase (d) 38% increase
  31. 31.What is the percentage difference between 252 and 148?
  32. 32.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹23 and another sells it for ₹17. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  33. 33.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹51 and another sells it for ₹69. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  34. 34.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹592. What is the loss percentage?
  35. 35.18 is what percent of 120?
  36. 36.A storybook costs ₹310 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  37. 37.A toy car costs ₹800 before GST and ₹840 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  38. 38.A test has 50 marks. To get 72%, how many marks does Dev need?
  39. 39.A school club grows from 500 members to 895 members. What is the percentage increase?
  40. 40.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 10% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?

Answer key

  1. 12
  2. 21
  3. 252
  4. 20
  5. 24
  6. 10
  7. 330
  8. 135
  9. 14
  10. 390
  11. 65
  12. 63
  13. 100
  14. 35
  15. 1932
  16. 125
  17. 43% decrease
  18. 399
  19. 45
  20. 20
  21. 23
  22. 20
  23. 315
  24. 32
  25. 140
  26. 40
  27. 246
  28. 45
  29. 26
  30. 38% increase
  31. 52
  32. 30
  33. 30
  34. 26
  35. 15
  36. 341
  37. 5
  38. 36
  39. 79
  40. 45

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