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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 69 · 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.Arjun spent ₹33, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
  2. 2.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 17 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  3. 3.What is the percentage difference between 51 and 149?
  4. 4.One shop sells a pencil box for ₹58 and another sells it for ₹42. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  5. 5.78 is 30% of ?
  6. 6.A price goes up by 40% and then comes down by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
  7. 7.Kabir keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
  8. 8.A cricket bat costs ₹20. The price comes down by 45%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹38. What is the loss percentage?
  10. 10.₹2000 earns ₹80 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  11. 11.A lunch box is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹84. What is the discount percentage?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  13. 13.What percent of 250 is 95?
  14. 14.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹20 to ₹21. What is the percentage change?
  15. 15.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 3 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  16. 16.A price of ₹300 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  17. 17.Dev scored 285 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
  18. 18.A toy car costs ₹20. The price comes down by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  19. 19.A test has 50 marks. To get 52%, how many marks does Rohan need?
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  21. 21.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹60 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
  22. 22.What percent of 40 is 18?
  23. 23.185 children are in a school and 80% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  24. 24.150% of 436 =
  25. 25.A number changes from 120 to 240. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% increase (b) 100% decrease (c) 50% decrease (d) 100% increase
  26. 26.5% of a number is 13. What is the number?
  27. 27.A table fan costs ₹500. The price comes down by 86%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  28. 28.A torch costs ₹60. The price comes down by 35%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  29. 29.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
  30. 30.The price of a torch goes up from ₹40 to ₹76. What is the percentage increase?
  31. 31.A toy car marked ₹150 has 34% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  32. 32.Anaya keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 4 years?
  33. 33.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 360 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  34. 34.Rohan scored 8 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
  35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 and sells it for ₹894. What is the profit percentage?
  36. 36.A price of ₹300 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  37. 37.A school club grows from 250 members to 265 members. What is the percentage increase?
  38. 38.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹472. What is the loss percentage?
  39. 39.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 258 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  40. 40.The price of a football changes from ₹200 to ₹370. What is the percentage change?

Answer key

  1. 220
  2. 32
  3. 98
  4. 32
  5. 260
  6. less
  7. 1650
  8. 11
  9. 5
  10. 2
  11. 44
  12. 46
  13. 38
  14. 5
  15. 88
  16. 336
  17. 95
  18. 10
  19. 26
  20. 125
  21. 20
  22. 45
  23. 148
  24. 654
  25. 100% increase
  26. 260
  27. 70
  28. 39
  29. 1590
  30. 90
  31. 51
  32. 480
  33. 10
  34. 40
  35. 49
  36. 144
  37. 6
  38. 41
  39. 14
  40. 85

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