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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 704 · 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.₹3000 earns ₹900 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹300 and sells it for ₹432. What is the profit percentage?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  4. 4.A price comes down by 50% 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
  5. 5.A kite marked ₹600 has 34% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  6. 6.A wall clock costs ₹1420 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  7. 7.One shop sells a kite for ₹54 and another sells it for ₹96. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  8. 8.A number changes from 20 to 19. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 1% decrease (b) 5% decrease (c) 5% increase (d) 1% increase
  9. 9.Meera scored 243 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
  10. 10.A price of ₹500 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  11. 11.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹150 and sells it for ₹180. What is the profit percentage?
  12. 12.260 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  13. 13.32 is what percent of 40?
  14. 14.A tank holds 80 litres of water and 35% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  15. 15.15% of a number is 54. What is the number?
  16. 16.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  17. 17.A toy car costs ₹200 before tax and ₹224 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
  18. 18.Riya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 5 years?
  19. 19.Riya spent ₹1, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
  20. 20.A football costs ₹900 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  21. 21.A cricket bat is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹60. What is the discount percentage?
  22. 22.A pencil box costs ₹850 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  23. 23.A price of ₹500 comes down by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  24. 24.A water bottle costs ₹820 before GST and ₹861 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  25. 25.A toy car is marked ₹1200. In a sale it is sold for ₹816. What is the discount percentage?
  26. 26.?% of 20 = 12
  27. 27.5 is what percent of 50?
  28. 28.A number changes from 50 to 72. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 22% increase (b) 44% increase (c) 22% decrease (d) 44% decrease
  29. 29.What percent of 40 is 24?
  30. 30.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 45%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹568. What is the loss percentage?
  32. 32.A number changes from 500 to 890. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 78% decrease (b) 78% increase (c) 88% decrease (d) 88% increase
  33. 33.What is the percentage difference between 151 and 249?
  34. 34.Riya scored 138 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
  35. 35.A water bottle costs ₹720 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  36. 36.A price of ₹100 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  37. 37.A tank had 60 litres of water. Now it has 57 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  38. 38.Anaya keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 5 years?
  39. 39.Dev scored 280 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
  40. 40.Riya scored 13 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 44
  3. 285
  4. less
  5. 204
  6. 142
  7. 56
  8. 5% decrease
  9. 81
  10. 280
  11. 20
  12. 39
  13. 80
  14. 28
  15. 360
  16. 82
  17. 12
  18. 450
  19. 20
  20. 1062
  21. 50
  22. 1003
  23. 225
  24. 5
  25. 32
  26. 60
  27. 10
  28. 44% increase
  29. 60
  30. 54
  31. 29
  32. 78% increase
  33. 49
  34. 46
  35. 36
  36. 56
  37. 5
  38. 750
  39. 56
  40. 52

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