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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 719 · 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 price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
  2. 2.?% of 200 = 144
  3. 3.A number changes from 40 to 20. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% decrease (b) 100% decrease (c) 50% increase (d) 100% increase
  4. 4.25% of a number is 45. What is the number?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹170. What is the loss percentage?
  6. 6.65% of 180 =
  7. 7.27 is 15% of ?
  8. 8.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  9. 9.A school bag marked ₹800 has 27% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  10. 10.150% of 294 =
  11. 11.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 5%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  12. 12.Meera scored 200 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
  13. 13.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹250 to ₹155. What is the percentage decrease?
  14. 14.A tank holds 500 litres of water and 3% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  15. 15.?% of 60 = 18
  16. 16.60% of a number is 39. What is the number?
  17. 17.A pencil box marked ₹150 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  18. 18.A torch is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹552. What is the discount percentage?
  19. 19.?% of 25 = 15
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 38%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  21. 21.What is the percentage difference between 150 and 90?
  22. 22.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 30 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 13%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  24. 24.What is the percentage difference between 99 and 141?
  25. 25.A storybook costs ₹1680 before GST and ₹1764 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  26. 26.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 204 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  27. 27.Kabir spent ₹102, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
  28. 28.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 24% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  29. 29.22 is what percent of 40?
  30. 30.A wall clock is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹375. What is the discount percentage?
  31. 31.A tank holds 225 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 42%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  33. 33.A table fan marked ₹400 has 18% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  34. 34.₹2000 earns ₹160 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  35. 35.The price of a kite changes from ₹150 to ₹180. What is the percentage change?
  36. 36.What is the percentage difference between 100 and 300?
  37. 37.₹2500 earns ₹150 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  38. 38.A football marked ₹600 has 27% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 48%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  40. 40.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹200 to ₹256. What is the percentage increase?

Answer key

  1. 80
  2. 72
  3. 50% decrease
  4. 180
  5. 32
  6. 117
  7. 180
  8. 68
  9. 216
  10. 441
  11. 4
  12. 40
  13. 38
  14. 15
  15. 30
  16. 65
  17. 75
  18. 8
  19. 60
  20. 345
  21. 50
  22. 25
  23. 39
  24. 35
  25. 5
  26. 49
  27. 255
  28. 152
  29. 55
  30. 25
  31. 90
  32. 71
  33. 328
  34. 4
  35. 20
  36. 100
  37. 3
  38. 438
  39. 370
  40. 28

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