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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 726 · 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 shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 44%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A pencil box is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹65. What is the discount percentage?
  4. 4.A price of ₹100 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  5. 5.A wall clock marked ₹150 has 36% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  6. 6.What is the percentage difference between 111 and 39?
  7. 7.One shop sells a school bag for ₹123 and another sells it for ₹117. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  8. 8.A water bottle costs ₹490 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A price of ₹400 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  11. 11.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹120 to ₹234. What is the percentage change?
  12. 12.70% of 100 =
  13. 13.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹300 and sells it for ₹333. What is the profit percentage?
  14. 14.A kite costs ₹550 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  15. 15.A school bag is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹126. What is the discount percentage?
  16. 16.A storybook is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹415. What is the discount percentage?
  17. 17.₹3000 earns ₹180 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 35%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  19. 19.Dev scored 26 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
  20. 20.A kite costs ₹400 before GST and ₹420 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  21. 21.What is the percentage difference between 88 and 72?
  22. 22.Dev scored 410 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
  23. 23.One shop sells a toy car for ₹15 and another sells it for ₹25. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  24. 24.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 40%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  25. 25.A tank holds 250 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  26. 26.A number changes from 300 to 462. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 64% increase (b) 54% decrease (c) 54% increase (d) 64% decrease
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹40. What is the loss percentage?
  28. 28.A price of ₹500 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  29. 29.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹25 to ₹21. What is the percentage decrease?
  30. 30.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
  31. 31.5% of a number is 18. What is the number?
  32. 32.₹500 earns ₹60 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  33. 33.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 9 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  34. 34.What percent of 20 is 11?
  35. 35.Kabir scored 444 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
  36. 36.₹500 earns ₹35 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 46%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  38. 38.The price of a kite changes from ₹20 to ₹12. What is the percentage change?
  39. 39.A lunch box costs ₹40. The price comes down by 45%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  40. 40.What is the percentage difference between 139 and 261?

Answer key

  1. 40
  2. 576
  3. 35
  4. 64
  5. 54
  6. 96
  7. 5
  8. 539
  9. 336
  10. 236
  11. 95
  12. 70
  13. 11
  14. 649
  15. 16
  16. 17
  17. 3
  18. 28
  19. 65
  20. 5
  21. 20
  22. 82
  23. 50
  24. 100
  25. 15
  26. 54% increase
  27. 50
  28. 360
  29. 16
  30. 80
  31. 360
  32. 1
  33. 85
  34. 55
  35. 74
  36. 1
  37. 23
  38. 40
  39. 22
  40. 61

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