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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 74 · 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 cricket bat is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹60. What is the discount percentage?
  2. 2.Sara keeps ₹500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
  3. 3.₹1500 earns ₹405 simple interest at 9% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  4. 4.450 children are in a school and 2% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  5. 5.Arjun keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Arjun get in 5 years?
  6. 6.A pencil box costs ₹990 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  7. 7.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹76. What is the loss percentage?
  8. 8.The price of a kite goes up from ₹50 to ₹56. What is the percentage increase?
  9. 9.Aarav spent ₹39, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Aarav have, in rupees?
  10. 10.Isha scored 94 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
  11. 11.What is the percentage difference between 87 and 33?
  12. 12.What percent of 40 is 8?
  13. 13.A cricket bat costs ₹680 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  14. 14.Anaya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 38%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  16. 16.A wall clock marked ₹1000 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  17. 17.What is the percentage difference between 108 and 52?
  18. 18.One shop sells a football for ₹84 and another sells it for ₹66. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  19. 19.A price of ₹300 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  20. 20.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹80 to ₹88. What is the percentage increase?
  21. 21.20 is 25% of ?
  22. 22.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 34 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  23. 23.A number changes from 25 to 21. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 4% decrease (b) 4% increase (c) 16% decrease (d) 16% increase
  24. 24.A football costs ₹900 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  25. 25.A pencil box marked ₹600 has 7% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  26. 26.The price of a football changes from ₹250 to ₹425. What is the percentage change?
  27. 27.A cricket bat marked ₹200 has 36% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  28. 28.Riya scored 11 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
  29. 29.25% of a number is 38. What is the number?
  30. 30.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹100 and sells it for ₹109. What is the profit percentage?
  31. 31.A school bag marked ₹100 has 34% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  32. 32.A toy car costs ₹100. The price comes down by 56%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  33. 33.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹40. What is the loss percentage?
  34. 34.What is the percentage difference between 53 and 27?
  35. 35.A number changes from 80 to 116. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 36% decrease (c) 36% increase (d) 45% increase
  36. 36.Sara spent ₹39, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹68. What is the loss percentage?
  38. 38.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹475. What is the loss percentage?
  39. 39.A tank had 60 litres of water. Now it has 36 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  40. 40.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 6 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. 680
  3. 3
  4. 9
  5. 400
  6. 1089
  7. 5
  8. 12
  9. 325
  10. 47
  11. 90
  12. 20
  13. 68
  14. 530
  15. 93
  16. 500
  17. 70
  18. 24
  19. 363
  20. 10
  21. 80
  22. 70
  23. 16% decrease
  24. 1062
  25. 42
  26. 70
  27. 72
  28. 55
  29. 152
  30. 9
  31. 34
  32. 44
  33. 20
  34. 65
  35. 45% increase
  36. 390
  37. 15
  38. 5
  39. 40
  40. 85

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