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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 745 · 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.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹227 and another sells it for ₹173. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  2. 2.10% of a number is 3. What is the number?
  3. 3.A farmer picks 200 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1144. What is the profit percentage?
  5. 5.Kabir spent ₹36, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
  6. 6.Isha spent ₹224, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
  7. 7.Diya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 1 year?
  8. 8.A pencil box is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹424. What is the discount percentage?
  9. 9.A toy car is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹219. What is the discount percentage?
  10. 10.174 is what percent of 300?
  11. 11.What is the percentage difference between 72 and 48?
  12. 12.A school bag costs ₹25. The price comes down by 84%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  13. 13.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
  14. 14.₹1000 earns ₹100 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  15. 15.A tank holds 380 litres of water and 30% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  16. 16.Ishaan scored 10 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
  17. 17.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  18. 18.A cricket bat costs ₹400. The price comes down by 79%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  19. 19.The price of a kite changes from ₹25 to ₹50. What is the percentage change?
  20. 20.Diya scored 124 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
  21. 21.The price of a wall clock comes down from ₹25 to ₹5. What is the percentage decrease?
  22. 22.A price of ₹500 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  23. 23.A number changes from 80 to 32. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% increase (b) 70% increase (c) 70% decrease (d) 60% decrease
  24. 24.Dev scored 201 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
  25. 25.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 48%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  26. 26.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹500 to ₹295. What is the percentage decrease?
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹80 and sells it for ₹108. What is the profit percentage?
  28. 28.₹5000 earns ₹800 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 43%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  30. 30.?% of 80 = 72
  31. 31.90% of 560 =
  32. 32.A lunch box marked ₹150 has 36% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  33. 33.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹168. What is the loss percentage?
  34. 34.A school bag costs ₹550 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
  35. 35.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
  36. 36.Diya scored 207 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
  37. 37.90% of 420 =
  38. 38.A price of ₹300 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  39. 39.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹42 and another sells it for ₹38. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  40. 40.The price of a football goes up from ₹50 to ₹61. What is the percentage increase?

Answer key

  1. 27
  2. 30
  3. 8
  4. 43
  5. 120
  6. 280
  7. 10
  8. 47
  9. 27
  10. 58
  11. 40
  12. 4
  13. 43
  14. 1
  15. 114
  16. 50
  17. 54
  18. 84
  19. 100
  20. 62
  21. 80
  22. 560
  23. 60% decrease
  24. 67
  25. 208
  26. 41
  27. 35
  28. 4
  29. 57
  30. 90
  31. 504
  32. 54
  33. 16
  34. 99
  35. more
  36. 69
  37. 378
  38. 162
  39. 10
  40. 22

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