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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 787 · 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.?% of 20 = 10
  2. 2.What is the percentage difference between 143 and 257?
  3. 3.110 children are in a school and 30% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  4. 4.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 8 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  5. 5.A toy car costs ₹430 before tax and ₹473 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
  6. 6.Riya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 3 years?
  7. 7.What percent of 500 is 180?
  8. 8.4% of 525 =
  9. 9.A cricket bat costs ₹400. The price comes down by 48%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  10. 10.40% of 475 =
  11. 11.60% of a number is 24. What is the number?
  12. 12.A number changes from 150 to 165. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% increase (b) 10% decrease (c) 15% decrease (d) 10% increase
  13. 13.A kite costs ₹600 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  14. 14.40% of 365 =
  15. 15.A storybook costs ₹1500 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  16. 16.A number changes from 250 to 205. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 18% increase (c) 18% decrease (d) 45% increase
  17. 17.A number changes from 60 to 105. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 75% decrease (c) 75% increase (d) 45% increase
  18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  19. 19.A tank has 80 litres of water and 55% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  20. 20.A water bottle costs ₹1700 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  21. 21.78 is what percent of 150?
  22. 22.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 72% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  23. 23.₹2000 earns ₹160 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  24. 24.The price of a torch changes from ₹20 to ₹25. What is the percentage change?
  25. 25.A school bag costs ₹1225 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  28. 28.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  29. 29.14 is what percent of 25?
  30. 30.?% of 60 = 18
  31. 31.A tank has 120 litres of water and 55% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 and sells it for ₹339. What is the profit percentage?
  33. 33.A kite costs ₹950 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  34. 34.A number changes from 120 to 174. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 54% increase (b) 45% decrease (c) 45% increase (d) 54% decrease
  35. 35.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  36. 36.A number changes from 300 to 264. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 12% increase (c) 36% increase (d) 36% decrease
  37. 37.Isha scored 295 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
  38. 38.One shop sells a kite for ₹46 and another sells it for ₹54. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  40. 40.A water bottle costs ₹1720 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?

Answer key

  1. 50
  2. 57
  3. 33
  4. 60
  5. 10
  6. 1350
  7. 36
  8. 21
  9. 208
  10. 190
  11. 40
  12. 10% increase
  13. 660
  14. 146
  15. 1680
  16. 18% decrease
  17. 75% increase
  18. 15
  19. 36
  20. 1904
  21. 52
  22. 172
  23. 4
  24. 25
  25. 147
  26. 105
  27. 60
  28. 110
  29. 56
  30. 30
  31. 54
  32. 13
  33. 1121
  34. 45% increase
  35. 99
  36. 12% decrease
  37. 59
  38. 16
  39. 12
  40. 86

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