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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 793 · 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 tank holds 160 litres of water and 60% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  2. 2.A storybook costs ₹20. The price goes up by 60%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 5%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  4. 4.What is the percentage difference between 18 and 22?
  5. 5.The price of a table fan changes from ₹300 to ₹282. What is the percentage change?
  6. 6.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹50 and sells it for ₹74. What is the profit percentage?
  7. 7.475 children are in a school and 4% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  8. 8.350 children are in a school and 6% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  9. 9.What is the percentage difference between 54 and 66?
  10. 10.A number changes from 50 to 57. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 14% decrease (b) 14% increase (c) 7% decrease (d) 7% increase
  11. 11.Aarav scored 288 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 20%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  13. 13.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 513 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  14. 14.Rohan keeps ₹500 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 4 years?
  15. 15.A cricket bat is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹616. What is the discount percentage?
  16. 16.A pencil box costs ₹250 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A school bag costs ₹620 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  19. 19.The price of a pencil box goes up from ₹80 to ₹160. What is the percentage increase?
  20. 20.90% of 170 =
  21. 21.One shop sells a storybook for ₹21 and another sells it for ₹19. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  22. 22.A torch costs ₹900 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  23. 23.Dev scored 80 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
  24. 24.Ishaan scored 15 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
  25. 25.5 is 20% of ?
  26. 26.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 75% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  28. 28.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹150 and sells it for ₹192. What is the profit percentage?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 8%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  30. 30.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹45 and another sells it for ₹75. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  31. 31.19 is 10% of ?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 5%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  33. 33.A number changes from 25 to 10. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% increase (b) 70% increase (c) 70% decrease (d) 60% decrease
  34. 34.A tank has 50 litres of water and 72% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  35. 35.90% of 100 =
  36. 36.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹17 and another sells it for ₹23. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  37. 37.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹100 to ₹108. What is the percentage increase?
  38. 38.Diya spent ₹116, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
  39. 39.A water bottle costs ₹940 before GST and ₹987 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
  40. 40.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 45%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?

Answer key

  1. 96
  2. 32
  3. 4
  4. 20
  5. 6
  6. 48
  7. 19
  8. 21
  9. 20
  10. 14% increase
  11. 96
  12. 24
  13. 71
  14. 140
  15. 23
  16. 295
  17. 31
  18. 700
  19. 100
  20. 153
  21. 10
  22. 1008
  23. 100
  24. 30
  25. 25
  26. 35
  27. 12
  28. 28
  29. 48
  30. 50
  31. 190
  32. 25
  33. 60% decrease
  34. 14
  35. 90
  36. 30
  37. 8
  38. 145
  39. 5
  40. 36

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