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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 827 · 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 school bag costs ₹830 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  2. 2.129 is what percent of 150?
  3. 3.50% of a number is 125. What is the number?
  4. 4.A price of ₹400 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  5. 5.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹120 and another sells it for ₹40. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  6. 6.?% of 40 = 4
  7. 7.Riya spent ₹50, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
  8. 8.A storybook costs ₹940 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  9. 9.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 39%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  10. 10.Diya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 3 years?
  11. 11.A number changes from 50 to 56. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 6% increase (c) 6% decrease (d) 12% increase
  12. 12.₹1000 earns ₹250 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  13. 13.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 87% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  14. 14.₹500 earns ₹60 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  15. 15.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹40 and sells it for ₹48. What is the profit percentage?
  16. 16.A price of ₹200 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A price of ₹100 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  18. 18.A tank has 200 litres of water and 9% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  19. 19.One shop sells a football for ₹108 and another sells it for ₹192. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  20. 20.One shop sells a school bag for ₹33 and another sells it for ₹87. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  21. 21.?% of 50 = 11
  22. 22.₹2000 earns ₹900 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  23. 23.What percent of 20 is 2?
  24. 24.2% of 150 =
  25. 25.A test has 50 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Dev need?
  26. 26.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹336. What is the loss percentage?
  27. 27.A storybook marked ₹250 has 46% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  28. 28.₹2500 earns ₹525 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  29. 29.A tank had 60 litres of water. Now it has 33 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  30. 30.Isha keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 3 years, in rupees?
  31. 31.A pencil box is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹183. What is the discount percentage?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹63. What is the loss percentage?
  33. 33.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
  34. 34.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹60 to ₹24. What is the percentage change?
  35. 35.One shop sells a torch for ₹30 and another sells it for ₹10. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  36. 36.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 42% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  37. 37.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹400 to ₹244. What is the percentage decrease?
  38. 38.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 46%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  39. 39.What percent of 80 is 64?
  40. 40.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 2 years?

Answer key

  1. 83
  2. 86
  3. 250
  4. 224
  5. 100
  6. 10
  7. 250
  8. 987
  9. 78
  10. 540
  11. 12% increase
  12. 5
  13. 748
  14. 3
  15. 20
  16. 234
  17. 117
  18. 182
  19. 56
  20. 90
  21. 22
  22. 9
  23. 10
  24. 3
  25. 20
  26. 44
  27. 135
  28. 7
  29. 45
  30. 3175
  31. 39
  32. 37
  33. 69
  34. 60
  35. 100
  36. 355
  37. 39
  38. 368
  39. 80
  40. 270

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