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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 843 · 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.What percent of 20 is 7?
  2. 2.A pencil box is marked ₹1200. In a sale it is sold for ₹888. What is the discount percentage?
  3. 3.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 40%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  4. 4.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 45%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  5. 5.What is the percentage difference between 42 and 58?
  6. 6.Diya keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
  7. 7.20% of a number is 1. What is the number?
  8. 8.8% of 300 =
  9. 9.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 52 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  10. 10.150% of 220 =
  11. 11.A lunch box costs ₹550 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  12. 12.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 46 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  13. 13.Anaya scored 256 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
  14. 14.What is the percentage difference between 114 and 126?
  15. 15.A wall clock is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹215. What is the discount percentage?
  16. 16.A tank holds 100 litres of water and 35% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  17. 17.A number changes from 300 to 516. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 72% increase (b) 82% decrease (c) 72% decrease (d) 82% increase
  18. 18.A football costs ₹350 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
  19. 19.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
  20. 20.Ishaan keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
  21. 21.A shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 186 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  22. 22.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 5%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 13%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  24. 24.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 43%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  25. 25.A test has 50 marks. To get 44%, how many marks does Riya need?
  26. 26.?% of 250 = 170
  27. 27.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 655 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  28. 28.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 15% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  29. 29.Meera keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 5 years?
  30. 30.Meera scored 123 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
  31. 31.Sara keeps ₹500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Sara get in 1 year?
  32. 32.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  33. 33.₹3000 earns ₹210 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  34. 34.A farmer picks 500 mangoes and 6% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 18%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  36. 36.A football costs ₹400. The price goes up by 80%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹564. What is the loss percentage?
  38. 38.A price of ₹200 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  39. 39.A price of ₹400 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  40. 40.What percent of 80 is 20?

Answer key

  1. 35
  2. 26
  3. 80
  4. 270
  5. 32
  6. 3875
  7. 5
  8. 24
  9. 30
  10. 330
  11. 616
  12. 8
  13. 64
  14. 10
  15. 14
  16. 35
  17. 72% increase
  18. 63
  19. less
  20. 1740
  21. 55
  22. 30
  23. 39
  24. 456
  25. 22
  26. 68
  27. 31
  28. 17
  29. 1200
  30. 41
  31. 25
  32. 96
  33. 7
  34. 30
  35. 123
  36. 720
  37. 6
  38. 154
  39. 264
  40. 25

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