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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 88 · 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 pencil box costs ₹25. The price comes down by 76%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  2. 2.A pencil box costs ₹980 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  3. 3.300 children are in a school and 3% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  4. 4.25% of a number is 36. What is the number?
  5. 5.A price comes down by 30% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
  6. 6.A number changes from 50 to 33. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 34% decrease (b) 34% increase (c) 17% increase (d) 17% decrease
  7. 7.A cricket bat is marked ₹1200. In a sale it is sold for ₹720. What is the discount percentage?
  8. 8.A price of ₹300 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  9. 9.Diya spent ₹159, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
  10. 10.A table fan costs ₹1550 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  11. 11.A water bottle costs ₹350 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  12. 12.A number changes from 400 to 664. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 76% increase (b) 66% decrease (c) 76% decrease (d) 66% increase
  13. 13.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 17 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  14. 14.Isha keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Isha get in 2 years?
  15. 15.A number changes from 80 to 52. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 28% increase (b) 35% increase (c) 28% decrease (d) 35% decrease
  16. 16.Riya scored 24 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
  17. 17.A toy car costs ₹20. The price goes up by 90%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  18. 18.10% of a number is 32. What is the number?
  19. 19.A test has 80 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Anaya need?
  20. 20.Aarav scored 118 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
  21. 21.₹1500 earns ₹525 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  22. 22.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  23. 23.A number changes from 100 to 60. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% increase (b) 50% decrease (c) 40% decrease (d) 40% increase
  24. 24.A tank had 500 litres of water. Now it has 310 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  25. 25.A school bag marked ₹500 has 27% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  26. 26.Arjun keeps ₹500 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
  27. 27.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  28. 28.A price of ₹500 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  29. 29.What percent of 25 is 2?
  30. 30.₹3000 earns ₹360 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹800 and sells it for ₹840. What is the profit percentage?
  32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹600 and sells it for ₹792. What is the profit percentage?
  33. 33.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹114. What is the loss percentage?
  34. 34.₹2500 earns ₹500 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  35. 35.₹1000 earns ₹90 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 24%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  37. 37.?% of 20 = 8
  38. 38.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 210 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  39. 39.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹72. What is the loss percentage?
  40. 40.The price of a school bag changes from ₹80 to ₹104. What is the percentage change?

Answer key

  1. 6
  2. 1029
  3. 9
  4. 144
  5. less
  6. 34% decrease
  7. 40
  8. 462
  9. 265
  10. 1829
  11. 413
  12. 66% increase
  13. 32
  14. 800
  15. 35% decrease
  16. 60
  17. 38
  18. 320
  19. 28
  20. 59
  21. 5
  22. 60
  23. 40% decrease
  24. 38
  25. 365
  26. 740
  27. 24
  28. 240
  29. 8
  30. 1
  31. 5
  32. 32
  33. 24
  34. 4
  35. 9
  36. 12
  37. 40
  38. 30
  39. 40
  40. 30

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