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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 901 · 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.Sara keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
  2. 2.A storybook is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹325. What is the discount percentage?
  3. 3.60% of a number is 192. What is the number?
  4. 4.Anaya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 3 years?
  5. 5.Anaya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 5 years?
  6. 6.Riya scored 204 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
  7. 7.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 80% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  8. 8.What percent of 400 is 316?
  9. 9.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 14% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹168. What is the loss percentage?
  11. 11.500 children are in a school and 45% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  12. 12.28 is what percent of 80?
  13. 13.A tank had 20 litres of water. Now it has 13 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  14. 14.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹34. What is the loss percentage?
  15. 15.The price of a football comes down from ₹150 to ₹135. What is the percentage decrease?
  16. 16.₹2000 earns ₹200 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  17. 17.Rohan spent ₹132, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
  18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  19. 19.Kabir keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 2 years?
  20. 20.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹60 to ₹57. What is the percentage change?
  21. 21.A school club has 150 members. The number grows by 92%. How many members are there now?
  22. 22.The price of a torch goes up from ₹40 to ₹52. What is the percentage increase?
  23. 23.A test has 40 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Sara need?
  24. 24.A tank has 40 litres of water and 25% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  25. 25.Rohan scored 243 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
  26. 26.Kabir scored 10 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
  27. 27.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹80 to ₹124. What is the percentage change?
  28. 28.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 25% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  29. 29.A number changes from 50 to 65. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% decrease (b) 30% decrease (c) 15% increase (d) 30% increase
  30. 30.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹267. What is the loss percentage?
  31. 31.Aarav scored 432 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
  32. 32.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 69% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  33. 33.Diya scored 396 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
  34. 34.?% of 150 = 66
  35. 35.30% of 580 =
  36. 36.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 36%. How many members are there now?
  37. 37.₹2000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  38. 38.What is the percentage difference between 60 and 180?
  39. 39.A number changes from 500 to 715. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 43% decrease (b) 43% increase (c) 53% increase (d) 53% decrease
  40. 40.A torch costs ₹740 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?

Answer key

  1. 5200
  2. 35
  3. 320
  4. 120
  5. 2400
  6. 68
  7. 16
  8. 79
  9. 171
  10. 16
  11. 225
  12. 35
  13. 35
  14. 15
  15. 10
  16. 2
  17. 220
  18. 12
  19. 90
  20. 5
  21. 288
  22. 30
  23. 16
  24. 30
  25. 81
  26. 40
  27. 55
  28. 30
  29. 30% increase
  30. 11
  31. 72
  32. 31
  33. 66
  34. 44
  35. 174
  36. 136
  37. 1
  38. 100
  39. 43% increase
  40. 37

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