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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 914 · 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 club grows from 400 members to 644 members. What is the percentage increase?
  2. 2.The price of a kite changes from ₹300 to ₹258. What is the percentage change?
  3. 3.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 18 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  4. 4.A pencil box marked ₹150 has 10% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  5. 5.The price of a football changes from ₹50 to ₹40. What is the percentage change?
  6. 6.?% of 300 = 96
  7. 7.Isha scored 183 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
  8. 8.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹25 to ₹42. What is the percentage change?
  9. 9.A price of ₹500 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  10. 10.A number changes from 120 to 114. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 5% increase (b) 5% decrease (c) 6% decrease (d) 6% increase
  11. 11.₹2500 earns ₹300 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 45%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  13. 13.A lunch box costs ₹560 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  14. 14.A farmer picks 100 mangoes and 35% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
  15. 15.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 224 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  16. 16.A shop sold 80 ice creams on Monday and 96 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  17. 17.A tank has 300 litres of water and 50% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  18. 18.A tank has 150 litres of water and 12% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹500 and sells it for ₹525. What is the profit percentage?
  20. 20.A school club grows from 60 members to 111 members. What is the percentage increase?
  21. 21.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹300 to ₹450. What is the percentage change?
  22. 22.One shop sells a toy car for ₹141 and another sells it for ₹99. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  23. 23.A toy car marked ₹800 has 34% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  24. 24.A price of ₹100 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  25. 25.The price of a toy car changes from ₹400 to ₹248. What is the percentage change?
  26. 26.₹3000 earns ₹420 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  27. 27.16 is what percent of 40?
  28. 28.80 is 80% of ?
  29. 29.A price of ₹400 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  30. 30.20% of a number is 37. What is the number?
  31. 31.Sara scored 19 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
  32. 32.The price of a table fan changes from ₹20 to ₹15. What is the percentage change?
  33. 33.A toy car costs ₹25. The price goes up by 8%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  34. 34.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  35. 35.A number changes from 25 to 37. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 48% increase (c) 12% increase (d) 48% decrease
  36. 36.A number changes from 500 to 980. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 96% increase (b) 106% decrease (c) 106% increase (d) 96% decrease
  37. 37.₹1500 earns ₹240 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  38. 38.A price goes up by 50% 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
  39. 39.?% of 120 = 48
  40. 40.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 39 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?

Answer key

  1. 61
  2. 14
  3. 55
  4. 135
  5. 20
  6. 32
  7. 61
  8. 68
  9. 210
  10. 5% decrease
  11. 12
  12. 66
  13. 28
  14. 35
  15. 44
  16. 20
  17. 150
  18. 132
  19. 5
  20. 85
  21. 50
  22. 35
  23. 272
  24. 154
  25. 38
  26. 7
  27. 40
  28. 100
  29. 336
  30. 185
  31. 76
  32. 25
  33. 27
  34. 154
  35. 48% increase
  36. 96% increase
  37. 8
  38. less
  39. 40
  40. 22

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