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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 923 · 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 shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 144 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 8%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  3. 3.A football is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹920. What is the discount percentage?
  4. 4.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) less (b) the same (c) more
  5. 5.Aarav scored 480 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
  6. 6.A pencil box costs ₹1820 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  7. 7.138 is what percent of 200?
  8. 8.What percent of 120 is 30?
  9. 9.3 is 30% of ?
  10. 10.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 30%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  11. 11.A water bottle is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹168. What is the discount percentage?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹425. What is the loss percentage?
  13. 13.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  14. 14.One shop sells a football for ₹73 and another sells it for ₹127. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  15. 15.A shop sold 80 ice creams on Monday and 136 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  16. 16.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 19%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  17. 17.A football costs ₹1450 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
  18. 18.A kite costs ₹20. The price goes up by 15%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 28%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  21. 21.A pencil box costs ₹850 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
  22. 22.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹20 to ₹29. What is the percentage change?
  23. 23.What is the percentage difference between 159 and 81?
  24. 24.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹116. What is the loss percentage?
  25. 25.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
  26. 26.₹5000 earns ₹1250 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  27. 27.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 12 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
  28. 28.Sara scored 300 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
  29. 29.45% of 580 =
  30. 30.A torch costs ₹100. The price goes up by 54%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  31. 31.A kite costs ₹1260 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
  32. 32.Aarav scored 64 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
  33. 33.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 40%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  34. 34.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹120 and sells it for ₹162. What is the profit percentage?
  35. 35.₹2000 earns ₹480 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  36. 36.Riya spent ₹1, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹600 and sells it for ₹840. What is the profit percentage?
  38. 38.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 50%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
  39. 39.10 children are in a school and 60% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  40. 40.A farmer picks 505 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?

Answer key

  1. 20
  2. 216
  3. 8
  4. less
  5. 96
  6. 1911
  7. 69
  8. 25
  9. 10
  10. 36
  11. 16
  12. 15
  13. 66
  14. 54
  15. 70
  16. 405
  17. 261
  18. 23
  19. 144
  20. 30
  21. 952
  22. 45
  23. 65
  24. 42
  25. 68
  26. 5
  27. 70
  28. 75
  29. 261
  30. 154
  31. 126
  32. 32
  33. 16
  34. 35
  35. 3
  36. 4
  37. 40
  38. 40
  39. 6
  40. 202

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