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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 938 · 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.One shop sells a storybook for ₹58 and another sells it for ₹42. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  2. 2.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹558. What is the loss percentage?
  3. 3.40% of a number is 144. What is the number?
  4. 4.Kabir scored 153 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
  5. 5.₹5000 earns ₹100 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  6. 6.₹1500 earns ₹540 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  7. 7.A football marked ₹600 has 27% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  8. 8.₹1500 earns ₹450 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  9. 9.A toy car costs ₹150. The price comes down by 12%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  10. 10.What percent of 120 is 24?
  11. 11.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹144 and another sells it for ₹156. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
  12. 12.575 children are in a school and 12% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  13. 13.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹400 and sells it for ₹452. What is the profit percentage?
  14. 14.A number changes from 300 to 258. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 14% decrease (b) 14% increase (c) 42% increase (d) 42% decrease
  15. 15.12% of 575 =
  16. 16.Anaya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 1 year?
  17. 17.What is the percentage difference between 48 and 72?
  18. 18.Meera spent ₹10, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
  19. 19.The price of a school bag changes from ₹50 to ₹29. What is the percentage change?
  20. 20.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹395. What is the loss percentage?
  21. 21.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹92. What is the loss percentage?
  22. 22.The price of a kite goes up from ₹400 to ₹488. What is the percentage increase?
  23. 23.A pencil box costs ₹200. The price goes up by 28%. What is the new price, in rupees?
  24. 24.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
  25. 25.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 10% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
  26. 26.A school bag costs ₹1480 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
  27. 27.A pencil box costs ₹1080 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
  28. 28.75 is 25% of ?
  29. 29.30% of a number is 57. What is the number?
  30. 30.30 children are in a school and 40% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  31. 31.Kabir keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
  32. 32.Arjun scored 7 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
  33. 33.Meera scored 19 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
  34. 34.The price of a torch changes from ₹60 to ₹120. What is the percentage change?
  35. 35.88 is 40% of ?
  36. 36.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 65 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  37. 37.54 is what percent of 60?
  38. 38.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 28%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  39. 39.A cricket bat marked ₹400 has 49% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  40. 40.A price of ₹500 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?

Answer key

  1. 32
  2. 7
  3. 360
  4. 51
  5. 1
  6. 9
  7. 438
  8. 10
  9. 132
  10. 20
  11. 8
  12. 69
  13. 13
  14. 14% decrease
  15. 69
  16. 350
  17. 40
  18. 25
  19. 42
  20. 21
  21. 8
  22. 22
  23. 256
  24. 32
  25. 18
  26. 1554
  27. 54
  28. 300
  29. 190
  30. 12
  31. 1600
  32. 35
  33. 38
  34. 100
  35. 220
  36. 74
  37. 90
  38. 14
  39. 196
  40. 210

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