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Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 950 · 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.Arjun scored 46 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
  2. 2.The price of a wall clock goes up from ₹250 to ₹440. What is the percentage increase?
  3. 3.Rohan scored 392 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
  4. 4.A tank has 20 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are left?
  5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹400 and sells it for ₹516. What is the profit percentage?
  6. 6.Sara scored 276 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
  7. 7.₹2000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  8. 8.35% of 460 =
  9. 9.480 children are in a school and 65% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
  10. 10.A price of ₹300 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  11. 11.What percent of 250 is 125?
  12. 12.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 35%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  13. 13.A number changes from 50 to 29. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 21% decrease (b) 42% increase (c) 42% decrease (d) 21% increase
  14. 14.A lunch box costs ₹200 before tax and ₹224 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
  15. 15.₹4000 earns ₹800 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
  16. 16.A number changes from 200 to 336. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 78% increase (b) 68% decrease (c) 68% increase (d) 78% decrease
  17. 17.A price goes up by 40% 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
  18. 18.A pencil box marked ₹600 has 11% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  19. 19.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 8%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
  20. 20.What is the percentage difference between 45 and 75?
  21. 21.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 720 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
  22. 22.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹38. What is the loss percentage?
  23. 23.A tank holds 15 litres of water and 80% of it is used. How many litres are used?
  24. 24.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 75 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  25. 25.A price of ₹100 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
  26. 26.?% of 20 = 16
  27. 27.A toy car costs ₹1375 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
  28. 28.A wall clock marked ₹200 has 33% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
  29. 29.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹99. What is the loss percentage?
  30. 30.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 68 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
  31. 31.A toy car marked ₹800 has 19% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
  32. 32.42 is what percent of 60?
  33. 33.Diya keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 1 year?
  34. 34.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 28%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  35. 35.25% of a number is 85. What is the number?
  36. 36.₹2000 earns ₹100 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
  37. 37.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
  38. 38.What is the percentage difference between 278 and 122?
  39. 39.30% of a number is 21. What is the number?
  40. 40.A water bottle is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹78. What is the discount percentage?

Answer key

  1. 92
  2. 76
  3. 98
  4. 12
  5. 29
  6. 92
  7. 3
  8. 161
  9. 312
  10. 162
  11. 50
  12. 14
  13. 42% decrease
  14. 12
  15. 4
  16. 68% increase
  17. less
  18. 66
  19. 64
  20. 50
  21. 80
  22. 5
  23. 12
  24. 75
  25. 196
  26. 80
  27. 165
  28. 134
  29. 34
  30. 15
  31. 152
  32. 70
  33. 210
  34. 1024
  35. 340
  36. 1
  37. 177
  38. 78
  39. 70
  40. 35

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