Percentage Premier League

Team talk

The nine rules that win matches

Read one before every chase. Every question in this game uses one of these.

1 · Per cent means "per hundred"

25% just means 25 out of every 100. A strike rate of 150 is a percentage in disguise: 150 runs for every 100 balls.

p% of N = p ÷ 100 × N 30% of 250 = 30 ÷ 100 × 250 = 75

2 · Know your fraction friends

These come up all the time. Learn them like your team's batting order.

50% = ½

25% = ¼

20% = ⅕

10% = 1/10

12.5% = ⅛

33⅓% = ⅓

75% = ¾

5% = 1/20

150% = 1½

3 · The 10% shortcut

To find 10%, move the decimal one place left. Build everything else from it.

10% of 2,450 = 245 5% of 2,450 = 122.5 (half of 10%) 15% of 2,450 = 245 + 122.5 = 367.5

4 · The multiplier method

Going up by p% means multiply by (1 + p/100). Going down means multiply by (1 − p/100). To undo it, divide.

+20% → × 1.20 −15% → × 0.85 Price after +20% is ₹600 → original = 600 ÷ 1.2 = ₹500

5 · Percent change: divide by the OLD value

Change is always compared to where you started.

Score 200 → 250 Change = 50 % increase = 50 ÷ 200 × 100 = 25% ✔ 50 ÷ 250 × 100 = 20% ✘ (new value)

6 · Profit or loss % is always on Cost Price

CP = what the shop paid. SP = what it sold for. Profit = SP − CP. Then divide by CP, never by SP.

CP ₹800, SP ₹1,000 Profit = ₹200 Profit % = 200 ÷ 800 × 100 = 25%

7 · Discount is always on Marked Price

MP is the price on the tag. Discount comes off MP. What you pay is the SP.

MP ₹1,500, 20% off SP = 1,500 × 0.80 = ₹1,200

8 · Back-to-back changes multiply

Two changes in a row are not added. Multiply the multipliers.

+10% then +20%: 1.1 × 1.2 = 1.32 → +32% (not 30%) +20% then −20%: 1.2 × 0.8 = 0.96 → −4% (not 0%)

9 · Mark up, then discount

Shops mark prices above CP, then give a discount. Work out the real SP, then compare to CP.

CP ₹1,600, marked 25% above → MP ₹2,000 10% discount → SP ₹1,800 Profit % = 200 ÷ 1,600 × 100 = 12.5%

Phone down, match on

Match Day maths

Off-screen games for the family while India play. Needs a notebook, a pen, and the TV. Keep a running points table on the fridge for the whole series.

Before the toss

Predict the total

Everyone writes down India's predicted first-innings score.
After the innings, each person works out their % error: (difference ÷ actual score) × 100.
Lowest % error gets 3 points. She checks everyone's working.

During each innings

Boundary tracker

Tally every 4 and 6 in the notebook as they happen.
At the innings break: what % of the total came from boundaries? Compare both teams.
Bonus: what % of balls faced were dot balls? (The TV often shows the dot-ball count.)

Team	4s	6s	Boundary runs	Total	%
India	18	6	108	288	37.5%
Opponent

Example row: 18 fours + 6 sixes = 72 + 36 = 108; 108 ÷ 288 × 100 = 37.5%.

Every time a wicket falls

Beat the broadcaster

The moment a batter is out, call out their strike rate (runs ÷ balls × 100) before the TV graphic shows it.
Within 5 of the real figure = 1 point. Exact = 2 points.
Rounding tip: 47 off 38 balls is a bit over 47 ÷ 40 ≈ 1.2, so about 120. Real answer 123.7.

Powerplay vs death overs

Run-rate swing

Note the score after over 10 and after over 20 (ODI) or after over 6 and over 20 (T20).
Work out the run rate in each phase and the % change between them. Remember: divide by the first phase.

Innings break

The snack-stall shop

She runs the family snack stall. A parent is the "wholesaler" and sells her snacks at a cost price (use play money or a few coins).
She sets a marked price, can offer a discount to a haggling customer, and must announce her profit % on every sale.
Rule: if she quotes the profit % on SP instead of CP, the customer gets the snack free.

Across the series

Win % table

Keep India's results on the fridge sheet. After each match, update the win % and the change from last time.
Question to ask her: "If India win the next one, what will the win % become?" Then check after the match.