Percentage Questions with Answers Worksheet
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.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 50%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 3.A number changes from 300 to 120. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 70% increase (b) 60% increase (c) 60% decrease (d) 70% decrease
- 4.₹5000 earns ₹300 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 5.2% of 100 =
- 6.One shop sells a toy car for ₹57 and another sells it for ₹63. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 7.One shop sells a storybook for ₹45 and another sells it for ₹35. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 8.45% of 280 =
- 9.One shop sells a torch for ₹50 and another sells it for ₹110. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 10.A team scored 400 runs in one match and 24% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 11.8% of 600 =
- 12.60% of 250 =
- 13.36 is 25% of ?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it for ₹69. What is the profit percentage?
- 15.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 16.A cricket bat costs ₹680 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 17.15% of a number is 9. What is the number?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 12%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 19.12% of a number is 24. What is the number?
- 20.What is the percentage difference between 57 and 63?
- 21.52 is 40% of ?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 32%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹340. What is the loss percentage?
- 24.Dev keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 25.Dev spent ₹92, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 26.A table fan costs ₹350 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 27.A number changes from 50 to 73. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 23% decrease (b) 23% increase (c) 46% increase (d) 46% decrease
- 28.A test has 50 marks. To get 68%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 29.Kabir spent ₹144, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
- 30.What is the percentage difference between 72 and 88?
- 31.150% of 66 =
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 33.120% of 20 =
- 34.A price of ₹300 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 35.45% of 520 =
- 36.A school bag costs ₹975 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 37.Dev scored 15 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 38.A price of ₹400 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 39.₹500 earns ₹25 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 40.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹250 to ₹225. What is the percentage change?
Answer key
- 82
- 100
- 60% decrease
- 1
- 2
- 10
- 25
- 126
- 75
- 304
- 48
- 150
- 144
- 38
- 80
- 714
- 60
- 168
- 200
- 10
- 130
- 32
- 32
- 4350
- 115
- 385
- 46% increase
- 34
- 180
- 20
- 99
- 112
- 24
- 216
- 234
- 117
- 75
- 468
- 5
- 10
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