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 school club grows from 250 members to 475 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 2.A price of ₹100 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 3.A tank has 50 litres of water and 16% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 4.₹1000 earns ₹30 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 5.A school club grows from 20 members to 22 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 6.Kabir keeps ₹500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 7.Dev keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 3 years, in rupees?
- 8.Sara scored 68 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹410. What is the loss percentage?
- 10.What percent of 200 is 128?
- 11.Meera keeps ₹500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 29%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 13.4 is 40% of ?
- 14.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 15.A test has 80 marks. To get 55%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 16.80% of a number is 256. What is the number?
- 17.One shop sells a toy car for ₹102 and another sells it for ₹48. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 18.?% of 40 = 18
- 19.Dev scored 370 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 20.A number changes from 50 to 65. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% increase (b) 15% decrease (c) 30% increase (d) 30% decrease
- 21.A test has 40 marks. To get 95%, how many marks does Diya need?
- 22.A test has 50 marks. To get 36%, how many marks does Meera need?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 27%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 24.A lunch box marked ₹1000 has 25% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 25.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 62%. How many members are there now?
- 26.A test has 200 marks. To get 59%, how many marks does Isha need?
- 27.What percent of 25 is 7?
- 28.A water bottle marked ₹1200 has 25% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 24%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 30.Riya spent ₹45, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 31.A number changes from 25 to 31. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 24% decrease (b) 6% increase (c) 6% decrease (d) 24% increase
- 32.A kite costs ₹1640 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 34.A school club has 60 members. The number grows by 75%. How many members are there now?
- 35.Anaya scored 420 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
- 36.25% of a number is 71. What is the number?
- 37.One shop sells a pencil box for ₹57 and another sells it for ₹63. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 38.The price of a torch changes from ₹100 to ₹58. What is the percentage change?
- 39.A table fan costs ₹1800 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 40.Aarav keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Aarav get in 1 year?
Answer key
- 90
- 180
- 42
- 1
- 10
- 515
- 1635
- 85
- 18
- 64
- 525
- 116
- 10
- 65
- 44
- 320
- 72
- 45
- 74
- 30% increase
- 38
- 18
- 162
- 250
- 162
- 118
- 28
- 900
- 456
- 90
- 24% increase
- 82
- 125
- 105
- 84
- 284
- 10
- 42
- 2124
- 60
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