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.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹150 to ₹207. What is the percentage increase?
- 2.A table fan costs ₹650 before tax and ₹728 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 3.4% of 475 =
- 4.A kite marked ₹200 has 45% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 5.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹40 to ₹32. What is the percentage change?
- 6.₹1000 earns ₹70 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 7.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 8.What is the percentage difference between 99 and 51?
- 9.A number changes from 150 to 207. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 57% increase (b) 38% increase (c) 57% decrease (d) 38% decrease
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 22%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 11.A school club has 120 members. The number grows by 70%. How many members are there now?
- 12.What is the percentage difference between 73 and 27?
- 13.The price of a football changes from ₹25 to ₹21. What is the percentage change?
- 14.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 15.One shop sells a toy car for ₹23 and another sells it for ₹17. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 16.A table fan costs ₹20 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 17.Ishaan keeps ₹500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 1 year?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹80 and sells it for ₹92. What is the profit percentage?
- 19.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 75% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 20.₹1500 earns ₹405 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 21.80% of a number is 112. What is the number?
- 22.A tank holds 300 litres of water and 3% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 23.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 10% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 24.What is the percentage difference between 232 and 168?
- 25.Dev spent ₹204, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 26.175 children are in a school and 8% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 27.49 is 50% of ?
- 28.One shop sells a football for ₹52 and another sells it for ₹28. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 29.160 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 40%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 31.10% of a number is 32. What is the number?
- 32.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 9 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 33.A lunch box is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹290. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.A price comes down by 40% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 35.What percent of 20 is 10?
- 36.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 22 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 37.A school bag is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹660. What is the discount percentage?
- 38.315 is what percent of 500?
- 39.A school bag is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹162. What is the discount percentage?
- 40.40% of a number is 2. What is the number?
Answer key
- 38
- 12
- 19
- 90
- 20
- 1
- 68
- 64
- 38% increase
- 39
- 204
- 92
- 16
- 56
- 30
- 2
- 45
- 15
- 70
- 9
- 140
- 9
- 72
- 32
- 340
- 14
- 98
- 60
- 24
- 20
- 320
- 64
- 42
- less
- 50
- 12
- 34
- 63
- 46
- 5
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