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.Dev spent ₹249, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 2.A number changes from 200 to 120. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 40% decrease (b) 80% increase (c) 80% decrease (d) 40% increase
- 3.₹4000 earns ₹240 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 4.Riya scored 216 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 5.5% of a number is 20. What is the number?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 48%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 7.A kite costs ₹500. The price comes down by 81%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 8.A football costs ₹60. The price comes down by 25%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 9.₹1500 earns ₹165 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 10.What is the percentage difference between 14 and 26?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it for ₹116. What is the profit percentage?
- 12.20% of a number is 50. What is the number?
- 13.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹500 to ₹940. What is the percentage change?
- 14.30% of 40 =
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 45%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 16.75% of a number is 57. What is the number?
- 17.What percent of 25 is 14?
- 18.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹25 to ₹18. What is the percentage change?
- 19.A cricket bat costs ₹1120 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 20.A pencil box costs ₹1150 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 21.A tank has 400 litres of water and 24% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 22.4% of 375 =
- 23.A number changes from 40 to 74. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 34% decrease (b) 34% increase (c) 85% decrease (d) 85% increase
- 24.3 is 10% of ?
- 25.80% of a number is 116. What is the number?
- 26.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 76 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 27.80% of 355 =
- 28.A number changes from 500 to 670. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 44% increase (b) 44% decrease (c) 34% increase (d) 34% decrease
- 29.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 27%. How many members are there now?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 23%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 31.What is the percentage difference between 114 and 286?
- 32.A number changes from 250 to 305. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% increase (b) 55% decrease (c) 22% increase (d) 22% decrease
- 33.A toy car costs ₹200. The price comes down by 69%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 34.Meera spent ₹165, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 35.40% of a number is 114. What is the number?
- 36.12% of 425 =
- 37.What is the percentage difference between 25 and 75?
- 38.One shop sells a storybook for ₹95 and another sells it for ₹105. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 39.A storybook costs ₹25. The price goes up by 88%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 40.A kite costs ₹200. The price goes up by 56%. What is the new price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 332
- 40% decrease
- 6
- 54
- 400
- 192
- 95
- 45
- 11
- 60
- 45
- 250
- 88
- 12
- 45
- 76
- 56
- 28
- 56
- 1288
- 304
- 15
- 85% increase
- 30
- 145
- 62
- 284
- 34% increase
- 127
- 616
- 86
- 22% increase
- 62
- 220
- 285
- 51
- 100
- 10
- 47
- 312
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