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 water bottle marked ₹120 has 50% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 2.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹300 to ₹48. What is the percentage decrease?
- 3.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹120 to ₹168. What is the percentage change?
- 4.What is the percentage difference between 78 and 42?
- 5.Dev spent ₹23, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 6.?% of 150 = 18
- 7.8% of 600 =
- 8.65% of 520 =
- 9.25% of a number is 5. What is the number?
- 10.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹120 to ₹144. What is the percentage increase?
- 11.A pencil box costs ₹1200 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 12.A football marked ₹120 has 10% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 13.12% of a number is 36. What is the number?
- 14.?% of 50 = 20
- 15.What is the percentage difference between 12 and 28?
- 16.One shop sells a pencil box for ₹44 and another sells it for ₹36. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 17.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 18.A number changes from 80 to 48. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 32% increase (b) 40% increase (c) 32% decrease (d) 40% decrease
- 19.Kabir keeps ₹500 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 20.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹32. What is the loss percentage?
- 21.A storybook costs ₹375 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 22.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 65 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 23.A team scored 150 runs in one match and 51 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 24.A farmer picks 125 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 25.Diya scored 18 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 26.One shop sells a storybook for ₹230 and another sells it for ₹170. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 27.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 28.A school bag is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹87. What is the discount percentage?
- 29.15% of 340 =
- 30.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 62% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹296. What is the loss percentage?
- 32.A school bag costs ₹100 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹150 and sells it for ₹201. What is the profit percentage?
- 34.A price of ₹500 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 35.A toy car costs ₹1950 before GST and ₹2301 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 36.A tank holds 255 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 37.A football costs ₹1050 before tax and ₹1176 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 38.What is the percentage difference between 141 and 159?
- 39.135 is 75% of ?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹270. What is the loss percentage?
Answer key
- 60
- 84
- 40
- 60
- 46
- 12
- 48
- 338
- 20
- 20
- 60
- 12
- 300
- 40
- 80
- 20
- less
- 40% decrease
- 700
- 36
- 420
- 35
- 66
- 50
- 36
- 30
- 56
- 42
- 51
- 324
- 26
- 118
- 34
- 605
- 18
- 102
- 12
- 12
- 180
- 10
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