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.Riya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 3 years, in rupees?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 5%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 3.What is the percentage difference between 181 and 219?
- 4.The price of a storybook changes from ₹200 to ₹100. What is the percentage change?
- 5.?% of 50 = 47
- 6.Dev scored 78 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 7.₹2000 earns ₹220 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 8.A lunch box costs ₹250. The price goes up by 10%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 9.A school club has 200 members. The number grows by 71%. How many members are there now?
- 10.A storybook costs ₹420 before tax and ₹462 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 11.A number changes from 400 to 736. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 94% increase (b) 94% decrease (c) 84% decrease (d) 84% increase
- 12.30% of a number is 6. What is the number?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹430. What is the loss percentage?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹86. What is the loss percentage?
- 15.Riya spent ₹55, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹150 and sells it for ₹204. What is the profit percentage?
- 17.A school bag costs ₹50 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 18.A test has 500 marks. To get 79%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 19.A number changes from 120 to 150. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% increase (b) 25% decrease (c) 20% decrease (d) 20% increase
- 20.One shop sells a table fan for ₹12 and another sells it for ₹28. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 21.A test has 500 marks. To get 63%, how many marks does Ishaan need?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 24%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 180 and 120?
- 24.A football costs ₹200 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹96. What is the loss percentage?
- 26.A storybook costs ₹40. The price goes up by 75%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 27.A tank holds 440 litres of water and 80% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 28.A test has 50 marks. To get 60%, how many marks does Sara need?
- 29.Sara spent ₹4, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
- 30.45% of 20 =
- 31.The price of a storybook changes from ₹150 to ₹168. What is the percentage change?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 46%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 33.A storybook is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹260. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 80 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 35.A test has 40 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 36.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹75 and another sells it for ₹25. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 37.The price of a table fan changes from ₹150 to ₹93. What is the percentage change?
- 38.Dev spent ₹9, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 39.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 40.One shop sells a torch for ₹32 and another sells it for ₹48. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
Answer key
- 5750
- 6
- 19
- 50
- 94
- 39
- 11
- 275
- 342
- 10
- 84% increase
- 20
- 14
- 14
- 275
- 36
- 59
- 395
- 25% increase
- 80
- 315
- 24
- 40
- 10
- 36
- 70
- 352
- 30
- 80
- 9
- 12
- 46
- 48
- 20
- 14
- 100
- 38
- 45
- 2325
- 40
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