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 tank holds 150 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 2.A torch is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹52. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.A cricket bat costs ₹1320 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 4.One shop sells a table fan for ₹46 and another sells it for ₹114. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 5.A number changes from 25 to 13. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 12% decrease (c) 48% decrease (d) 48% increase
- 6.A tank holds 325 litres of water and 8% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 7.A wall clock costs ₹40. The price goes up by 75%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 8.4% of 525 =
- 9.What is the percentage difference between 15 and 25?
- 10.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹25 to ₹19. What is the percentage change?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 and sells it for ₹984. What is the profit percentage?
- 12.A price of ₹200 comes down by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 13.₹500 earns ₹60 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 14.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹20 to ₹13. What is the percentage change?
- 15.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 16.Dev scored 141 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 17.One shop sells a school bag for ₹28 and another sells it for ₹12. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 18.What percent of 150 is 9?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 41%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 20.2% of 600 =
- 21.A tank holds 230 litres of water and 30% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 22.Arjun spent ₹48, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 23.75 is 60% of ?
- 24.A lunch box costs ₹20. The price comes down by 55%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 25.A pencil box costs ₹150 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 26.A storybook costs ₹80. The price goes up by 30%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 27.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 28.A farmer picks 225 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 29.A wall clock marked ₹300 has 50% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 30.₹2500 earns ₹175 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 31.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 24%. How many members are there now?
- 32.What percent of 20 is 7?
- 33.What is the percentage difference between 63 and 87?
- 34.A number changes from 50 to 40. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% decrease (b) 25% increase (c) 20% decrease (d) 20% increase
- 35.A table fan marked ₹150 has 26% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 36.A test has 40 marks. To get 85%, how many marks does Anaya need?
- 37.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 24% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 38.12 is 10% of ?
- 39.What is the percentage difference between 213 and 87?
- 40.A test has 500 marks. To get 62%, how many marks does Aarav need?
Answer key
- 9
- 48
- 66
- 85
- 48% decrease
- 26
- 70
- 21
- 50
- 24
- 23
- 144
- 1
- 35
- 54
- 47
- 80
- 6
- 123
- 12
- 69
- 320
- 125
- 9
- 27
- 104
- 54
- 9
- 150
- 7
- 31
- 35
- 32
- 20% decrease
- 39
- 34
- 38
- 120
- 84
- 310
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