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 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 2 years?
- 2.A school bag is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹60. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹400 to ₹360. What is the percentage change?
- 4.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 78% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 5.A school club grows from 60 members to 96 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 6.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 78 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 7.A toy car costs ₹1280 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 8.A test has 200 marks. To get 66%, how many marks does Meera need?
- 9.Rohan scored 20 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹80 and sells it for ₹84. What is the profit percentage?
- 11.A torch costs ₹1850 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 12.A lunch box marked ₹300 has 10% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 209 and 191?
- 14.What is the percentage difference between 63 and 57?
- 15.₹3000 earns ₹720 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 16.?% of 40 = 34
- 17.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 510 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 18.What is the percentage difference between 88 and 72?
- 19.8 is what percent of 40?
- 20.A table fan costs ₹840 before tax and ₹924 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 21.Meera keeps ₹500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 22.A tank holds 40 litres of water and 70% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 54 and 26?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 14%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 25.Arjun scored 273 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹122. What is the loss percentage?
- 28.Rohan keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 1 year?
- 29.A cricket bat is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹120. What is the discount percentage?
- 30.18 is 15% of ?
- 31.A number changes from 25 to 34. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 36% increase (b) 9% increase (c) 9% decrease (d) 36% decrease
- 32.A torch costs ₹1580 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 33.₹5000 earns ₹1200 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹500 and sells it for ₹750. What is the profit percentage?
- 35.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 36.A tank has 200 litres of water and 9% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 37.A water bottle costs ₹1680 before GST and ₹1764 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 38.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹500 to ₹935. What is the percentage change?
- 39.The price of a storybook changes from ₹100 to ₹80. What is the percentage change?
- 40.Ishaan spent ₹25, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Ishaan have, in rupees?
Answer key
- 600
- 50
- 10
- 445
- 60
- 22
- 1344
- 132
- 50
- 5
- 2183
- 270
- 9
- 10
- 12
- 85
- 70
- 20
- 20
- 10
- 530
- 28
- 70
- 28
- 91
- 42
- 39
- 600
- 20
- 120
- 36% increase
- 79
- 3
- 50
- 32
- 182
- 5
- 87
- 20
- 100
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