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 shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹500 and sells it for ₹635. What is the profit percentage?
- 2.150% of 582 =
- 3.A price of ₹200 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 4.A test has 40 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 5.8% of 600 =
- 6.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) more (c) less
- 7.A test has 50 marks. To get 52%, how many marks does Diya need?
- 8.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 5% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 9.A table fan costs ₹450 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 10.₹1000 earns ₹100 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 11.Meera scored 22 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 12.A price of ₹400 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 13.A school bag marked ₹200 has 16% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 14.What percent of 40 is 8?
- 15.What percent of 60 is 12?
- 16.20% of a number is 37. What is the number?
- 17.A number changes from 20 to 17. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 3% increase (b) 15% decrease (c) 3% decrease (d) 15% increase
- 18.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹100 to ₹85. What is the percentage decrease?
- 19.Diya spent ₹16, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
- 20.₹3000 earns ₹720 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 and sells it for ₹944. What is the profit percentage?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 18%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 23.9 is what percent of 25?
- 24.Anaya scored 300 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
- 25.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 23% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 36%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 27.What is the percentage difference between 159 and 81?
- 28.28 is what percent of 80?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 40%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 30.The price of a kite goes up from ₹25 to ₹31. What is the percentage increase?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 32.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹150 to ₹132. What is the percentage change?
- 33.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 76%. How many members are there now?
- 34.A price of ₹200 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 35.A pencil box marked ₹500 has 20% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 36.What is the percentage difference between 84 and 36?
- 37.A school bag marked ₹800 has 19% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 50%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 39.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 58 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 40.A football costs ₹570 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 27
- 873
- 252
- 16
- 48
- less
- 26
- 21
- 504
- 2
- 88
- 660
- 168
- 20
- 20
- 185
- 15% decrease
- 15
- 20
- 6
- 18
- 144
- 36
- 50
- 123
- 144
- 65
- 35
- 48
- 24
- 80
- 12
- 176
- 70
- 400
- 80
- 648
- 20
- 16
- 627
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