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.₹4000 earns ₹640 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 2.₹1000 earns ₹180 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 3.What is the percentage difference between 116 and 84?
- 4.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 5.₹500 earns ₹250 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 6.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹40 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 14%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 8.Meera spent ₹18, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 9.?% of 400 = 44
- 10.52 is 25% of ?
- 11.What percent of 50 is 42?
- 12.?% of 50 = 26
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 174 and 66?
- 14.A tank holds 435 litres of water and 80% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 15.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹70. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 16.Meera scored 19 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 17.A test has 80 marks. To get 95%, how many marks does Diya need?
- 18.One shop sells a school bag for ₹81 and another sells it for ₹219. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 19.A test has 500 marks. To get 62%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 20.22 is 40% of ?
- 21.A storybook costs ₹120. The price comes down by 5%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 22.A test has 40 marks. To get 80%, how many marks does Isha need?
- 23.?% of 80 = 40
- 24.A storybook costs ₹260 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 25.₹1000 earns ₹70 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 26.A shop sold 25 ice creams on Monday and 31 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 27.A team scored 400 runs in one match and 360 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 28.The price of a torch changes from ₹300 to ₹540. What is the percentage change?
- 29.120% of 160 =
- 30.A number changes from 20 to 27. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 35% increase (b) 7% decrease (c) 35% decrease (d) 7% increase
- 31.A school club grows from 60 members to 93 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 32.One shop sells a table fan for ₹22 and another sells it for ₹58. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 40%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 34.A shop sold 60 ice creams on Monday and 108 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 35.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹300 to ₹147. What is the percentage change?
- 36.A number changes from 120 to 234. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 95% increase (b) 105% increase (c) 95% decrease (d) 105% decrease
- 37.120% of 40 =
- 38.9 is what percent of 50?
- 39.₹500 earns ₹40 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 40.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
Answer key
- 8
- 3
- 32
- 82
- 10
- 80
- 28
- 30
- 11
- 208
- 84
- 52
- 90
- 348
- 25
- 76
- 76
- 92
- 310
- 55
- 114
- 32
- 50
- 273
- 7
- 24
- 10
- 80
- 192
- 35% increase
- 55
- 90
- 240
- 80
- 51
- 95% increase
- 48
- 18
- 8
- 68
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