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 ₹3000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 2.What is the percentage difference between 72 and 48?
- 3.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) more (c) less
- 4.What is the percentage difference between 48 and 52?
- 5.A water bottle costs ₹160 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 6.One shop sells a football for ₹146 and another sells it for ₹54. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 7.A price goes up by 50% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 8.A kite costs ₹200 before GST and ₹210 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹64. What is the loss percentage?
- 10.A table fan costs ₹1160 before tax and ₹1276 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹40 and sells it for ₹58. What is the profit percentage?
- 12.A toy car is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹90. What is the discount percentage?
- 13.A price of ₹100 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹300 to ₹324. What is the percentage increase?
- 15.90% of 450 =
- 16.The price of a pencil box goes up from ₹250 to ₹475. What is the percentage increase?
- 17.A farmer picks 525 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 18.A test has 80 marks. To get 65%, how many marks does Sara need?
- 19.A school bag marked ₹1000 has 39% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 20.33 is 30% of ?
- 21.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹40 to ₹12. What is the percentage decrease?
- 22.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹40 to ₹10. What is the percentage decrease?
- 23.Meera scored 126 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 24.230 is what percent of 250?
- 25.Rohan spent ₹6, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
- 26.One shop sells a school bag for ₹53 and another sells it for ₹147. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 27.The price of a football changes from ₹400 to ₹288. What is the percentage change?
- 28.A wall clock costs ₹1750 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 29.A tank had 80 litres of water. Now it has 24 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 30.100 children are in a school and 3% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 31.Meera scored 240 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 32.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 8%. How many members are there now?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹91. What is the loss percentage?
- 34.A football costs ₹480 before tax and ₹528 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹150 and sells it for ₹213. What is the profit percentage?
- 36.Dev spent ₹192, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 37.One shop sells a torch for ₹45 and another sells it for ₹55. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 38.The price of a school bag changes from ₹50 to ₹24. What is the percentage change?
- 39.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 29 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 40.Sara keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
Answer key
- 3420
- 40
- less
- 8
- 8
- 92
- more
- 5
- 36
- 10
- 45
- 25
- 35
- 8
- 405
- 90
- 21
- 52
- 610
- 110
- 70
- 75
- 42
- 92
- 120
- 94
- 28
- 2065
- 70
- 3
- 40
- 27
- 9
- 10
- 42
- 320
- 20
- 52
- 45
- 2100
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