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 price of ₹100 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 13%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹150 and sells it for ₹183. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.35 is 10% of ?
- 5.The price of a football comes down from ₹150 to ₹78. What is the percentage decrease?
- 6.One shop sells a table fan for ₹84 and another sells it for ₹66. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 7.90% of 550 =
- 8.Anaya spent ₹21, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Anaya have, in rupees?
- 9.A cricket bat costs ₹950 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 10.The price of a kite changes from ₹150 to ₹99. What is the percentage change?
- 11.A price of ₹500 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 12.17 is what percent of 50?
- 13.A water bottle is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹455. What is the discount percentage?
- 14.₹5000 earns ₹550 simple interest at 11% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 15.A number changes from 200 to 144. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 28% increase (b) 56% decrease (c) 56% increase (d) 28% decrease
- 16.A storybook costs ₹1625 before tax and ₹1820 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹180. What is the loss percentage?
- 18.One shop sells a storybook for ₹42 and another sells it for ₹108. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 19.A pencil box marked ₹800 has 23% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 20.A shop sold 80 ice creams on Monday and 10% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 21.A torch costs ₹560 before GST and ₹588 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 22.A school bag marked ₹100 has 15% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 23.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹250 to ₹340. What is the percentage increase?
- 24.A number changes from 150 to 159. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% increase (b) 9% increase (c) 6% decrease (d) 9% decrease
- 25.35% of 240 =
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 27.15% of a number is 33. What is the number?
- 28.What percent of 20 is 16?
- 29.What is the percentage difference between 51 and 99?
- 30.Isha keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Isha get in 4 years?
- 31.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 28 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 32.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹400 to ₹96. What is the percentage decrease?
- 33.A wall clock costs ₹400. The price goes up by 42%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 34.A wall clock marked ₹500 has 11% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 35.What percent of 80 is 12?
- 36.Diya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 1 year?
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 8%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 38.A torch is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹240. What is the discount percentage?
- 39.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 40.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹25 to ₹42. What is the percentage increase?
Answer key
- 112
- 13
- 22
- 350
- 48
- 24
- 495
- 70
- 1121
- 34
- 525
- 34
- 9
- 1
- 28% decrease
- 12
- 28
- 88
- 616
- 88
- 5
- 15
- 36
- 6% increase
- 84
- 44
- 220
- 80
- 64
- 960
- 86
- 76
- 568
- 55
- 15
- 200
- 16
- 20
- 125
- 68
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