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.The price of a storybook goes up from ₹250 to ₹445. What is the percentage increase?
- 2.15% of 140 =
- 3.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹36 and another sells it for ₹84. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 45%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 5.₹2500 earns ₹225 simple interest at 9% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 6.A cricket bat costs ₹325 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 7.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 81 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 8.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 71 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 9.A tank holds 400 litres of water and 35% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 10.5% of a number is 8. What is the number?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 12.A football is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹720. What is the discount percentage?
- 13.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 100%. How many members are there now?
- 14.A water bottle is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹91. What is the discount percentage?
- 15.Dev scored 17 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 16.A school bag marked ₹250 has 32% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 18.65% of 500 =
- 19.?% of 500 = 315
- 20.A number changes from 250 to 105. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 68% increase (b) 68% decrease (c) 58% decrease (d) 58% increase
- 21.A price of ₹200 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 22.220 is what percent of 250?
- 23.80% of 205 =
- 24.One shop sells a torch for ₹66 and another sells it for ₹174. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 25.90% of 520 =
- 26.A school club has 400 members. The number grows by 21%. How many members are there now?
- 27.555 children are in a school and 40% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 28.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹80 to ₹8. What is the percentage decrease?
- 29.Ishaan spent ₹105, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Ishaan have, in rupees?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 15%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 31.?% of 200 = 186
- 32.45% of 600 =
- 33.A tank had 20 litres of water. Now it has 12 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 34.?% of 300 = 177
- 35.A school club has 60 members. The number grows by 100%. How many members are there now?
- 36.A price goes up by 10% 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
- 37.A price comes down by 40% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 38.25% of a number is 24. What is the number?
- 39.A lunch box costs ₹225 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 40.A number changes from 300 to 495. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 65% decrease (b) 75% decrease (c) 75% increase (d) 65% increase
Answer key
- 78
- 21
- 80
- 36
- 1
- 364
- 62
- 42
- 140
- 160
- 26
- 10
- 50
- 9
- 68
- 80
- 170
- 325
- 63
- 58% decrease
- 168
- 88
- 164
- 90
- 468
- 484
- 222
- 90
- 350
- 120
- 93
- 270
- 40
- 59
- 120
- less
- less
- 96
- 252
- 65% increase
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