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 ₹500 comes down by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 2.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 15% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 3.A football costs ₹1460 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 4.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 29 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 5.Anaya scored 390 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
- 6.1 is what percent of 20?
- 7.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 665 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 8.A price of ₹500 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it for ₹690. What is the profit percentage?
- 10.₹2500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 11.A water bottle costs ₹300 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 12.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹200 to ₹100. What is the percentage decrease?
- 13.A price of ₹500 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 72%. How many members are there now?
- 15.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹25 to ₹31. What is the percentage change?
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 17.A school bag costs ₹1670 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 18.56 is what percent of 80?
- 19.5% of a number is 7. What is the number?
- 20.Arjun scored 200 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 87 and 153?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 34 and 46?
- 24.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹120 to ₹24. What is the percentage decrease?
- 25.What percent of 60 is 39?
- 26.A cricket bat marked ₹500 has 5% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 27.What is the percentage difference between 102 and 138?
- 28.A tank has 40 litres of water and 5% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 29.102 is what percent of 120?
- 30.80% of a number is 128. What is the number?
- 31.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 32.A pencil box costs ₹100 before GST and ₹118 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 33.12% of 50 =
- 34.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 26 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 48%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹400 and sells it for ₹536. What is the profit percentage?
- 37.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) more (b) the same (c) less
- 38.What percent of 250 is 35?
- 39.₹2000 earns ₹1200 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 40.What is the percentage difference between 30 and 70?
Answer key
- 125
- 46
- 146
- 42
- 78
- 5
- 33
- 780
- 38
- 2
- 315
- 50
- 720
- 172
- 24
- 138
- 167
- 70
- 140
- 50
- 120
- 55
- 30
- 80
- 65
- 475
- 30
- 38
- 85
- 160
- more
- 18
- 6
- 48
- 416
- 34
- less
- 14
- 12
- 80
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