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 shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹344. What is the loss percentage?
- 2.60% of a number is 9. What is the number?
- 3.A number changes from 250 to 405. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 72% decrease (b) 62% decrease (c) 62% increase (d) 72% increase
- 4.A tank had 150 litres of water. Now it has 15 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 49%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 6.Sara spent ₹79, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
- 7.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 284 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 8.A price of ₹500 comes down by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 9.A cricket bat marked ₹600 has 32% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 10.158 is 40% of ?
- 11.69 is what percent of 150?
- 12.10% of a number is 8. What is the number?
- 13.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
- 14.Anaya scored 25 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 15.?% of 500 = 255
- 16.A table fan costs ₹1150 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 11%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 18.Kabir scored 12 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 19.Kabir keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 5 years?
- 20.A table fan costs ₹1840 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 21.?% of 20 = 15
- 22.A farmer picks 100 mangoes and 3% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 23.?% of 120 = 24
- 24.2% of 150 =
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 34%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 26.What is the percentage difference between 67 and 33?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 28%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 28.465 children are in a school and 60% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 29.The price of a football changes from ₹150 to ₹129. What is the percentage change?
- 30.316 is 80% of ?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 8%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 32.What is the percentage difference between 15 and 25?
- 33.15% of 580 =
- 34.Meera keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 2 years?
- 35.A cricket bat marked ₹300 has 32% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹76. What is the loss percentage?
- 37.30% of 200 =
- 38.What percent of 300 is 120?
- 39.20% of a number is 39. What is the number?
- 40.What percent of 40 is 12?
Answer key
- 14
- 15
- 62% increase
- 90
- 245
- 316
- 42
- 225
- 192
- 395
- 46
- 80
- less
- 50
- 51
- 1357
- 55
- 30
- 1050
- 1932
- 75
- 3
- 20
- 3
- 51
- 68
- 42
- 279
- 14
- 395
- 92
- 50
- 87
- 480
- 96
- 5
- 60
- 40
- 195
- 30
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