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 storybook costs ₹700 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹240. What is the loss percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹81. What is the loss percentage?
- 4.A school club has 400 members. The number grows by 21%. How many members are there now?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 18%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 6.200 children are in a school and 45% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 8.Diya scored 152 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 9.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 20%. How many members are there now?
- 10.A school club grows from 25 members to 32 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 11.83 is 50% of ?
- 12.A table fan marked ₹500 has 32% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 13.A water bottle costs ₹1800 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 14.40% of 280 =
- 15.Meera scored 243 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 16.3 is what percent of 60?
- 17.Anaya spent ₹30, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Anaya have, in rupees?
- 18.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 246 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 19.A school club grows from 25 members to 31 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 20.Kabir scored 9 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 22.50% of a number is 197. What is the number?
- 23.The price of a toy car changes from ₹400 to ₹764. What is the percentage change?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 45%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 25.One shop sells a school bag for ₹105 and another sells it for ₹45. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 26.2% of 450 =
- 27.₹500 earns ₹100 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 28.A storybook costs ₹950 before GST and ₹1121 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 29.A storybook is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹117. What is the discount percentage?
- 30.A water bottle is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹237. What is the discount percentage?
- 31.A number changes from 250 to 425. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 70% decrease (b) 80% increase (c) 80% decrease (d) 70% increase
- 32.A lunch box marked ₹1000 has 7% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 33.What is the percentage difference between 39 and 61?
- 34.72 is what percent of 80?
- 35.A price of ₹200 comes down by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹100 and sells it for ₹132. What is the profit percentage?
- 37.A kite costs ₹100 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 38.A number changes from 50 to 24. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 26% increase (b) 52% increase (c) 52% decrease (d) 26% decrease
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹90. What is the loss percentage?
- 40.A test has 40 marks. To get 55%, how many marks does Rohan need?
Answer key
- 826
- 40
- 19
- 484
- 90
- 90
- 48
- 76
- 30
- 28
- 166
- 160
- 2124
- 112
- 81
- 5
- 250
- 18
- 24
- 36
- 4
- 394
- 91
- 22
- 80
- 9
- 5
- 18
- 22
- 21
- 70% increase
- 930
- 44
- 90
- 90
- 32
- 112
- 52% decrease
- 25
- 22
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