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 water bottle for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 2.Ishaan scored 235 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹70. What is the loss percentage?
- 4.A price comes down by 30% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
- 5.What percent of 400 is 348?
- 6.73 is 50% of ?
- 7.₹2000 earns ₹240 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 8.A school club has 80 members. The number grows by 40%. How many members are there now?
- 9.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹60 to ₹27. What is the percentage change?
- 10.A torch costs ₹40 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 26%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 12.15 is what percent of 50?
- 13.A toy car is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹552. What is the discount percentage?
- 14.A tank holds 200 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 15.A price of ₹400 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 16.Riya spent ₹28, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 17.A table fan costs ₹730 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 18.A water bottle is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹190. What is the discount percentage?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹400 and sells it for ₹476. What is the profit percentage?
- 20.30% of a number is 60. What is the number?
- 21.A number changes from 50 to 28. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 44% decrease (b) 44% increase (c) 22% decrease (d) 22% increase
- 22.Anaya scored 360 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
- 23.What percent of 80 is 16?
- 24.A farmer picks 30 mangoes and 70% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 25.Riya scored 255 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 26.The price of a torch changes from ₹500 to ₹665. What is the percentage change?
- 27.One shop sells a table fan for ₹242 and another sells it for ₹158. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 28.What percent of 150 is 51?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 32%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹400 and sells it for ₹516. What is the profit percentage?
- 31.A storybook costs ₹20. The price comes down by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 32.70% of 310 =
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹310. What is the loss percentage?
- 34.12 is what percent of 40?
- 35.A lunch box costs ₹1480 before GST and ₹1554 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 36.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 184 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 37.A football costs ₹490 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 38.A school club grows from 20 members to 23 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 39.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 591 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 but has to sell it for ₹64. What is the loss percentage?
Answer key
- 560
- 47
- 30
- less
- 87
- 146
- 4
- 112
- 55
- 2
- 630
- 30
- 31
- 12
- 720
- 70
- 803
- 24
- 19
- 200
- 44% decrease
- 60
- 20
- 21
- 85
- 33
- 42
- 34
- 102
- 29
- 12
- 217
- 38
- 30
- 5
- 8
- 49
- 15
- 97
- 20
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