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.What is the percentage difference between 81 and 119?
- 2.228 is 80% of ?
- 3.One shop sells a torch for ₹39 and another sells it for ₹81. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 4.A price of ₹100 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 5.A test has 80 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Meera need?
- 6.Sara keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Sara get in 3 years?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 8.A school club grows from 40 members to 70 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 9.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 5% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 10.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 339 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 11.A farmer picks 20 mangoes and 60% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 12.Riya spent ₹142, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 13.The price of a table fan changes from ₹300 to ₹276. What is the percentage change?
- 14.A number changes from 250 to 390. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 56% decrease (b) 66% decrease (c) 66% increase (d) 56% increase
- 15.10 is what percent of 20?
- 16.What is the percentage difference between 60 and 20?
- 17.60% of 560 =
- 18.The price of a toy car changes from ₹40 to ₹20. What is the percentage change?
- 19.A farmer picks 450 mangoes and 6% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 20.5% of a number is 4. What is the number?
- 21.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 22.Isha spent ₹38, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 23.A cricket bat marked ₹150 has 14% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 24.600 children are in a school and 2% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 25.What is the percentage difference between 126 and 74?
- 26.What percent of 60 is 42?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 43%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 28.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹300 to ₹522. What is the percentage change?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 30.480 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 31.A kite costs ₹60. The price comes down by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 32.A test has 40 marks. To get 40%, how many marks does Rohan need?
- 33.Aarav scored 178 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 34.A number changes from 150 to 279. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 96% decrease (b) 86% decrease (c) 96% increase (d) 86% increase
- 35.150% of 490 =
- 36.A tank holds 40 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 37.Riya scored 462 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 38.A price of ₹100 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 39.A school club has 40 members. The number grows by 5%. How many members are there now?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
Answer key
- 38
- 285
- 70
- 49
- 32
- 135
- 52
- 75
- 315
- 13
- 12
- 355
- 8
- 56% increase
- 50
- 100
- 336
- 50
- 27
- 80
- 225
- 76
- 21
- 12
- 52
- 70
- 1144
- 74
- 24
- 72
- 36
- 16
- 89
- 86% increase
- 735
- 18
- 77
- 90
- 42
- 16
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