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 number changes from 250 to 485. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 94% increase (b) 94% decrease (c) 104% decrease (d) 104% increase
- 2.Arjun scored 24 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 3.Dev scored 156 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 4.A water bottle marked ₹1000 has 25% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 20%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 6.33 is what percent of 60?
- 7.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹50 to ₹34. What is the percentage change?
- 8.A price of ₹200 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 9.A wall clock is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹600. What is the discount percentage?
- 10.A price of ₹200 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 11.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹500 to ₹725. What is the percentage increase?
- 12.₹1000 earns ₹40 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 14.Ishaan scored 120 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 13%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 16.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 90 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 17.A school club grows from 25 members to 31 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 18.A cricket bat costs ₹40. The price comes down by 5%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 19.The price of a kite comes down from ₹50 to ₹11. What is the percentage decrease?
- 20.A kite costs ₹1650 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹84. What is the loss percentage?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 195 and 105?
- 23.The price of a water bottle comes down from ₹50 to ₹37. What is the percentage decrease?
- 24.A number changes from 20 to 36. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 80% decrease (b) 16% increase (c) 80% increase (d) 16% decrease
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹30. What is the loss percentage?
- 26.Kabir scored 24 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 27.What percent of 250 is 230?
- 28.A lunch box costs ₹200. The price goes up by 33%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 29.A wall clock costs ₹250 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 30.What percent of 20 is 5?
- 31.What percent of 250 is 170?
- 32.Sara keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Sara get in 3 years?
- 33.A farmer picks 260 mangoes and 45% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 34.A cricket bat costs ₹1460 before tax and ₹1606 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 35.A price of ₹500 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 36.Meera scored 564 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 37.A lunch box costs ₹900 before GST and ₹1062 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 38.Ishaan scored 344 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 39.Kabir scored 252 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
- 40.30% of a number is 33. What is the number?
Answer key
- 94% increase
- 60
- 52
- 250
- 24
- 55
- 32
- 70
- 25
- 330
- 45
- 4
- 212
- 60
- 52
- 25
- 24
- 38
- 78
- 1947
- 30
- 60
- 26
- 80% increase
- 25
- 48
- 92
- 266
- 295
- 25
- 68
- 960
- 117
- 10
- 840
- 94
- 18
- 86
- 84
- 110
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