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 team scored 100 runs in one match and 91 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 2.A farmer picks 340 mangoes and 70% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 3.What is the percentage difference between 63 and 177?
- 4.A price of ₹300 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 5.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹20 to ₹26. What is the percentage change?
- 6.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹39 and another sells it for ₹111. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 7.A test has 500 marks. To get 62%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 9.Sara spent ₹25, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
- 10.27 is 15% of ?
- 11.Ishaan scored 425 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 12.?% of 120 = 72
- 13.42 is what percent of 120?
- 14.A number changes from 400 to 256. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 36% increase (b) 46% increase (c) 46% decrease (d) 36% decrease
- 15.What is the percentage difference between 57 and 23?
- 16.One shop sells a football for ₹171 and another sells it for ₹69. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 17.The price of a toy car comes down from ₹40 to ₹38. What is the percentage decrease?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 19.A football costs ₹800 before GST and ₹944 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 20.A test has 200 marks. To get 82%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 21.30% of a number is 60. What is the number?
- 22.A farmer picks 25 mangoes and 8% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 23.Meera scored 288 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 24.A number changes from 250 to 290. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 16% increase (b) 40% decrease (c) 16% decrease (d) 40% increase
- 25.75% of a number is 258. What is the number?
- 26.A torch is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹279. What is the discount percentage?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 26%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 28.What percent of 20 is 16?
- 29.Dev scored 260 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 30.70% of 570 =
- 31.Kabir spent ₹42, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
- 32.15% of a number is 24. What is the number?
- 33.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹60 to ₹39. What is the percentage change?
- 34.A tank has 25 litres of water and 20% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 35.A school bag marked ₹150 has 26% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 36.A farmer picks 250 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 37.35% of 220 =
- 38.The price of a school bag comes down from ₹200 to ₹118. What is the percentage decrease?
- 39.12% of 150 =
- 40.12% of a number is 9. What is the number?
Answer key
- 9
- 238
- 95
- 540
- 30
- 96
- 310
- 156
- 250
- 180
- 85
- 60
- 35
- 36% decrease
- 85
- 85
- 5
- 24
- 18
- 164
- 200
- 2
- 72
- 16% increase
- 344
- 7
- 756
- 80
- 52
- 399
- 140
- 160
- 35
- 20
- 39
- 100
- 77
- 41
- 18
- 75
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