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 price of ₹500 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 2.A water bottle costs ₹1520 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 3.A test has 500 marks. To get 89%, how many marks does Diya need?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 11%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 5.4% of 350 =
- 6.Isha keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 7.3 is 5% of ?
- 8.A table fan costs ₹1650 before GST and ₹1947 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 9.A number changes from 300 to 267. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 33% increase (b) 11% increase (c) 11% decrease (d) 33% decrease
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹108. What is the loss percentage?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 17%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 12.₹1500 earns ₹120 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 13.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.A tank holds 500 litres of water and 35% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 15.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹78 and another sells it for ₹72. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 16.A price of ₹500 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 17.A pencil box costs ₹25 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 18.Aarav scored 20 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 19.7 is 10% of ?
- 20.What percent of 80 is 68?
- 21.25% of a number is 84. What is the number?
- 22.Dev keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 23.A farmer picks 180 mangoes and 70% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 24.95 is what percent of 250?
- 25.10 children are in a school and 70% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 26.A pencil box is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹475. What is the discount percentage?
- 27.Aarav scored 138 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 28.The price of a pencil box goes up from ₹80 to ₹140. What is the percentage increase?
- 29.10% of a number is 21. What is the number?
- 30.Aarav keeps ₹500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Aarav get in 4 years?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 13%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 32.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹222 and another sells it for ₹78. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 33.A price comes down by 50% and then goes up by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
- 34.A number changes from 50 to 84. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 34% increase (b) 68% decrease (c) 34% decrease (d) 68% increase
- 35.6 is 30% of ?
- 36.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 37.₹1000 earns ₹200 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 38.What percent of 250 is 50?
- 39.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹120 to ₹54. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.A cricket bat marked ₹150 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
Answer key
- 715
- 1596
- 445
- 888
- 14
- 4350
- 60
- 18
- 11% decrease
- 10
- 68
- 8
- 154
- 175
- 8
- 525
- 28
- 40
- 70
- 85
- 336
- 4400
- 126
- 38
- 7
- 5
- 69
- 75
- 210
- 60
- 78
- 96
- less
- 68% increase
- 20
- 82
- 4
- 20
- 55
- 75
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