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 123 and 117?
- 2.A number changes from 25 to 21. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 4% decrease (b) 4% increase (c) 16% decrease (d) 16% increase
- 3.A shop sold 25 ice creams on Monday and 37 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹300 and sells it for ₹348. What is the profit percentage?
- 5.A football costs ₹1960 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 6.?% of 200 = 104
- 7.6% of 550 =
- 8.80% of a number is 156. What is the number?
- 9.A school bag costs ₹540 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 10.Meera scored 270 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 11.Meera spent ₹177, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 48%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 13.A price of ₹300 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.What percent of 250 is 45?
- 15.15% of 600 =
- 16.A number changes from 500 to 570. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 14% increase (b) 70% decrease (c) 70% increase (d) 14% decrease
- 17.Riya scored 12 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 18.A wall clock costs ₹1000 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 19.A number changes from 300 to 156. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 58% decrease (b) 58% increase (c) 48% decrease (d) 48% increase
- 20.The price of a football comes down from ₹50 to ₹26. What is the percentage decrease?
- 21.What percent of 150 is 135?
- 22.A kite marked ₹600 has 24% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 23.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 8% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 24.Arjun spent ₹72, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 25.33 is 30% of ?
- 26.A price of ₹100 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 27.140 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 28.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 35 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 29.38 is 10% of ?
- 30.?% of 20 = 17
- 31.?% of 250 = 140
- 32.₹5000 earns ₹1250 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 33.A test has 200 marks. To get 70%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 34.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 80% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 35.A number changes from 80 to 116. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 36% increase (b) 45% decrease (c) 45% increase (d) 36% decrease
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹300 and sells it for ₹390. What is the profit percentage?
- 37.A pencil box marked ₹200 has 44% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 38.A kite is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹295. What is the discount percentage?
- 39.₹2000 earns ₹160 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 40.Sara spent ₹21, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
Answer key
- 5
- 16% decrease
- 48
- 16
- 2058
- 52
- 33
- 195
- 567
- 90
- 295
- 384
- 432
- 18
- 90
- 14% increase
- 30
- 1180
- 48% decrease
- 48
- 90
- 144
- 270
- 240
- 110
- 56
- 21
- 30
- 380
- 85
- 56
- 5
- 140
- 720
- 45% increase
- 30
- 112
- 41
- 8
- 175
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