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.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹60 to ₹75. What is the percentage increase?
- 2.Aarav scored 280 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
- 3.?% of 300 = 159
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it for ₹46. What is the profit percentage?
- 5.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 78% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 6.7 is what percent of 50?
- 7.A number changes from 80 to 144. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 80% decrease (b) 64% decrease (c) 80% increase (d) 64% increase
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 49%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 9.50% of a number is 161. What is the number?
- 10.150% of 350 =
- 11.2 is 50% of ?
- 12.10% of a number is 3. What is the number?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 8%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 15.500 children are in a school and 60% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 16.A kite marked ₹400 has 33% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 17.A lunch box costs ₹280 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 18.A water bottle marked ₹250 has 10% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 19.A table fan costs ₹400. The price goes up by 95%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 20.₹4000 earns ₹480 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 21.Riya spent ₹9, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹135. What is the loss percentage?
- 23.?% of 400 = 148
- 24.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 25.A football is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹124. What is the discount percentage?
- 26.10% of a number is 6. What is the number?
- 27.120% of 150 =
- 28.One shop sells a kite for ₹221 and another sells it for ₹179. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 29.A number changes from 300 to 219. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 27% decrease (b) 81% decrease (c) 81% increase (d) 27% increase
- 30.Riya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 2 years?
- 31.₹3000 earns ₹600 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 32.A test has 500 marks. To get 82%, how many marks does Rohan need?
- 33.198 is 75% of ?
- 34.A price of ₹500 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 35.16 is what percent of 80?
- 36.A farmer picks 10 mangoes and 90% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 37.150% of 54 =
- 38.A toy car is marked ₹400. In a sale it is sold for ₹356. What is the discount percentage?
- 39.The price of a pencil box goes up from ₹250 to ₹435. What is the percentage increase?
- 40.What is the percentage difference between 54 and 106?
Answer key
- 25
- 56
- 53
- 15
- 712
- 14
- 80% increase
- 147
- 322
- 525
- 4
- 30
- 648
- 141
- 300
- 268
- 14
- 225
- 780
- 1
- 36
- 46
- 37
- 96
- 38
- 60
- 180
- 21
- 27% decrease
- 320
- 10
- 410
- 264
- 420
- 20
- 9
- 81
- 11
- 74
- 65
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