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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Arjun scored 30 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 2.A tank has 40 litres of water and 85% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 3.₹1000 earns ₹80 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 4.A wall clock is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹640. What is the discount percentage?
- 5.A cricket bat costs ₹1150 before GST and ₹1357 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 7.A cricket bat costs ₹650 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 8.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 195 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 9.90% of 40 =
- 10.A farmer picks 450 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 11.A price of ₹400 comes down by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 12.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹25 to ₹49. What is the percentage change?
- 13.17 is 5% of ?
- 14.42 is what percent of 200?
- 15.A number changes from 50 to 38. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 12% decrease (c) 24% increase (d) 24% decrease
- 16.35% of 300 =
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 18.The price of a torch goes up from ₹250 to ₹355. What is the percentage increase?
- 19.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 50% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 20.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹25. What is the loss percentage?
- 21.A test has 500 marks. To get 86%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 22.Riya spent ₹6, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 23.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹25 to ₹33. What is the percentage change?
- 24.30% of a number is 36. What is the number?
- 25.102 is what percent of 120?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 20%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 27.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 28.A lunch box marked ₹500 has 12% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 29.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 131 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 30.225 is what percent of 500?
- 31.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹168 and another sells it for ₹132. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 32.The price of a torch changes from ₹50 to ₹35. What is the percentage change?
- 33.A storybook is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹570. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 34%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 35.?% of 150 = 57
- 36.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹300 to ₹105. What is the percentage decrease?
- 37.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 54 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 38.A number changes from 20 to 40. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 100% increase (b) 50% increase (c) 100% decrease (d) 50% decrease
- 39.A farmer picks 160 mangoes and 15% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 40.Arjun keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
Answer key
- 75
- 6
- 2
- 36
- 18
- 24
- 117
- 22
- 36
- 180
- 160
- 96
- 340
- 21
- 24% decrease
- 105
- 150
- 42
- 60
- 50
- 430
- 40
- 32
- 120
- 85
- 30
- 125
- 440
- 31
- 45
- 24
- 30
- 5
- 85
- 38
- 65
- 35
- 100% increase
- 24
- 1150
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