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 school bag costs ₹1820 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 2.₹3000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 3.A test has 50 marks. To get 76%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 4.Kabir keeps ₹500 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 1 year?
- 5.Kabir scored 86 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 6.Meera keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 4 years?
- 7.A water bottle costs ₹420 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹500 and sells it for ₹530. What is the profit percentage?
- 9.What percent of 120 is 72?
- 10.Anaya scored 276 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
- 11.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 50 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 12.40% of 45 =
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 39%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 14.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 15.A wall clock is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹120. What is the discount percentage?
- 16.10% of a number is 13. What is the number?
- 17.A pencil box costs ₹200 before GST and ₹210 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 19.A school club grows from 250 members to 280 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 20.40% of a number is 96. What is the number?
- 21.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 34 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 22.480 children are in a school and 35% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹160. What is the loss percentage?
- 24.30% of 60 =
- 25.Rohan keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 5 years?
- 26.Ishaan keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 5 years?
- 27.₹2500 earns ₹500 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 28.A water bottle marked ₹500 has 32% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹36. What is the loss percentage?
- 30.A table fan is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹192. What is the discount percentage?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 39%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 32.The price of a football changes from ₹250 to ₹285. What is the percentage change?
- 33.A cricket bat is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹570. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.₹4000 earns ₹120 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 35.A tank holds 490 litres of water and 90% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 36.A water bottle is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹560. What is the discount percentage?
- 37.8% of 350 =
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 39.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹25 to ₹19. What is the percentage change?
- 40.One shop sells a football for ₹132 and another sells it for ₹168. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
Answer key
- 91
- 4
- 38
- 60
- 43
- 600
- 441
- 6
- 60
- 46
- 25
- 18
- 122
- less
- 20
- 130
- 5
- 40
- 12
- 240
- 15
- 168
- 36
- 18
- 1800
- 1000
- 2
- 340
- 28
- 36
- 234
- 14
- 43
- 3
- 441
- 44
- 28
- 540
- 24
- 24
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