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.Sara spent ₹42, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
- 2.30% of a number is 78. What is the number?
- 3.30% of 550 =
- 4.A storybook costs ₹250. The price comes down by 76%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹87. What is the loss percentage?
- 6.A football is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹168. What is the discount percentage?
- 7.A pencil box costs ₹970 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 8.A number changes from 150 to 84. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 44% decrease (b) 66% increase (c) 66% decrease (d) 44% increase
- 9.59 is 20% of ?
- 10.?% of 400 = 256
- 11.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 12.60% of 355 =
- 13.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹56 and another sells it for ₹144. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 14.A test has 50 marks. To get 58%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 15.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹16 and another sells it for ₹24. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 16.A cricket bat costs ₹1980 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 17.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 49% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 45%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 19.A test has 40 marks. To get 60%, how many marks does Rohan need?
- 20.Isha spent ₹14, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 21.60% of a number is 141. What is the number?
- 22.15% of 500 =
- 23.A torch is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹315. What is the discount percentage?
- 24.Arjun spent ₹147, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 25.16 is 40% of ?
- 26.The price of a torch goes up from ₹25 to ₹47. What is the percentage increase?
- 27.A football costs ₹1150 before tax and ₹1265 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 28.A pencil box costs ₹120. The price comes down by 20%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 29.What percent of 250 is 190?
- 30.Ishaan spent ₹14, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Ishaan have, in rupees?
- 31.8% of 125 =
- 32.Riya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 5 years?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 and sells it for ₹53. What is the profit percentage?
- 34.A school bag marked ₹800 has 36% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 35.A test has 200 marks. To get 63%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 36.A table fan marked ₹200 has 37% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹34. What is the loss percentage?
- 38.A tank has 40 litres of water and 85% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 39.A school club grows from 250 members to 365 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 40.A school bag costs ₹20. The price goes up by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 105
- 260
- 165
- 60
- 42
- 44
- 1067
- 44% decrease
- 295
- 64
- 82
- 213
- 88
- 29
- 40
- 99
- 51
- 36
- 24
- 280
- 235
- 75
- 37
- 196
- 40
- 88
- 10
- 96
- 76
- 35
- 10
- 75
- 6
- 512
- 126
- 126
- 15
- 6
- 46
- 30
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