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 shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it for ₹104. What is the profit percentage?
- 2.A number changes from 400 to 692. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 73% decrease (b) 83% increase (c) 83% decrease (d) 73% increase
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 4.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 18 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 5.A number changes from 120 to 96. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 25% increase (b) 20% decrease (c) 25% decrease (d) 20% increase
- 6.5% of a number is 2. What is the number?
- 7.A test has 50 marks. To get 44%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 8.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 9.17 is what percent of 20?
- 10.What percent of 40 is 12?
- 11.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 10 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 12.Isha spent ₹30, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 13.A table fan costs ₹700 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 14.?% of 500 = 410
- 15.Arjun scored 36 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 16.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 16 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 17.2% of 350 =
- 18.A tank holds 375 litres of water and 4% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹600 and sells it for ₹894. What is the profit percentage?
- 20.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 460 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 21.A test has 40 marks. To get 95%, how many marks does Meera need?
- 22.A farmer picks 125 mangoes and 12% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 24.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 26.A farmer picks 175 mangoes and 12% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 27.A pencil box costs ₹60. The price goes up by 80%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 28.A tank has 25 litres of water and 64% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 29.Anaya scored 52 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 30.A football marked ₹100 has 39% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 31.The price of a torch changes from ₹40 to ₹18. What is the percentage change?
- 32.A torch is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹90. What is the discount percentage?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1144. What is the profit percentage?
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 36%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 35.A wall clock costs ₹300. The price goes up by 47%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹200 and sells it for ₹214. What is the profit percentage?
- 37.2 is what percent of 40?
- 38.A tank holds 205 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 39.35 is 20% of ?
- 40.A price comes down by 50% and then goes up by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) more (c) less
Answer key
- 30
- 73% increase
- 180
- 10
- 20% decrease
- 40
- 22
- 95
- 85
- 30
- 60
- 300
- 826
- 82
- 90
- 60
- 7
- 15
- 49
- 15
- 38
- 15
- 92
- 270
- 318
- 21
- 108
- 9
- 65
- 39
- 55
- 25
- 43
- 512
- 441
- 7
- 5
- 82
- 175
- less
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