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.Riya spent ₹66, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 2.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 54%. How many members are there now?
- 3.Kabir spent ₹24, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
- 4.150% of 66 =
- 5.A number changes from 120 to 102. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% increase (b) 18% decrease (c) 18% increase (d) 15% decrease
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 25%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 7.The price of a storybook changes from ₹300 to ₹501. What is the percentage change?
- 8.A tank had 60 litres of water. Now it has 45 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 9.A tank holds 50 litres of water and 2% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 10.One shop sells a torch for ₹99 and another sells it for ₹51. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 11.A test has 200 marks. To get 44%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 12.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 18 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 134 and 66?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it for ₹150. What is the profit percentage?
- 15.A price of ₹500 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 16.A pencil box is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹123. What is the discount percentage?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 and sells it for ₹84. What is the profit percentage?
- 18.The price of a football goes up from ₹100 to ₹167. What is the percentage increase?
- 19.Diya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 5 years?
- 20.180 children are in a school and 35% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 21.A test has 50 marks. To get 86%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 22.Riya spent ₹42, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 73 and 127?
- 24.A water bottle is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹60. What is the discount percentage?
- 25.213 is 75% of ?
- 26.A football is marked ₹400. In a sale it is sold for ₹212. What is the discount percentage?
- 27.12% of a number is 36. What is the number?
- 28.?% of 250 = 145
- 29.?% of 500 = 65
- 30.14 is what percent of 25?
- 31.A price of ₹200 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 32.A water bottle costs ₹900 before GST and ₹1062 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 33.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 180 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 34.9 is 5% of ?
- 35.A table fan costs ₹150 before tax and ₹168 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 37.A table fan costs ₹300 before GST and ₹354 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 38.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) the same (b) less (c) more
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹252. What is the loss percentage?
- 40.What percent of 20 is 12?
Answer key
- 132
- 154
- 60
- 99
- 15% decrease
- 25
- 67
- 25
- 1
- 64
- 88
- 55
- 68
- 25
- 520
- 18
- 5
- 67
- 600
- 63
- 43
- 350
- 54
- 50
- 284
- 47
- 300
- 58
- 13
- 56
- 420
- 18
- 80
- 180
- 12
- 72
- 18
- less
- 16
- 60
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