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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- 1.75% of a number is 165. What is the number?
- 2.Meera spent ₹231, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 3.Isha scored 219 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
- 4.6% of 300 =
- 5.A cricket bat is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹108. What is the discount percentage?
- 6.Anaya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 45%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 8.What percent of 300 is 276?
- 9.A test has 50 marks. To get 72%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 10.₹2000 earns ₹300 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 11.A wall clock is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹460. What is the discount percentage?
- 12.₹500 earns ₹40 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 13.One shop sells a torch for ₹30 and another sells it for ₹10. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 14.A cricket bat marked ₹400 has 5% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 15.The price of a water bottle comes down from ₹250 to ₹145. What is the percentage decrease?
- 16.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 57 and 23?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 12%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 19.One shop sells a torch for ₹56 and another sells it for ₹44. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 20.28 is what percent of 50?
- 21.A wall clock costs ₹1300 before GST and ₹1534 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 22.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹300 to ₹558. What is the percentage change?
- 23.A table fan costs ₹1800 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 24.A football costs ₹1625 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹40 and sells it for ₹58. What is the profit percentage?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 40%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 27.What percent of 120 is 48?
- 28.A tank holds 580 litres of water and 15% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 29.Kabir scored 490 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
- 30.A tank had 20 litres of water. Now it has 17 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 32.A kite costs ₹940 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 33.Ishaan keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 4 years?
- 34.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 35.What percent of 50 is 29?
- 36.Arjun keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 37.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 38.15% of 20 =
- 39.A price comes down by 10% 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) less (c) more
- 40.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
Answer key
- 220
- 308
- 73
- 18
- 10
- 1160
- 22
- 92
- 36
- 3
- 8
- 4
- 100
- 20
- 42
- 32
- 85
- 56
- 24
- 56
- 18
- 86
- 324
- 195
- 45
- 320
- 40
- 87
- 98
- 15
- 16
- 47
- 400
- 125
- 58
- 2480
- 21
- 3
- more
- 54
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