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 lunch box costs ₹1725 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 11%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 3.A number changes from 250 to 140. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 54% decrease (b) 44% decrease (c) 54% increase (d) 44% increase
- 4.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 26 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 5.The price of a kite goes up from ₹20 to ₹29. What is the percentage increase?
- 6.A school bag costs ₹560 before GST and ₹588 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 7.A water bottle marked ₹120 has 20% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 and sells it for ₹56. What is the profit percentage?
- 9.Ishaan scored 28 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
- 10.20 is what percent of 40?
- 11.Meera scored 184 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 12.A number changes from 500 to 975. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 95% increase (b) 95% decrease (c) 105% increase (d) 105% decrease
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹308. What is the loss percentage?
- 14.A pencil box costs ₹1800 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 15.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹120 to ₹54. What is the percentage decrease?
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹70. What is the loss percentage?
- 17.A toy car marked ₹800 has 17% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 18.57 is 15% of ?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1104. What is the profit percentage?
- 20.60 is 20% of ?
- 21.A lunch box costs ₹800 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 22.A number changes from 120 to 186. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% increase (b) 55% decrease (c) 66% decrease (d) 66% increase
- 23.Diya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 24.One shop sells a storybook for ₹132 and another sells it for ₹168. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 25.116 is 80% of ?
- 26.A water bottle marked ₹120 has 35% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 27.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹400 to ₹632. What is the percentage change?
- 28.40% of a number is 28. What is the number?
- 29.What is the percentage difference between 106 and 94?
- 30.Ishaan scored 280 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 31.A test has 80 marks. To get 95%, how many marks does Isha need?
- 32.A price comes down by 30% and then goes up by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 34.What is the percentage difference between 109 and 91?
- 35.35% of 360 =
- 36.Arjun spent ₹14, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 37.What is the percentage difference between 237 and 163?
- 38.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹400 to ₹472. What is the percentage change?
- 39.40% of a number is 26. What is the number?
- 40.12% of 375 =
Answer key
- 207
- 444
- 44% decrease
- 87
- 45
- 5
- 24
- 40
- 70
- 50
- 92
- 95% increase
- 23
- 2124
- 55
- 30
- 136
- 380
- 38
- 300
- 840
- 55% increase
- 5900
- 24
- 145
- 42
- 58
- 70
- 12
- 70
- 76
- less
- 36
- 18
- 126
- 140
- 37
- 18
- 65
- 45
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