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.Isha spent ₹4, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 2.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹150 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
- 3.Ishaan spent ₹62, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Ishaan have, in rupees?
- 4.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹50 to ₹70. What is the percentage increase?
- 5.?% of 250 = 115
- 6.A pencil box is marked ₹400. In a sale it is sold for ₹356. What is the discount percentage?
- 7.A test has 200 marks. To get 73%, how many marks does Isha need?
- 8.What is the percentage difference between 102 and 198?
- 9.Aarav scored 6 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 10.?% of 20 = 7
- 11.₹500 earns ₹80 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 12.A table fan costs ₹300. The price goes up by 55%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 13.A price of ₹500 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.What is the percentage difference between 41 and 59?
- 15.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 42 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 16.490 children are in a school and 30% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹170. What is the loss percentage?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 45%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 19.One shop sells a kite for ₹53 and another sells it for ₹47. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 20.A number changes from 25 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 3% decrease (c) 12% increase (d) 3% increase
- 21.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 22.Isha spent ₹3, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 23.A wall clock costs ₹1300 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 18%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 25%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 26.A farmer picks 550 mangoes and 2% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 27.One shop sells a school bag for ₹36 and another sells it for ₹64. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 28.?% of 400 = 336
- 29.What is the percentage difference between 195 and 205?
- 30.What is the percentage difference between 81 and 69?
- 31.A number changes from 50 to 58. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 16% decrease (b) 8% decrease (c) 8% increase (d) 16% increase
- 32.A lunch box marked ₹300 has 33% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 33.A number changes from 40 to 36. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 4% decrease (b) 10% decrease (c) 4% increase (d) 10% increase
- 34.Riya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 35.Anaya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 36.216 is what percent of 400?
- 37.A storybook costs ₹2000 before tax and ₹2240 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 38.A price of ₹100 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 39.What percent of 50 is 16?
- 40.₹1500 earns ₹750 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
Answer key
- 20
- 52
- 124
- 40
- 46
- 11
- 146
- 64
- 30
- 35
- 4
- 465
- 1050
- 36
- 16
- 147
- 15
- 36
- 12
- 12% decrease
- more
- 60
- 1534
- 354
- 125
- 11
- 56
- 84
- 5
- 16
- 16% increase
- 201
- 10% decrease
- 525
- 4560
- 54
- 12
- 56
- 32
- 10
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