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 ₹850 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 2.40% of 225 =
- 3.3% of 300 =
- 4.Riya spent ₹79, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 5.?% of 200 = 150
- 6.What is the percentage difference between 204 and 96?
- 7.Anaya scored 15 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 8.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 32%. How many members are there now?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 10.A number changes from 150 to 246. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 96% increase (b) 96% decrease (c) 64% increase (d) 64% decrease
- 11.The price of a school bag changes from ₹50 to ₹53. What is the percentage change?
- 12.A school club grows from 250 members to 365 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 13.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹25 to ₹17. What is the percentage change?
- 14.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 15.A football costs ₹500. The price comes down by 88%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 16.Meera scored 222 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 17.Rohan scored 9 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 18.A wall clock costs ₹1975 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 19.A toy car costs ₹1280 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 20.A test has 500 marks. To get 56%, how many marks does Sara need?
- 21.21 is 75% of ?
- 22.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 540 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 23.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 24.What is the percentage difference between 114 and 186?
- 25.Diya keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 26.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 55% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 28.A number changes from 250 to 220. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 30% decrease (c) 30% increase (d) 12% decrease
- 29.What percent of 80 is 36?
- 30.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 31.A torch marked ₹250 has 50% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 32.75% of a number is 258. What is the number?
- 33.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹53 and another sells it for ₹147. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 35.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 36.₹5000 earns ₹500 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 37.23 is what percent of 25?
- 38.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 39.2% of 200 =
- 40.What is the percentage difference between 138 and 162?
Answer key
- 102
- 90
- 9
- 158
- 75
- 72
- 30
- 132
- 141
- 64% increase
- 6
- 46
- 32
- 82
- 60
- 74
- 45
- 2212
- 128
- 280
- 28
- 35
- 225
- 48
- 3090
- 45
- 12
- 12% decrease
- 45
- more
- 125
- 344
- 94
- 48
- 80
- 5
- 92
- less
- 4
- 16
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