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 ₹1900 before GST and ₹2242 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 2.A farmer picks 450 mangoes and 6% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 3.120% of 520 =
- 4.Arjun keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Arjun get in 1 year?
- 5.?% of 25 = 18
- 6.₹1500 earns ₹450 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 7.?% of 400 = 252
- 8.65% of 200 =
- 9.Meera scored 11 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 10.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹25 to ₹19. What is the percentage decrease?
- 11.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹300 to ₹366. What is the percentage increase?
- 12.2% of 350 =
- 13.Riya scored 44 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 14.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 58% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 15.Dev keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 16.14 is what percent of 20?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 43%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 18.A number changes from 80 to 36. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% decrease (b) 44% decrease (c) 55% increase (d) 44% increase
- 19.Diya spent ₹42, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
- 20.What is the percentage difference between 42 and 78?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 22.A price of ₹300 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 15 and 25?
- 24.The price of a football changes from ₹40 to ₹34. What is the percentage change?
- 25.One shop sells a torch for ₹59 and another sells it for ₹41. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 26.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 27.35% of 400 =
- 28.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 29.Riya scored 236 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 30.What is the percentage difference between 180 and 60?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹50 and sells it for ₹57. What is the profit percentage?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1072. What is the profit percentage?
- 33.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹64 and another sells it for ₹96. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 34.A price of ₹400 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 35.12% of 325 =
- 36.A team scored 150 runs in one match and 44% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 37.75% of a number is 231. What is the number?
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 39.A school club has 20 members. The number grows by 45%. How many members are there now?
- 40.A school bag costs ₹1550 before GST and ₹1829 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
Answer key
- 18
- 27
- 624
- 450
- 72
- 3
- 63
- 130
- 55
- 24
- 22
- 7
- 55
- 105
- 2360
- 70
- 285
- 55% decrease
- 350
- 60
- 400
- 108
- 50
- 15
- 36
- 80
- 140
- 450
- 59
- 100
- 14
- 34
- 40
- 252
- 39
- 84
- 308
- 76
- 29
- 18
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