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.Riya scored 17 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 2.What is the percentage difference between 230 and 170?
- 3.39 is what percent of 60?
- 4.A price of ₹500 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 5.₹2000 earns ₹320 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 6.A number changes from 120 to 48. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% increase (b) 60% decrease (c) 70% decrease (d) 70% increase
- 7.A school bag marked ₹120 has 35% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 8.Riya scored 378 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 9.A school club grows from 400 members to 584 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 10.₹500 earns ₹75 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 11.150% of 112 =
- 12.₹500 earns ₹15 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 13.A price of ₹100 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.Diya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 2 years?
- 15.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹500 to ₹670. What is the percentage increase?
- 16.75% of a number is 36. What is the number?
- 17.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹153 and another sells it for ₹87. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 18.A toy car costs ₹980 before tax and ₹1078 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 19.₹4000 earns ₹1320 simple interest at 11% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 20.20% of a number is 61. What is the number?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 12%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹79. What is the loss percentage?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹150 and sells it for ₹207. What is the profit percentage?
- 24.Diya scored 344 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
- 25.?% of 80 = 4
- 26.8% of 550 =
- 27.A tank has 25 litres of water and 76% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 28.₹500 earns ₹120 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 29.Aarav keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Aarav get in 4 years?
- 30.400 is what percent of 500?
- 31.6% of 200 =
- 32.28 is what percent of 40?
- 33.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
- 34.A tank has 80 litres of water and 60% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 35.A number changes from 400 to 324. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 19% increase (b) 76% increase (c) 76% decrease (d) 19% decrease
- 36.₹500 earns ₹50 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 37.The price of a storybook changes from ₹25 to ₹15. What is the percentage change?
- 38.One shop sells a storybook for ₹78 and another sells it for ₹222. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 39.A storybook marked ₹300 has 14% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 40.₹500 earns ₹120 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
Answer key
- 85
- 30
- 65
- 520
- 8
- 60% decrease
- 42
- 63
- 46
- 5
- 168
- 1
- 210
- 300
- 34
- 48
- 55
- 10
- 3
- 305
- 6
- 21
- 38
- 86
- 5
- 44
- 6
- 8
- 440
- 80
- 12
- 70
- more
- 32
- 19% decrease
- 1
- 40
- 96
- 42
- 3
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