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 shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹600 and sells it for ₹858. What is the profit percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹215. What is the loss percentage?
- 4.15% of a number is 18. What is the number?
- 5.A football costs ₹60. The price comes down by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 6.A storybook costs ₹1200 before GST and ₹1416 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 7.111 is 60% of ?
- 8.A kite costs ₹150. The price comes down by 74%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 9.Riya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 4 years?
- 10.A tank has 250 litres of water and 34% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 11.₹3000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1112. What is the profit percentage?
- 13.A test has 40 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Rohan need?
- 14.The price of a toy car goes up from ₹250 to ₹325. What is the percentage increase?
- 15.Sara keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Sara get in 2 years?
- 16.One shop sells a table fan for ₹96 and another sells it for ₹64. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 17.A number changes from 60 to 72. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 20% increase (c) 12% decrease (d) 20% decrease
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 20.One shop sells a table fan for ₹143 and another sells it for ₹57. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 21.What is the percentage difference between 51 and 69?
- 22.A toy car marked ₹120 has 25% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 23.Arjun scored 228 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
- 24.30% of 290 =
- 25.What percent of 40 is 10?
- 26.?% of 120 = 84
- 27.A torch costs ₹60 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 28.Riya keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 4 years?
- 29.A school bag marked ₹500 has 46% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 30.What is the percentage difference between 33 and 87?
- 31.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 32.Dev keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹500 and sells it for ₹705. What is the profit percentage?
- 34.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 60% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹250 and sells it for ₹265. What is the profit percentage?
- 36.A price of ₹200 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 37.A torch is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹279. What is the discount percentage?
- 38.12% of 350 =
- 39.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹200 to ₹38. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.₹5000 earns ₹100 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
Answer key
- 10
- 43
- 14
- 120
- 30
- 18
- 185
- 39
- 1200
- 165
- 1
- 39
- 14
- 30
- 660
- 40
- 20% increase
- 12
- 24
- 86
- 30
- 30
- 76
- 87
- 25
- 70
- 66
- 1440
- 270
- 90
- 360
- 1030
- 41
- 20
- 6
- 192
- 7
- 42
- 81
- 2
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