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 price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 2.A price goes up by 50% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
- 3.Kabir scored 6 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 4.5% of a number is 2. What is the number?
- 5.Riya spent ₹30, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 6.A price of ₹400 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 7.A price of ₹100 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 8.What is the percentage difference between 100 and 60?
- 9.Ishaan keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 10.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 12 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 11.A kite marked ₹300 has 42% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 12.100 children are in a school and 60% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 13.A water bottle marked ₹300 has 32% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 14.A tank holds 170 litres of water and 70% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 15.4 is what percent of 40?
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹148. What is the loss percentage?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 42%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹100 and sells it for ₹139. What is the profit percentage?
- 19.Rohan scored 48 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 20.Aarav spent ₹292, which is 80% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Aarav have, in rupees?
- 21.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹40 to ₹70. What is the percentage change?
- 22.A toy car is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹117. What is the discount percentage?
- 23.Kabir keeps ₹500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 1 year?
- 24.A price of ₹100 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 25.A tank holds 175 litres of water and 8% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 26.400 children are in a school and 35% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 27.6% of 50 =
- 28.Diya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 3 years?
- 29.Dev scored 345 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 30.?% of 400 = 184
- 31.Arjun spent ₹63, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 32.14 is what percent of 20?
- 33.One shop sells a kite for ₹141 and another sells it for ₹159. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 34.A price of ₹200 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 35.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹300 to ₹189. What is the percentage change?
- 36.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹139 and another sells it for ₹261. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 37.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 38.The price of a torch comes down from ₹200 to ₹186. What is the percentage decrease?
- 39.?% of 300 = 111
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹210. What is the loss percentage?
Answer key
- 54
- less
- 30
- 40
- 250
- 616
- 40
- 50
- 5280
- 40
- 174
- 60
- 204
- 119
- 10
- 26
- 142
- 39
- 60
- 365
- 75
- 22
- 10
- 195
- 14
- 140
- 3
- 1200
- 69
- 46
- 105
- 70
- 12
- 144
- 37
- 61
- 32
- 7
- 37
- 16
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