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 of ₹500 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 2.What percent of 40 is 16?
- 3.₹2000 earns ₹600 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 4.18 is 5% of ?
- 5.A price of ₹300 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 6.What is the percentage difference between 78 and 72?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹39. What is the loss percentage?
- 8.A torch is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹258. What is the discount percentage?
- 9.A wall clock costs ₹25. The price comes down by 28%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 10.One shop sells a table fan for ₹26 and another sells it for ₹14. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 11.What is the percentage difference between 13 and 27?
- 12.Diya scored 8 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 13.A farmer picks 75 mangoes and 12% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 14.A pencil box costs ₹300 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 15.A school bag costs ₹1760 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 16.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 33%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 18.The price of a torch comes down from ₹150 to ₹120. What is the percentage decrease?
- 19.Kabir keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 1 year?
- 20.158 is 50% of ?
- 21.What percent of 60 is 39?
- 22.A cricket bat costs ₹150. The price comes down by 26%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 23.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 24.A number changes from 500 to 625. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 20% decrease (b) 25% decrease (c) 20% increase (d) 25% increase
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 24%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 26.A cricket bat marked ₹120 has 35% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 27.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
- 28.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹80 to ₹148. What is the percentage change?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹100 and sells it for ₹122. What is the profit percentage?
- 30.Kabir scored 76 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 31.What percent of 20 is 12?
- 32.The price of a school bag changes from ₹80 to ₹48. What is the percentage change?
- 33.A lunch box is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹520. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.A tank holds 385 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 35.12 is 15% of ?
- 36.A cricket bat marked ₹250 has 50% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 37.Riya scored 20 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 38.Arjun scored 11 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 39.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 26%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
Answer key
- 240
- 40
- 3
- 360
- 432
- 8
- 22
- 14
- 18
- 60
- 70
- 32
- 9
- 354
- 176
- 68
- 399
- 20
- 50
- 316
- 65
- 111
- 99
- 25% increase
- 120
- 42
- less
- 85
- 22
- 95
- 60
- 40
- 35
- 154
- 80
- 125
- 40
- 55
- 32
- 78
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