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.The price of a football comes down from ₹500 to ₹405. What is the percentage decrease?
- 2.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 492 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 3.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹250 to ₹125. What is the percentage change?
- 4.A tank holds 255 litres of water and 60% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 5.Meera scored 72 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 6.A water bottle costs ₹600 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 7.6 is what percent of 20?
- 8.5% of a number is 5. What is the number?
- 9.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹110. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 10.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 24% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 11.What percent of 40 is 24?
- 12.A school club grows from 300 members to 354 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 32%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 14.A school club has 80 members. The number grows by 95%. How many members are there now?
- 15.36 is what percent of 80?
- 16.A kite costs ₹50. The price comes down by 88%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 37%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 18.Riya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 36%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 20.6% of 50 =
- 21.A price of ₹200 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 22.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 18 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 23.Sara scored 90 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
- 24.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 25.A kite costs ₹1160 before GST and ₹1218 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 28%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 27.Anaya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 2 years?
- 28.10% of a number is 40. What is the number?
- 29.150% of 538 =
- 30.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 99 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 29%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹270. What is the loss percentage?
- 33.A test has 200 marks. To get 86%, how many marks does Ishaan need?
- 34.A number changes from 80 to 100. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 20% increase (b) 25% increase (c) 20% decrease (d) 25% decrease
- 35.50% of a number is 107. What is the number?
- 36.36 is what percent of 60?
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 33%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 38.A school club has 40 members. The number grows by 95%. How many members are there now?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 12%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 40.A wall clock is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹104. What is the discount percentage?
Answer key
- 19
- 23
- 50
- 153
- 36
- 630
- 30
- 100
- 20
- 38
- 60
- 18
- 198
- 156
- 45
- 6
- 222
- 2100
- 320
- 3
- 110
- 28
- 45
- 54
- 5
- 256
- 480
- 400
- 807
- 67
- 29
- 46
- 172
- 25% increase
- 214
- 60
- 402
- 78
- 24
- 48
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