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 storybook for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 17%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 2.₹1000 earns ₹100 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 3.₹5000 earns ₹550 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 4.A number changes from 25 to 11. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 14% decrease (b) 14% increase (c) 56% decrease (d) 56% increase
- 5.?% of 150 = 57
- 6.₹4000 earns ₹840 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 7.Isha scored 48 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
- 8.150 children are in a school and 12% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 9.₹1500 earns ₹240 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 10.A toy car costs ₹20. The price goes up by 75%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹156. What is the loss percentage?
- 12.The price of a football comes down from ₹250 to ₹110. What is the percentage decrease?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 36 and 44?
- 14.A price of ₹200 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 15.2% of 150 =
- 16.8% of 350 =
- 17.A kite marked ₹200 has 29% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 18.15% of a number is 18. What is the number?
- 19.Anaya spent ₹8, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Anaya have, in rupees?
- 20.What is the percentage difference between 35 and 45?
- 21.A storybook costs ₹900 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 22.68 is 40% of ?
- 23.Anaya scored 49 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 24.What is the percentage difference between 78 and 42?
- 25.A number changes from 25 to 32. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 28% decrease (b) 28% increase (c) 7% decrease (d) 7% increase
- 26.A pencil box is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹57. What is the discount percentage?
- 27.The price of a torch changes from ₹40 to ₹18. What is the percentage change?
- 28.Riya scored 14 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 30.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 14% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 31.A table fan marked ₹1200 has 47% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 32.What percent of 250 is 20?
- 33.A school club has 25 members. The number grows by 60%. How many members are there now?
- 34.A kite costs ₹150 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 35.6 is 15% of ?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 37.A school bag is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹84. What is the discount percentage?
- 38.Anaya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 39.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 70% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 40.What percent of 400 is 84?
Answer key
- 17
- 10
- 11
- 56% decrease
- 38
- 3
- 60
- 18
- 4
- 35
- 48
- 56
- 20
- 120
- 3
- 28
- 142
- 120
- 20
- 25
- 162
- 170
- 98
- 60
- 28% increase
- 43
- 55
- 70
- 195
- 43
- 636
- 8
- 40
- 18
- 40
- 8
- 30
- 1830
- 60
- 21
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