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 water bottle for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 2.₹1000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 3.A toy car costs ₹200 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 4.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹250 to ₹330. What is the percentage increase?
- 5.A number changes from 50 to 56. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 12% increase (c) 6% decrease (d) 6% increase
- 6.₹2000 earns ₹1200 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 7.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 80% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 8.One shop sells a kite for ₹87 and another sells it for ₹153. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 9.A test has 50 marks. To get 82%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 10.The price of a toy car goes up from ₹100 to ₹167. What is the percentage increase?
- 11.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹40 to ₹8. What is the percentage decrease?
- 12.Isha keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 13.A price of ₹100 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.Diya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 16%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 17.A price of ₹200 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 18.Dev scored 41 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 19.15% of a number is 30. What is the number?
- 20.The price of a toy car goes up from ₹500 to ₹995. What is the percentage increase?
- 21.A test has 50 marks. To get 70%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 22.A water bottle costs ₹40. The price goes up by 100%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 57 and 43?
- 24.What percent of 25 is 22?
- 25.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 46% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 26.80% of a number is 276. What is the number?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 25%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 28.What percent of 300 is 282?
- 29.A kite marked ₹500 has 13% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 30.A number changes from 20 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 2% increase (b) 10% increase (c) 2% decrease (d) 10% decrease
- 31.₹500 earns ₹40 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 32.What is the percentage difference between 114 and 86?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 9%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 34.A football costs ₹340 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 35.₹2000 earns ₹220 simple interest at 11% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 36.200 children are in a school and 70% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 37.₹500 earns ₹90 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 38.26 is what percent of 200?
- 39.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 16 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.65% of 540 =
Answer key
- 28
- 3
- 210
- 32
- 12% increase
- 5
- 36
- 55
- 41
- 67
- 80
- 1530
- 108
- 5760
- 38
- 84
- 390
- 82
- 200
- 99
- 35
- 80
- 28
- 88
- 27
- 345
- 20
- 94
- 65
- 10% increase
- 4
- 28
- 327
- 17
- 1
- 140
- 6
- 13
- 68
- 351
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