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 test has 40 marks. To get 85%, how many marks does Sara need?
- 2.A tank holds 425 litres of water and 12% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 15%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 4.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹25 to ₹27. What is the percentage change?
- 5.A storybook marked ₹600 has 12% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 6.₹1000 earns ₹600 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 7.Isha keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 8.21 is 15% of ?
- 9.A lunch box marked ₹100 has 23% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 10.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 75% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 11.What is the percentage difference between 75 and 25?
- 12.35% of 480 =
- 13.A test has 40 marks. To get 55%, how many marks does Sara need?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 48%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 15.Sara scored 8 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
- 16.One shop sells a pencil box for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹210. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 75 and 165?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 50%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 19.What percent of 20 is 1?
- 20.12% of 300 =
- 21.50% of a number is 180. What is the number?
- 22.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 70% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 23.The price of a kite changes from ₹60 to ₹99. What is the percentage change?
- 24.A storybook costs ₹1250 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 25.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹60 to ₹72. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 7%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 27.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 10% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 28.A school club grows from 50 members to 83 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 29.One shop sells a storybook for ₹26 and another sells it for ₹14. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 31.3 is what percent of 25?
- 32.A tank has 120 litres of water and 85% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 33.Rohan scored 50 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 34.A pencil box costs ₹260 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹250 and sells it for ₹335. What is the profit percentage?
- 36.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹20 to ₹23. What is the percentage increase?
- 37.A torch costs ₹1300 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 38.The price of a toy car changes from ₹40 to ₹44. What is the percentage change?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹216. What is the loss percentage?
- 40.A tank had 20 litres of water. Now it has 17 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
Answer key
- 34
- 51
- 18
- 8
- 528
- 12
- 1800
- 140
- 77
- 25
- 100
- 168
- 22
- 120
- 40
- 80
- 75
- 75
- 5
- 36
- 360
- 6
- 65
- 150
- 20
- 42
- 54
- 66
- 60
- 112
- 12
- 18
- 100
- 13
- 34
- 15
- 1365
- 10
- 28
- 15
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