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 farmer picks 580 mangoes and 45% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 2.One shop sells a school bag for ₹81 and another sells it for ₹39. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 3.600 children are in a school and 6% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 4.₹500 earns ₹40 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 5.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹70 and another sells it for ₹130. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 6.24 is 20% of ?
- 7.A pencil box costs ₹1390 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 8.A wall clock costs ₹150. The price goes up by 86%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 9.A school club has 300 members. The number grows by 19%. How many members are there now?
- 10.A shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 15% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹78. What is the loss percentage?
- 12.3 is what percent of 20?
- 13.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹25 to ₹20. What is the percentage change?
- 14.What is the percentage difference between 13 and 27?
- 15.24 is what percent of 150?
- 16.A torch costs ₹400. The price comes down by 18%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 17.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹48 and another sells it for ₹32. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 18.425 children are in a school and 8% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1104. What is the profit percentage?
- 20.A number changes from 50 to 91. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 41% decrease (b) 82% decrease (c) 82% increase (d) 41% increase
- 21.50% of a number is 168. What is the number?
- 22.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 54 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 23.45% of 140 =
- 24.A number changes from 400 to 204. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 59% decrease (b) 49% increase (c) 59% increase (d) 49% decrease
- 25.The price of a wall clock comes down from ₹500 to ₹430. What is the percentage decrease?
- 26.What is the percentage difference between 210 and 90?
- 27.Anaya spent ₹14, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Anaya have, in rupees?
- 28.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 29.Dev scored 237 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 30.150% of 528 =
- 31.A tank holds 480 litres of water and 70% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 32.The price of a football goes up from ₹25 to ₹27. What is the percentage increase?
- 33.One shop sells a torch for ₹31 and another sells it for ₹69. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 34.12% of 25 =
- 35.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹500 to ₹965. What is the percentage increase?
- 36.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 44%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 38.₹3000 earns ₹300 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 39.The price of a toy car changes from ₹25 to ₹14. What is the percentage change?
- 40.A school club has 80 members. The number grows by 25%. How many members are there now?
Answer key
- 261
- 70
- 36
- 2
- 60
- 120
- 139
- 279
- 357
- 138
- 22
- 15
- 20
- 70
- 16
- 328
- 40
- 34
- 38
- 82% increase
- 336
- 55
- 63
- 49% decrease
- 14
- 80
- 140
- 65
- 79
- 792
- 336
- 8
- 76
- 3
- 93
- less
- 132
- 10
- 44
- 100
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