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.Meera scored 235 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 2.A lunch box marked ₹120 has 5% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 3.A price of ₹500 comes down by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 4.?% of 25 = 5
- 5.8% of 550 =
- 6.₹3000 earns ₹1200 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹207. What is the loss percentage?
- 8.Kabir spent ₹66, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
- 9.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹40 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
- 10.30% of 430 =
- 11.A price comes down by 50% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 12.Aarav scored 76 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 13.A price of ₹500 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 13%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 15.What percent of 50 is 4?
- 16.Rohan keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 17.The price of a torch changes from ₹25 to ₹17. What is the percentage change?
- 18.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 19.What is the percentage difference between 63 and 57?
- 20.A price of ₹200 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 21.What percent of 150 is 54?
- 22.What percent of 80 is 72?
- 23.A shop sold 25 ice creams on Monday and 32% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 24.₹500 earns ₹200 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 25.What is the percentage difference between 38 and 42?
- 26.A cricket bat costs ₹250 before tax and ₹280 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 27.A number changes from 120 to 60. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 100% decrease (b) 100% increase (c) 50% increase (d) 50% decrease
- 28.A price of ₹200 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 29.Ishaan scored 94 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
- 30.A water bottle marked ₹800 has 13% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 31.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 55% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 32.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 33.The price of a storybook comes down from ₹100 to ₹30. What is the percentage decrease?
- 34.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹80 to ₹124. What is the percentage change?
- 35.What is the percentage difference between 177 and 63?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 32%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 37.A number changes from 40 to 64. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 60% decrease (b) 24% increase (c) 24% decrease (d) 60% increase
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹141. What is the loss percentage?
- 39.A tank had 150 litres of water. Now it has 42 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 47
- 114
- 200
- 20
- 44
- 4
- 31
- 264
- 80
- 129
- less
- 95
- 210
- 261
- 8
- 3750
- 32
- 110
- 10
- 84
- 36
- 90
- 33
- 10
- 10
- 12
- 50% decrease
- 108
- 47
- 696
- 62
- 80
- 70
- 55
- 95
- 160
- 60% increase
- 6
- 72
- 60
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