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 55%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 2.₹1500 earns ₹90 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 3.A test has 80 marks. To get 75%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 4.A toy car costs ₹1225 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 5.A school club grows from 150 members to 243 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 45%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 7.What percent of 20 is 2?
- 8.What is the percentage difference between 66 and 174?
- 9.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹138 and another sells it for ₹102. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 10.A table fan costs ₹1400 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 11.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
- 12.A tank has 20 litres of water and 10% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 13.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹150 to ₹285. What is the percentage increase?
- 14.What percent of 25 is 18?
- 15.A football marked ₹200 has 29% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 16.A pencil box costs ₹50. The price comes down by 16%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 17.A tank holds 50 litres of water and 8% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 18.Rohan scored 21 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 19.90% of 450 =
- 20.A number changes from 20 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% increase (b) 10% decrease (c) 2% decrease (d) 2% increase
- 21.A lunch box marked ₹250 has 12% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 22.A test has 50 marks. To get 74%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 23.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 237 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 24.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 25.174 is what percent of 200?
- 26.A storybook marked ₹400 has 20% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 28.120% of 160 =
- 29.A test has 500 marks. To get 37%, how many marks does Anaya need?
- 30.A football costs ₹1850 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 31.A wall clock marked ₹400 has 27% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 32.Kabir spent ₹33, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
- 33.What is the percentage difference between 56 and 44?
- 34.What is the percentage difference between 45 and 55?
- 35.A farmer picks 600 mangoes and 3% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 36.A school bag costs ₹10 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 37.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹400 to ₹128. What is the percentage decrease?
- 38.A tank has 100 litres of water and 12% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 39.A football costs ₹180 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 40.A table fan costs ₹440 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
Answer key
- 22
- 1
- 60
- 147
- 62
- 66
- 10
- 90
- 30
- 252
- more
- 18
- 90
- 72
- 142
- 42
- 4
- 42
- 405
- 10% increase
- 220
- 37
- 21
- 32
- 87
- 80
- 47
- 192
- 185
- 333
- 108
- 220
- 24
- 20
- 18
- 1
- 68
- 88
- 9
- 22
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