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 pencil box for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 37%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 2.A number changes from 300 to 360. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 20% increase (b) 20% decrease (c) 60% decrease (d) 60% increase
- 3.Arjun scored 28 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 4.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹400 to ₹448. What is the percentage increase?
- 5.A number changes from 200 to 258. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 58% decrease (b) 29% increase (c) 58% increase (d) 29% decrease
- 6.Kabir scored 6 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 8.A football costs ₹1550 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 9.Arjun scored 19 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 10.A water bottle marked ₹300 has 33% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 11.A tank has 300 litres of water and 5% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 12.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 36%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 14.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹75 and another sells it for ₹165. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 15.The price of a kite changes from ₹400 to ₹564. What is the percentage change?
- 16.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 16 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 192 and 208?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 25%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 19.A kite costs ₹1820 before GST and ₹1911 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 20.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹102. What is the loss percentage?
- 21.200 children are in a school and 2% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 22.A school club grows from 50 members to 86 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 23.A farmer picks 50 mangoes and 2% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 24.What percent of 200 is 68?
- 25.Riya scored 24 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 26.12% of a number is 48. What is the number?
- 27.A school bag costs ₹1030 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 28.A water bottle costs ₹20. The price goes up by 45%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 29.What percent of 300 is 69?
- 30.The price of a table fan comes down from ₹120 to ₹36. What is the percentage decrease?
- 31.A torch costs ₹500. The price comes down by 22%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 32.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 57 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 33.A school bag costs ₹50. The price goes up by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 34.What is the percentage difference between 137 and 63?
- 35.Meera spent ₹33, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 36.?% of 20 = 5
- 37.45% of 520 =
- 38.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 14 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 39.45% of 280 =
- 40.Meera scored 480 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
Answer key
- 252
- 20% increase
- 70
- 12
- 29% increase
- 30
- 54
- 1829
- 76
- 99
- 285
- 150
- 32
- 75
- 41
- 60
- 8
- 20
- 5
- 15
- 4
- 72
- 1
- 34
- 60
- 400
- 1133
- 29
- 23
- 70
- 390
- 81
- 75
- 74
- 55
- 25
- 234
- 72
- 126
- 80
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