Percentage Questions with Answers Worksheet

Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 542 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.5% of a number is 13. What is the number?
2. 2.A kite costs ₹1730 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
3. 3.A farmer picks 80 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
4. 4.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹50 to ₹58. What is the percentage increase?
5. 5.520 children are in a school and 40% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
6. 6.11 is what percent of 20?
7. 7.A number changes from 200 to 258. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 58% increase (b) 29% decrease (c) 58% decrease (d) 29% increase
8. 8.A lunch box costs ₹40 before GST and ₹42 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
9. 9.A tank had 250 litres of water. Now it has 145 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
10. 10.What is the percentage difference between 26 and 54?
11. 11.Meera scored 210 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
12. 12.A shop sold 25 ice creams on Monday and 34 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
13. 13.A tank holds 350 litres of water and 12% of it is used. How many litres are used?
14. 14.A shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 144 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
15. 15.104 is 80% of ?
16. 16.A number changes from 150 to 213. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 42% decrease (b) 63% decrease (c) 63% increase (d) 42% increase
17. 17.38 is what percent of 40?
18. 18.A team scored 200 runs in one match and 23% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
19. 19.A price of ₹100 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
20. 20.A toy car is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹235. What is the discount percentage?
21. 21.₹1500 earns ₹375 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
22. 22.A farmer picks 125 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
23. 23.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 36%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
24. 24.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
25. 25.60% of 305 =
26. 26.A number changes from 60 to 51. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% decrease (b) 15% increase (c) 9% increase (d) 9% decrease
27. 27.A table fan marked ₹800 has 33% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
28. 28.A lunch box is marked ₹1200. In a sale it is sold for ₹780. What is the discount percentage?
29. 29.What is the percentage difference between 61 and 139?
30. 30.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
31. 31.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹272. What is the loss percentage?
32. 32.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 6%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
33. 33.60% of 285 =
34. 34.The price of a toy car changes from ₹400 to ₹232. What is the percentage change?
35. 35.₹5000 earns ₹600 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
36. 36.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 and sells it for ₹294. What is the profit percentage?
37. 37.A farmer picks 280 mangoes and 15% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
38. 38.4 is 5% of ?
39. 39.A toy car is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹590. What is the discount percentage?
40. 40.Diya spent ₹36, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?

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