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 ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹135. What is the loss percentage?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 15%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 4.A torch costs ₹20 before GST and ₹21 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 5.A kite costs ₹150 before GST and ₹177 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 6.?% of 200 = 96
- 7.One shop sells a kite for ₹177 and another sells it for ₹123. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 8.A price of ₹300 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 9.What percent of 60 is 39?
- 10.Dev scored 72 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 11.Aarav keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 12.25% of a number is 28. What is the number?
- 13.30% of 490 =
- 14.Dev spent ₹57, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 15.A test has 50 marks. To get 64%, how many marks does Ishaan need?
- 16.42 is 40% of ?
- 17.A table fan is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹58. What is the discount percentage?
- 18.What is the percentage difference between 108 and 192?
- 19.A number changes from 500 to 320. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 46% increase (b) 36% increase (c) 46% decrease (d) 36% decrease
- 20.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹40 and another sells it for ₹120. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 26%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 22.The price of a torch comes down from ₹200 to ₹152. What is the percentage decrease?
- 23.A tank had 500 litres of water. Now it has 200 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 24.A price of ₹500 comes down by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 25.A storybook costs ₹175 before tax and ₹196 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 26.Aarav spent ₹3, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Aarav have, in rupees?
- 27.?% of 40 = 16
- 28.84 is what percent of 400?
- 29.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 54%. How many members are there now?
- 30.Ishaan scored 230 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 31.A price of ₹500 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 32.Dev keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Dev get in 2 years?
- 33.A tank holds 250 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 34.What is the percentage difference between 32 and 68?
- 35.A price of ₹400 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 36.A farmer picks 295 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 37.33 is 12% of ?
- 38.132 is 40% of ?
- 39.210 is 60% of ?
- 40.One shop sells a school bag for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹60. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
Answer key
- 46
- 120
- 12
- 5
- 18
- 48
- 36
- 144
- 65
- 90
- 5550
- 112
- 147
- 114
- 32
- 105
- 42
- 56
- 36% decrease
- 100
- 296
- 24
- 60
- 225
- 12
- 20
- 40
- 21
- 154
- 46
- 825
- 60
- 15
- 72
- 660
- 118
- 275
- 330
- 350
- 40
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