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 price comes down by 20% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 2.A pencil box costs ₹450 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 3.Sara scored 30 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
- 4.The price of a water bottle comes down from ₹300 to ₹54. What is the percentage decrease?
- 5.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 44 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 6.A kite costs ₹1960 before GST and ₹2058 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 7.Sara spent ₹153, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
- 8.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 612 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 9.A table fan costs ₹1550 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 10.A football costs ₹1240 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 11.A kite costs ₹150. The price comes down by 88%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 12.Meera scored 36 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 13.A kite costs ₹80. The price comes down by 60%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 14.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 246 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 15.Meera scored 14 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 16.A lunch box costs ₹575 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹30. What is the loss percentage?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹106. What is the loss percentage?
- 19.A tank holds 560 litres of water and 15% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 20.A tank holds 200 litres of water and 2% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 21.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 22.87 is what percent of 150?
- 23.One shop sells a toy car for ₹174 and another sells it for ₹126. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 24.A football marked ₹200 has 31% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 25.18 is 20% of ?
- 26.Sara scored 40 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Sara score?
- 27.A table fan marked ₹500 has 20% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 28.Isha scored 177 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
- 29.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 262 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 30.₹1000 earns ₹400 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 31.What percent of 25 is 19?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 11%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 33.A cricket bat costs ₹600 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 34.A storybook costs ₹310 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 35.What percent of 50 is 33?
- 36.40% of 515 =
- 37.A test has 40 marks. To get 70%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 38.445 children are in a school and 80% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹100 and sells it for ₹146. What is the profit percentage?
- 40.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹115 and another sells it for ₹85. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
Answer key
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- 81
- 60
- 82
- 45
- 5
- 306
- 53
- 186
- 1364
- 18
- 45
- 32
- 64
- 35
- 644
- 40
- 47
- 84
- 4
- 95
- 58
- 32
- 62
- 90
- 50
- 400
- 59
- 31
- 8
- 76
- 88
- 108
- 341
- 66
- 206
- 28
- 356
- 46
- 30
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