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 school club has 25 members. The number grows by 20%. How many members are there now?
- 2.A torch is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹72. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 4.One shop sells a football for ₹39 and another sells it for ₹81. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 5.A table fan marked ₹250 has 44% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 6.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹50 to ₹100. What is the percentage increase?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 and sells it for ₹516. What is the profit percentage?
- 8.Isha keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Isha get in 5 years?
- 9.A price of ₹300 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 10.Kabir scored 24 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 11.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 108 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 12.What percent of 200 is 156?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 41 and 39?
- 14.24 is what percent of 40?
- 15.₹2500 earns ₹500 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 16.What percent of 40 is 6?
- 17.A water bottle marked ₹1200 has 30% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 18.The price of a football comes down from ₹25 to ₹9. What is the percentage decrease?
- 19.What percent of 200 is 106?
- 20.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 23%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 212 and 188?
- 23.A number changes from 20 to 38. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 18% increase (b) 90% decrease (c) 90% increase (d) 18% decrease
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 49%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 25.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 75% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 26.4% of 200 =
- 27.A cricket bat costs ₹1840 before GST and ₹1932 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 28.Sara keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 29.100 children are in a school and 3% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 30.A price of ₹100 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 26%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 32.A tank had 60 litres of water. Now it has 51 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 33.What percent of 25 is 19?
- 34.Rohan keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 1 year?
- 35.A test has 40 marks. To get 45%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 36.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 800 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 37.The price of a school bag changes from ₹250 to ₹195. What is the percentage change?
- 38.Isha keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 39.₹500 earns ₹80 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 40.A test has 50 marks. To get 48%, how many marks does Isha need?
Answer key
- 30
- 40
- 600
- 70
- 140
- 100
- 29
- 750
- 288
- 60
- 10
- 78
- 5
- 60
- 5
- 15
- 360
- 64
- 53
- 56
- 23
- 12
- 90% increase
- 392
- 20
- 8
- 5
- 2240
- 3
- 104
- 52
- 15
- 76
- 100
- 18
- 60
- 22
- 3360
- 4
- 24
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