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 of ₹300 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹512. What is the loss percentage?
- 3.A school club grows from 500 members to 885 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 4.Ishaan keeps ₹500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 1 year?
- 5.112 is 80% of ?
- 6.40% of a number is 2. What is the number?
- 7.Diya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 8.A table fan costs ₹1500 before GST and ₹1575 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 9.A pencil box costs ₹580 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 11.A price of ₹200 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 12.595 children are in a school and 80% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 14.The price of a school bag changes from ₹20 to ₹39. What is the percentage change?
- 15.What is the percentage difference between 96 and 104?
- 16.A storybook is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹455. What is the discount percentage?
- 17.77 is 20% of ?
- 18.60% of a number is 228. What is the number?
- 19.The price of a school bag comes down from ₹250 to ₹220. What is the percentage decrease?
- 20.What percent of 400 is 352?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 and sells it for ₹54. What is the profit percentage?
- 22.The price of a table fan changes from ₹500 to ₹890. What is the percentage change?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 18%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 24.A number changes from 50 to 30. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 40% increase (b) 40% decrease (c) 20% decrease (d) 20% increase
- 25.A water bottle costs ₹80. The price goes up by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 26.A tank had 150 litres of water. Now it has 114 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 27.₹2500 earns ₹75 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 28.35% of 40 =
- 29.A tank holds 460 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 30.A cricket bat costs ₹80 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 31.25% of a number is 98. What is the number?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 49%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 33.₹500 earns ₹60 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 34.A torch is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹96. What is the discount percentage?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 38%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 14%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 37.One shop sells a football for ₹102 and another sells it for ₹58. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 38.70% of 380 =
- 39.2% of 200 =
- 40.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 53% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
Answer key
- 630
- 36
- 77
- 25
- 140
- 5
- 1020
- 5
- 58
- 76
- 180
- 476
- 46
- 95
- 8
- 9
- 385
- 380
- 12
- 88
- 35
- 78
- 118
- 40% decrease
- 112
- 24
- 3
- 14
- 207
- 84
- 392
- 49
- 1
- 36
- 57
- 35
- 55
- 266
- 4
- 765
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