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 number changes from 80 to 76. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 4% decrease (b) 5% increase (c) 5% decrease (d) 4% increase
- 2.What is the percentage difference between 22 and 58?
- 3.₹1000 earns ₹110 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 27%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 5.A tank holds 280 litres of water and 65% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 6.A school club has 100 members. The number grows by 93%. How many members are there now?
- 7.10% of a number is 2. What is the number?
- 8.The price of a toy car changes from ₹80 to ₹88. What is the percentage change?
- 9.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹28 and another sells it for ₹72. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 10.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹500 to ₹835. What is the percentage increase?
- 11.A price of ₹200 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 24%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 13.45% of 20 =
- 14.Rohan keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 1 year?
- 15.Riya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 16.The price of a kite comes down from ₹80 to ₹72. What is the percentage decrease?
- 17.A price of ₹200 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 18.A torch costs ₹1420 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1120. What is the profit percentage?
- 20.A tank has 60 litres of water and 50% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 21.A farmer picks 500 mangoes and 45% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 22.150% of 66 =
- 23.35% of 180 =
- 24.What is the percentage difference between 258 and 142?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹250 and sells it for ₹280. What is the profit percentage?
- 26.A water bottle costs ₹175 before tax and ₹196 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 27.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 76% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 28.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 29.A number changes from 200 to 168. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 16% increase (b) 32% increase (c) 32% decrease (d) 16% decrease
- 30.A school bag costs ₹200. The price goes up by 21%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 31.Aarav keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 8% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 3 years, in rupees?
- 32.What is the percentage difference between 54 and 146?
- 33.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 34.₹1000 earns ₹120 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 35.What is the percentage difference between 126 and 74?
- 36.What is the percentage difference between 23 and 17?
- 37.A price of ₹300 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹50 and sells it for ₹62. What is the profit percentage?
- 39.45% of 160 =
- 40.₹3000 earns ₹600 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
Answer key
- 5% decrease
- 90
- 11
- 73
- 182
- 193
- 20
- 10
- 88
- 67
- 130
- 310
- 9
- 120
- 5760
- 10
- 392
- 71
- 40
- 30
- 225
- 99
- 63
- 58
- 12
- 12
- 352
- 56
- 16% decrease
- 242
- 2480
- 92
- 125
- 1
- 52
- 30
- 336
- 24
- 72
- 5
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