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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹752. What is the loss percentage?
- 2.What percent of 500 is 390?
- 3.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 4.?% of 50 = 3
- 5.70% of 150 =
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 18%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹250 and sells it at a loss of 8%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 8.What is the percentage difference between 168 and 132?
- 9.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 10.Arjun spent ₹75, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 11.The price of a school bag changes from ₹100 to ₹188. What is the percentage change?
- 12.A tank has 60 litres of water and 70% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 13.Ishaan keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Ishaan get in 5 years?
- 14.A team scored 400 runs in one match and 26% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 15.Meera scored 80 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 16.15 is what percent of 20?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹220. What is the loss percentage?
- 18.A test has 200 marks. To get 49%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 13%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 20.₹1000 earns ₹160 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 21.₹3000 earns ₹150 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 26 and 14?
- 23.A tank holds 160 litres of water and 80% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 24.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 296 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 25.123 is what percent of 300?
- 26.A school bag costs ₹40. The price goes up by 100%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 27.One shop sells a kite for ₹37 and another sells it for ₹43. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 28.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it for ₹121. What is the profit percentage?
- 30.A number changes from 100 to 145. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% increase (b) 55% decrease (c) 45% increase (d) 45% decrease
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹200 and sells it for ₹266. What is the profit percentage?
- 32.A table fan costs ₹1025 before tax and ₹1148 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 33.A price of ₹400 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 34.₹1500 earns ₹45 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 35.The price of a kite comes down from ₹120 to ₹12. What is the percentage decrease?
- 36.A kite marked ₹250 has 16% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 37.What percent of 25 is 10?
- 38.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹20 to ₹21. What is the percentage increase?
- 39.A number changes from 40 to 70. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 30% increase (b) 75% increase (c) 75% decrease (d) 30% decrease
- 40.₹1000 earns ₹330 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
Answer key
- 6
- 78
- 95
- 6
- 105
- 45
- 230
- 24
- 132
- 250
- 88
- 18
- 100
- 296
- 100
- 75
- 45
- 98
- 65
- 4
- 1
- 60
- 128
- 48
- 41
- 80
- 15
- 82
- 21
- 45% increase
- 33
- 12
- 504
- 3
- 90
- 210
- 40
- 5
- 75% increase
- 11
Free percentage lessons, practice and worksheets at talentjr.in/how-to-calculate-percentage