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 water bottle costs ₹720 before GST and ₹756 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 2.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹174 and another sells it for ₹126. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 3.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹200 to ₹168. What is the percentage change?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 30%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 5.A tank has 25 litres of water and 32% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 6.One shop sells a torch for ₹21 and another sells it for ₹19. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 7.A table fan marked ₹120 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 8.What percent of 500 is 425?
- 9.Kabir scored 9 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 10.80% of 220 =
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 7%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 12.₹1500 earns ₹270 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 174 and 66?
- 14.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 6 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 15.75% of a number is 147. What is the number?
- 16.6% of 450 =
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 50%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 18.A tank has 150 litres of water and 24% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 19.60 children are in a school and 35% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 20.Diya scored 38 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 21.What percent of 500 is 400?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 11%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 23.Riya scored 18 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Riya score?
- 24.A price goes up by 50% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 25.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 91 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 41%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹72. What is the loss percentage?
- 28.What percent of 40 is 16?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 50%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 30.A wall clock costs ₹40. The price goes up by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 31.36 is what percent of 400?
- 32.54 is what percent of 60?
- 33.A cricket bat is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹700. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 35.?% of 400 = 328
- 36.The price of a football goes up from ₹60 to ₹111. What is the percentage increase?
- 37.120% of 435 =
- 38.₹1000 earns ₹330 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 39.?% of 150 = 72
- 40.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
Answer key
- 5
- 32
- 16
- 12
- 17
- 10
- 60
- 85
- 36
- 176
- 465
- 6
- 90
- 76
- 196
- 27
- 20
- 114
- 21
- 95
- 80
- 44
- 45
- more
- 82
- 41
- 40
- 40
- 100
- 56
- 9
- 90
- 30
- less
- 82
- 85
- 522
- 11
- 48
- 56
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