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 bag costs ₹500. The price comes down by 67%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 2.130 is 40% of ?
- 3.A lunch box marked ₹300 has 29% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹38. What is the loss percentage?
- 5.425 children are in a school and 8% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 6.6% of 350 =
- 7.One shop sells a school bag for ₹50 and another sells it for ₹110. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 8.45 is 12% of ?
- 9.Isha spent ₹43, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 10.?% of 50 = 39
- 11.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 11 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 12.A wall clock marked ₹100 has 31% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 13.A price goes up by 30% and then comes down by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 14.A number changes from 50 to 37. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 26% increase (b) 13% increase (c) 13% decrease (d) 26% decrease
- 15.A toy car costs ₹250. The price comes down by 60%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 16.A number changes from 80 to 52. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 28% increase (b) 28% decrease (c) 35% decrease (d) 35% increase
- 17.144 is 80% of ?
- 18.A table fan costs ₹1275 before tax and ₹1428 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 19.A tank holds 200 litres of water and 3% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 20.A number changes from 100 to 76. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 34% decrease (b) 24% decrease (c) 34% increase (d) 24% increase
- 21.A price of ₹200 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 22.Kabir scored 272 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 63 and 177?
- 24.30% of 240 =
- 25.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹20 to ₹25. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.₹5000 earns ₹1350 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 27.The price of a table fan changes from ₹20 to ₹34. What is the percentage change?
- 28.150% of 488 =
- 29.120% of 215 =
- 30.A storybook costs ₹120 before GST and ₹126 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 31.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 32.A table fan marked ₹1000 has 8% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 34.Aarav keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Aarav get in 5 years?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹310. What is the loss percentage?
- 36.One shop sells a table fan for ₹48 and another sells it for ₹52. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 37.A kite marked ₹400 has 49% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 38.A football costs ₹500 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 39.What percent of 300 is 240?
- 40.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
Answer key
- 165
- 325
- 213
- 5
- 34
- 21
- 75
- 375
- 172
- 78
- 78
- 31
- less
- 26% decrease
- 100
- 35% decrease
- 180
- 12
- 6
- 24% decrease
- 242
- 68
- 95
- 72
- 25
- 9
- 70
- 732
- 258
- 5
- 65
- 920
- 38
- 750
- 38
- 8
- 196
- 590
- 80
- less
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