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 toy car is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹162. What is the discount percentage?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 and sells it for ₹54. What is the profit percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 39%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 4.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹150 to ₹225. What is the percentage change?
- 5.A school bag costs ₹1450 before GST and ₹1711 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹300 and sells it for ₹342. What is the profit percentage?
- 7.228 is what percent of 400?
- 8.What percent of 250 is 115?
- 9.A storybook is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹135. What is the discount percentage?
- 10.A test has 500 marks. To get 85%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 11.Ishaan scored 288 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 12.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹20 to ₹26. What is the percentage change?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 153 and 147?
- 14.Meera scored 180 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 15.A torch costs ₹720 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 16.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹420. What is the loss percentage?
- 18.A tank holds 575 litres of water and 4% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 20.What percent of 50 is 4?
- 21.What percent of 20 is 14?
- 22.The price of a torch comes down from ₹25 to ₹18. What is the percentage decrease?
- 23.Meera keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 24.8% of 550 =
- 25.Rohan spent ₹144, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
- 26.6% of 550 =
- 27.Meera scored 52 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 28.60% of 235 =
- 29.5% of a number is 8. What is the number?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹24. What is the loss percentage?
- 31.A price of ₹400 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 32.A pencil box marked ₹400 has 20% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 33.Anaya scored 132 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Anaya’s percentage?
- 34.A shop sold 80 ice creams on Monday and 116 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 35.A water bottle costs ₹1750 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 36.A tank holds 400 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 37.A tank holds 500 litres of water and 8% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 38.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 14% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 39.A wall clock marked ₹100 has 22% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 40.A number changes from 400 to 568. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 52% increase (b) 42% decrease (c) 52% decrease (d) 42% increase
Answer key
- 19
- 35
- 417
- 50
- 18
- 14
- 57
- 46
- 46
- 425
- 72
- 30
- 4
- 90
- 36
- 315
- 16
- 23
- 4
- 8
- 70
- 28
- 3200
- 44
- 240
- 33
- 65
- 141
- 160
- 40
- 840
- 320
- 44
- 45
- 210
- 24
- 40
- 171
- 78
- 42% increase
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