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.Meera keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 4 years?
- 2.The price of a torch goes up from ₹200 to ₹394. What is the percentage increase?
- 3.Dev keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Dev get in 3 years?
- 4.A cricket bat marked ₹200 has 38% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 5.A toy car is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹736. What is the discount percentage?
- 6.Riya spent ₹30, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 7.A toy car costs ₹300 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 8.A cricket bat costs ₹1020 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 9.150% of 146 =
- 10.Diya scored 235 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
- 11.A football is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹78. What is the discount percentage?
- 12.A lunch box costs ₹800 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 74 and 86?
- 14.₹3000 earns ₹270 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 15.A wall clock is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹108. What is the discount percentage?
- 16.A water bottle costs ₹50. The price goes up by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 17.A number changes from 40 to 76. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 90% increase (b) 36% increase (c) 90% decrease (d) 36% decrease
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹50 and sells it for ₹72. What is the profit percentage?
- 19.What percent of 20 is 11?
- 20.A wall clock marked ₹600 has 24% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 21.The price of a toy car goes up from ₹120 to ₹168. What is the percentage increase?
- 22.40% of a number is 42. What is the number?
- 23.Anaya scored 20 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 24.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 20% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 25.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 26.93 is 30% of ?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹320. What is the loss percentage?
- 28.A test has 50 marks. To get 72%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 29.What percent of 25 is 15?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 31.A price of ₹200 comes down by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 32.30% of 580 =
- 33.71 is 20% of ?
- 34.Sara scored 480 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
- 35.380 children are in a school and 45% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 36.A number changes from 50 to 47. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 3% increase (b) 3% decrease (c) 6% increase (d) 6% decrease
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹256. What is the loss percentage?
- 38.A number changes from 20 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% decrease (b) 2% decrease (c) 2% increase (d) 10% increase
- 39.What is the percentage difference between 115 and 85?
- 40.A tank holds 160 litres of water and 35% of it is used. How many litres are used?
Answer key
- 1120
- 97
- 375
- 76
- 8
- 100
- 354
- 51
- 219
- 47
- 35
- 896
- 15
- 3
- 10
- 70
- 90% increase
- 44
- 55
- 456
- 40
- 105
- 50
- 96
- more
- 310
- 20
- 36
- 60
- 12
- 108
- 174
- 355
- 96
- 171
- 6% decrease
- 36
- 10% increase
- 30
- 56
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