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 shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 44%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 2.A price of ₹500 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 3.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 55% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 4.21 is 30% of ?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹84. What is the loss percentage?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 11%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 7.A price of ₹400 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 8.A pencil box costs ₹560 before GST and ₹588 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 9.A farmer picks 470 mangoes and 70% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 10.15% of a number is 42. What is the number?
- 11.A tank holds 360 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 12.Dev spent ₹60, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 13.A price goes up by 10% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹80 and sells it for ₹120. What is the profit percentage?
- 15.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 285 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 16.Riya spent ₹108, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 17.60% of a number is 174. What is the number?
- 18.The price of a football changes from ₹100 to ₹61. What is the percentage change?
- 19.Dev keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 20.A torch costs ₹400. The price comes down by 25%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 21.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹200 to ₹388. What is the percentage increase?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 16%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 and sells it for ₹140. What is the profit percentage?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 25.A school club grows from 60 members to 63 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.A school club grows from 400 members to 468 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 27.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹100 to ₹199. What is the percentage change?
- 28.What percent of 50 is 25?
- 29.A team scored 400 runs in one match and 6% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 30.One shop sells a toy car for ₹85 and another sells it for ₹115. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 31.70% of 580 =
- 32.What percent of 150 is 45?
- 33.25% of a number is 24. What is the number?
- 34.What percent of 400 is 52?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹264. What is the loss percentage?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 37.98 is what percent of 200?
- 38.₹1500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 39.14 is what percent of 50?
- 40.A cricket bat costs ₹20. The price comes down by 35%. What is the new price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 576
- 910
- 9
- 70
- 30
- 11
- 720
- 5
- 329
- 280
- 162
- 240
- less
- 50
- 5
- 360
- 290
- 39
- 4350
- 300
- 94
- 290
- 40
- 40
- 5
- 17
- 99
- 50
- 376
- 30
- 406
- 30
- 96
- 13
- 12
- 50
- 49
- 5
- 28
- 13
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