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.₹500 earns ₹50 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 2.Dev keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 3.One shop sells a kite for ₹99 and another sells it for ₹201. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 4.The price of a school bag changes from ₹400 to ₹240. What is the percentage change?
- 5.80 children are in a school and 45% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 6.Dev keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 7.A test has 80 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 8.Sara scored 304 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
- 9.Rohan keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 5 years?
- 10.A storybook marked ₹200 has 26% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 11.What is the percentage difference between 39 and 61?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 22%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹100 and sells it for ₹150. What is the profit percentage?
- 14.5 is what percent of 25?
- 15.What percent of 500 is 55?
- 16.₹2000 earns ₹540 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 17.A farmer picks 60 mangoes and 15% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 18.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 11% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 19.A cricket bat marked ₹250 has 42% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 20.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 26% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 21.A pencil box marked ₹600 has 48% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 81 and 219?
- 23.51 is 30% of ?
- 24.Anaya scored 22 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 25.A water bottle costs ₹825 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 26.What is the percentage difference between 214 and 186?
- 27.₹1500 earns ₹90 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 28.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 6 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 29.₹5000 earns ₹600 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 30.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹20 to ₹29. What is the percentage increase?
- 31.A number changes from 60 to 75. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 20% decrease (b) 25% decrease (c) 20% increase (d) 25% increase
- 32.Aarav scored 168 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
- 33.A number changes from 80 to 52. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 28% increase (b) 35% increase (c) 28% decrease (d) 35% decrease
- 34.20% of a number is 13. What is the number?
- 35.A table fan costs ₹450 before GST and ₹531 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 36.45 is 50% of ?
- 37.A farmer picks 50 mangoes and 70% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 38.120 is what percent of 150?
- 39.A price of ₹300 goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 40.93 is what percent of 300?
Answer key
- 10
- 1060
- 68
- 40
- 36
- 4800
- 28
- 76
- 800
- 148
- 44
- 176
- 50
- 20
- 11
- 9
- 9
- 555
- 105
- 63
- 288
- 92
- 170
- 88
- 99
- 14
- 3
- 70
- 2
- 45
- 25% increase
- 42
- 35% decrease
- 65
- 18
- 90
- 35
- 80
- 630
- 31
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