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 number changes from 20 to 36. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 80% decrease (b) 80% increase (c) 16% increase (d) 16% decrease
- 2.A water bottle costs ₹120. The price goes up by 100%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹492. What is the loss percentage?
- 4.550 children are in a school and 4% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 5.One shop sells a storybook for ₹69 and another sells it for ₹81. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 6.Diya spent ₹105, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
- 7.A tank had 300 litres of water. Now it has 51 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 8.A price of ₹100 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 42%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 10.Isha scored 20 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
- 11.?% of 400 = 164
- 12.A test has 200 marks. To get 90%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 13.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 2 years?
- 14.Rohan keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Rohan get in 2 years?
- 15.₹4000 earns ₹400 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 16.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 75% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 17.Anaya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 1 year?
- 18.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹200 to ₹244. What is the percentage change?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 43%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 20.A price of ₹500 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 21.A test has 40 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Meera need?
- 22.75% of a number is 153. What is the number?
- 23.500 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 24.4% of 175 =
- 25.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹300 to ₹378. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.80% of 575 =
- 27.Dev spent ₹60, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 28.Meera keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 4 years?
- 29.A farmer picks 300 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 30.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 60% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 31.A school club grows from 250 members to 340 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 32.35% of 560 =
- 33.Riya scored 392 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 34.78 is what percent of 120?
- 35.66 is what percent of 120?
- 36.What is the percentage difference between 68 and 32?
- 37.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 38.One shop sells a kite for ₹52 and another sells it for ₹28. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 39.What is the percentage difference between 171 and 69?
- 40.A school club has 150 members. The number grows by 32%. How many members are there now?
Answer key
- 80% increase
- 240
- 18
- 22
- 16
- 210
- 83
- 98
- 464
- 100
- 41
- 180
- 270
- 270
- 5
- 70
- 30
- 22
- 172
- 315
- 14
- 204
- 75
- 7
- 26
- 460
- 300
- 480
- 120
- 16
- 36
- 196
- 98
- 65
- 55
- 72
- 88
- 60
- 85
- 198
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