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.What is the percentage difference between 39 and 41?
- 2.A number changes from 500 to 310. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 48% decrease (b) 38% increase (c) 38% decrease (d) 48% increase
- 3.The price of a football changes from ₹60 to ₹84. What is the percentage change?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 47%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 6.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 19 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 7.15 is 15% of ?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 9.5% of a number is 13. What is the number?
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹744. What is the loss percentage?
- 11.Anaya spent ₹8, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Anaya have, in rupees?
- 12.A water bottle costs ₹1480 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 13.What percent of 250 is 170?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹22. What is the loss percentage?
- 15.A wall clock marked ₹200 has 27% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 16.A tank has 50 litres of water and 14% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 17.80% of 595 =
- 18.Kabir keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 1 year?
- 19.Kabir scored 348 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
- 20.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 22 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 21.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 23.What percent of 300 is 78?
- 24.A number changes from 120 to 108. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% decrease (b) 10% increase (c) 12% increase (d) 12% decrease
- 25.Diya spent ₹20, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
- 26.The price of a storybook changes from ₹60 to ₹120. What is the percentage change?
- 27.Meera keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 28.84 is 80% of ?
- 29.A price of ₹300 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 30.The price of a wall clock goes up from ₹120 to ₹162. What is the percentage increase?
- 31.A storybook is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹222. What is the discount percentage?
- 32.A toy car costs ₹400 before tax and ₹448 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 35%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 34.65% of 580 =
- 35.A lunch box marked ₹120 has 5% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 36.150% of 488 =
- 37.A school bag marked ₹300 has 7% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹800 and sells it at a profit of 9%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 39.A tank had 250 litres of water. Now it has 175 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.A water bottle costs ₹100. The price goes up by 37%. What is the new price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 5
- 38% decrease
- 40
- 56
- 212
- 5
- 100
- 920
- 260
- 7
- 40
- 1554
- 68
- 45
- 54
- 43
- 476
- 30
- 58
- 12
- 43
- 84
- 26
- 10% decrease
- 80
- 100
- 2180
- 105
- 252
- 35
- 26
- 12
- 175
- 377
- 114
- 732
- 279
- 72
- 30
- 137
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