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 pencil box for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 2.What percent of 120 is 18?
- 3.A toy car costs ₹400. The price goes up by 64%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 4.A school bag costs ₹25. The price comes down by 60%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 5.What percent of 300 is 96?
- 6.One shop sells a football for ₹63 and another sells it for ₹57. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 7.40% of 45 =
- 8.₹1000 earns ₹90 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 34%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 11.A number changes from 100 to 157. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 67% increase (b) 67% decrease (c) 57% decrease (d) 57% increase
- 12.A school club grows from 100 members to 158 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 13.Isha scored 402 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
- 14.A water bottle is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹408. What is the discount percentage?
- 15.24 is what percent of 60?
- 16.A table fan is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹336. What is the discount percentage?
- 17.Diya scored 195 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Diya’s percentage?
- 18.Kabir keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 5 years?
- 19.Ishaan keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 20.A cricket bat marked ₹300 has 44% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 21.A team scored 500 runs in one match and 32% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 22.Riya keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 1 year?
- 23.A test has 200 marks. To get 80%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 24.?% of 300 = 99
- 25.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 26.Diya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 27.The price of a school bag comes down from ₹150 to ₹132. What is the percentage decrease?
- 28.48 is 75% of ?
- 29.245 children are in a school and 80% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 30.The price of a football comes down from ₹300 to ₹54. What is the percentage decrease?
- 31.A cricket bat costs ₹550 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 32.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹500 to ₹325. What is the percentage change?
- 33.What is the percentage difference between 72 and 88?
- 34.?% of 500 = 75
- 35.?% of 250 = 185
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 20%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 37.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹100 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
- 38.80% of a number is 304. What is the number?
- 39.₹3000 earns ₹720 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 40.A school club grows from 500 members to 995 members. What is the percentage increase?
Answer key
- 30
- 15
- 656
- 10
- 32
- 10
- 18
- 3
- 33
- 64
- 57% increase
- 58
- 67
- 49
- 40
- 44
- 65
- 1200
- 5600
- 168
- 340
- 300
- 160
- 33
- less
- 1160
- 12
- 64
- 196
- 82
- 55
- 35
- 20
- 15
- 74
- 16
- 28
- 380
- 2
- 99
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