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 shop sold 120 ice creams on Monday and 50% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 2.The price of a school bag changes from ₹150 to ₹135. What is the percentage change?
- 3.A storybook costs ₹1300 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹28. What is the loss percentage?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 6.170 is what percent of 250?
- 7.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 27% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 8.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹50 to ₹84. What is the percentage change?
- 9.A farmer picks 180 mangoes and 80% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 10.Ishaan scored 172 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
- 11.A price of ₹100 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 12.Riya spent ₹28, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 13.11 is what percent of 20?
- 14.The price of a table fan changes from ₹400 to ₹740. What is the percentage change?
- 15.8% of 150 =
- 16.100 children are in a school and 3% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 17.A tank holds 375 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 9%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 19.15% of a number is 12. What is the number?
- 20.75% of a number is 210. What is the number?
- 21.A number changes from 200 to 106. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 94% decrease (b) 47% increase (c) 94% increase (d) 47% decrease
- 22.65% of 540 =
- 23.A school bag costs ₹100 before tax and ₹110 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 24.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 83% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 25.The price of a storybook goes up from ₹120 to ₹138. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.What is the percentage difference between 22 and 18?
- 27.30% of a number is 78. What is the number?
- 28.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 356 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 29.A wall clock costs ₹1860 before GST and ₹1953 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 30.47 is 20% of ?
- 31.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 106 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 32.Sara scored 288 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Sara’s percentage?
- 33.₹1000 earns ₹100 simple interest in 2 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 34.Kabir scored 288 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
- 35.A test has 50 marks. To get 62%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 36.Diya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 3 years?
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 38.What percent of 300 is 153?
- 39.12 is what percent of 60?
- 40.A kite costs ₹625 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 180
- 10
- 65
- 30
- 560
- 68
- 508
- 68
- 144
- 86
- 64
- 70
- 55
- 85
- 12
- 3
- 150
- 436
- 80
- 280
- 47% decrease
- 351
- 10
- 549
- 15
- 20
- 260
- 11
- 5
- 235
- 6
- 96
- 5
- 96
- 31
- 360
- 25
- 51
- 20
- 700
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