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.
NameDateTime takenScore ___ / 40
- 1.Aarav scored 30 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 and sells it for ₹588. What is the profit percentage?
- 3.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 4.A number changes from 20 to 40. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 100% decrease (b) 100% increase (c) 50% increase (d) 50% decrease
- 5.A tank holds 530 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 6.A school club grows from 50 members to 94 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 7.Riya spent ₹162, which is 60% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 8.11 is 10% of ?
- 9.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 10.90% of 550 =
- 11.?% of 500 = 280
- 12.Rohan scored 240 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
- 13.A kite costs ₹960 before GST and ₹1008 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 14.2 is what percent of 40?
- 15.Arjun scored 395 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
- 16.A kite marked ₹250 has 12% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 17.A number changes from 40 to 56. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 16% decrease (b) 40% increase (c) 40% decrease (d) 16% increase
- 18.A school club grows from 20 members to 21 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 19.What percent of 200 is 116?
- 20.8 is 10% of ?
- 21.A farmer picks 140 mangoes and 15% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 23.A wall clock is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹530. What is the discount percentage?
- 24.A school bag costs ₹1425 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 49%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 26.A school club grows from 60 members to 78 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 27.₹1000 earns ₹120 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 28.What is the percentage difference between 285 and 115?
- 29.Rohan scored 165 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
- 30.Riya spent ₹120, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 31.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 32.What percent of 20 is 1?
- 33.A number changes from 100 to 137. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 37% decrease (b) 47% increase (c) 47% decrease (d) 37% increase
- 34.Diya scored 26 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 35.A storybook costs ₹640 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 36.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹100 to ₹111. What is the percentage increase?
- 37.A school club grows from 300 members to 369 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 38.The price of a football changes from ₹250 to ₹430. What is the percentage change?
- 39.A tank holds 590 litres of water and 60% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 40.What percent of 25 is 11?
Answer key
- 75
- 47
- less
- 100% increase
- 212
- 88
- 270
- 110
- 43
- 495
- 56
- 48
- 5
- 5
- 79
- 30
- 40% increase
- 5
- 58
- 80
- 21
- 4
- 47
- 1596
- 51
- 30
- 3
- 85
- 55
- 300
- 125
- 5
- 37% increase
- 65
- 672
- 11
- 23
- 72
- 354
- 44
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