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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- 1.15 is 15% of ?
- 2.A table fan is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹190. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.A school bag costs ₹1175 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 4.A price comes down by 50% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹195. What is the loss percentage?
- 6.A cricket bat costs ₹320 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 7.15% of 280 =
- 8.8% of 475 =
- 9.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹80 to ₹84. What is the percentage increase?
- 10.A tank holds 300 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 11.A test has 40 marks. To get 55%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 12.3% of 500 =
- 13.A tank holds 225 litres of water and 8% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 14.A team scored 300 runs in one match and 201 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 15.Rohan keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 17.Rohan scored 316 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
- 18.A school club grows from 120 members to 192 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 19.What percent of 60 is 18?
- 20.What is the percentage difference between 71 and 29?
- 21.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 57% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 59 and 21?
- 23.A water bottle costs ₹480 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 24.What percent of 250 is 75?
- 25.A tank had 400 litres of water. Now it has 240 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 27.80 is 20% of ?
- 28.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 92% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 29.Anaya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 30.A test has 50 marks. To get 42%, how many marks does Diya need?
- 31.Ishaan keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 32.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 33.570 children are in a school and 30% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 34.One shop sells a school bag for ₹66 and another sells it for ₹134. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 35.A cricket bat costs ₹325 before tax and ₹364 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 36.50 children are in a school and 90% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 37.A kite marked ₹100 has 13% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 38.The price of a table fan comes down from ₹60 to ₹57. What is the percentage decrease?
- 39.Dev scored 22 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 40.Dev spent ₹37, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
Answer key
- 100
- 24
- 141
- less
- 22
- 16
- 42
- 38
- 5
- 18
- 22
- 15
- 18
- 33
- 1545
- 12
- 79
- 60
- 30
- 84
- 43
- 95
- 48
- 30
- 40
- 36
- 400
- 480
- 1110
- 21
- 1100
- 82
- 171
- 68
- 12
- 45
- 13
- 5
- 88
- 148
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