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.Riya scored 576 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 2.A cricket bat is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹664. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹100 and sells it for ₹135. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹250 and sells it at a loss of 28%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 5.Isha spent ₹21, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 6.A cricket bat costs ₹1050 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 8.A lunch box costs ₹20. The price comes down by 60%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 9.12% of a number is 9. What is the number?
- 10.A team scored 120 runs in one match and 30% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 11.500 children are in a school and 6% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 12.A price comes down by 40% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 13.A water bottle marked ₹100 has 27% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 14.A kite marked ₹300 has 7% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 15.7 is what percent of 20?
- 16.80% of 90 =
- 17.₹5000 earns ₹550 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 18.A price goes up by 40% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
- 19.What is the percentage difference between 27 and 13?
- 20.190 is 50% of ?
- 21.What is the percentage difference between 57 and 63?
- 22.A price of ₹100 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 23.Diya keeps ₹500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Diya get in 1 year?
- 24.A tank holds 90 litres of water and 80% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 25.A test has 40 marks. To get 75%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 26.A water bottle costs ₹520 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 27.Isha keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 28.A toy car marked ₹600 has 46% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 29.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 29 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 30.The price of a school bag changes from ₹500 to ₹580. What is the percentage change?
- 31.5% of a number is 11. What is the number?
- 32.30 is what percent of 40?
- 33.A number changes from 250 to 140. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 44% increase (b) 54% increase (c) 44% decrease (d) 54% decrease
- 34.What percent of 25 is 14?
- 35.A tank holds 275 litres of water and 4% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 36.A tank has 150 litres of water and 6% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 37.A pencil box is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹570. What is the discount percentage?
- 38.25% of a number is 9. What is the number?
- 39.A table fan costs ₹360 before GST and ₹378 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 40.A football costs ₹1800 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
Answer key
- 96
- 17
- 35
- 180
- 210
- 189
- 4
- 8
- 75
- 84
- 30
- less
- 27
- 21
- 35
- 72
- 11
- less
- 70
- 380
- 10
- 54
- 10
- 72
- 30
- 26
- 4400
- 324
- 42
- 16
- 220
- 75
- 44% decrease
- 56
- 11
- 141
- 43
- 36
- 5
- 90
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