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 test has 50 marks. To get 78%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 2.The price of a table fan changes from ₹80 to ₹132. What is the percentage change?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1104. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.35% of 100 =
- 5.Dev scored 184 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 47%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 7.A tank holds 30 litres of water and 60% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 8.60% of a number is 57. What is the number?
- 9.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 30% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 10.What is the percentage difference between 98 and 62?
- 11.What is the percentage difference between 102 and 58?
- 12.₹2500 earns ₹625 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 13.₹1500 earns ₹720 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 14.2% of 400 =
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 39%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 16.A price of ₹200 goes up by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 17.A school bag costs ₹950 before GST and ₹1121 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 18.One shop sells a toy car for ₹105 and another sells it for ₹195. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 19.A football marked ₹100 has 14% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 20.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹32. What is the loss percentage?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹100 and sells it for ₹136. What is the profit percentage?
- 22.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹99 and another sells it for ₹51. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 23.A table fan costs ₹100. The price goes up by 34%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 24.A tank holds 360 litres of water and 65% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 25.12% of a number is 9. What is the number?
- 26.Diya spent ₹18, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
- 27.What percent of 250 is 35?
- 28.What percent of 80 is 52?
- 29.A cricket bat marked ₹100 has 13% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 30.?% of 40 = 26
- 31.A pencil box costs ₹250. The price comes down by 20%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 32.A tank had 120 litres of water. Now it has 42 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 33.35% of 140 =
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹465. What is the loss percentage?
- 35.A tank holds 250 litres of water and 8% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 37.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹40 to ₹68. What is the percentage increase?
- 38.A school bag costs ₹75 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 39.A number changes from 40 to 58. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 18% decrease (c) 45% increase (d) 18% increase
- 40.A kite costs ₹750 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
Answer key
- 39
- 65
- 38
- 35
- 46
- 282
- 18
- 95
- 14
- 45
- 55
- 5
- 4
- 8
- 156
- 224
- 18
- 60
- 14
- 36
- 36
- 64
- 134
- 234
- 75
- 360
- 14
- 65
- 87
- 65
- 200
- 65
- 49
- 7
- 20
- 70
- 70
- 84
- 45% increase
- 90
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