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 40 marks. To get 80%, how many marks does Ishaan need?
- 2.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 3.₹4000 earns ₹1200 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 4.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹150 to ₹243. What is the percentage increase?
- 5.₹4000 earns ₹960 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 6.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 7.15% of a number is 15. What is the number?
- 8.A team scored 100 runs in one match and 49% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 9.A price of ₹400 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 10.What is the percentage difference between 81 and 119?
- 11.A farmer picks 230 mangoes and 90% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹800 and sells it for ₹1128. What is the profit percentage?
- 13.The price of a lunch box comes down from ₹300 to ₹75. What is the percentage decrease?
- 14.What percent of 400 is 216?
- 15.A school club grows from 400 members to 560 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 16.A test has 200 marks. To get 71%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 17.500 children are in a school and 3% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 19.A tank had 60 litres of water. Now it has 24 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 20.40% of 65 =
- 21.₹3000 earns ₹660 simple interest at 11% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 23.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 24.4% of 600 =
- 25.7 is what percent of 50?
- 26.What is the percentage difference between 14 and 26?
- 27.What is the percentage difference between 47 and 33?
- 28.A number changes from 250 to 490. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 96% increase (b) 96% decrease (c) 106% increase (d) 106% decrease
- 29.A school club grows from 300 members to 420 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 31.201 is 60% of ?
- 32.A price comes down by 20% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 33.What is the percentage difference between 138 and 162?
- 34.One shop sells a storybook for ₹87 and another sells it for ₹33. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 35.One shop sells a football for ₹259 and another sells it for ₹141. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 36.Anaya scored 20 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 37.What is the percentage difference between 45 and 75?
- 38.A table fan marked ₹100 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 39.A price comes down by 20% and then goes up by 30%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) less (c) the same
- 40.A price of ₹400 comes down by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 32
- 44
- 3
- 62
- 8
- 405
- 100
- 51
- 300
- 38
- 207
- 41
- 75
- 54
- 40
- 142
- 15
- 750
- 60
- 26
- 2
- 88
- 56
- 24
- 14
- 60
- 35
- 96% increase
- 40
- 64
- 335
- less
- 16
- 90
- 59
- 40
- 50
- 50
- more
- 256
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