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.What is the percentage difference between 28 and 12?
- 2.A pencil box is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹460. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹36. What is the loss percentage?
- 4.A number changes from 25 to 45. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 80% increase (b) 20% increase (c) 20% decrease (d) 80% decrease
- 5.30 children are in a school and 40% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 6.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 7.92 is what percent of 400?
- 8.A tank holds 320 litres of water and 30% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 9.30% of a number is 99. What is the number?
- 10.27 is 30% of ?
- 11.Meera scored 14 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 12.The price of a football changes from ₹25 to ₹13. What is the percentage change?
- 13.80% of 175 =
- 14.What is the percentage difference between 44 and 56?
- 15.Rohan keeps ₹500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 16.6% of 50 =
- 17.A test has 40 marks. To get 70%, how many marks does Meera need?
- 18.65% of 20 =
- 19.What percent of 80 is 64?
- 20.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 12% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 21.A school club grows from 20 members to 29 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹228. What is the loss percentage?
- 23.A wall clock costs ₹25. The price comes down by 16%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 24.A wall clock costs ₹80. The price comes down by 15%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 25.₹3000 earns ₹1650 simple interest in 5 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 26.Dev scored 177 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 27.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹60 to ₹90. What is the percentage increase?
- 28.35% of 280 =
- 29.What is the percentage difference between 41 and 39?
- 30.A price of ₹100 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 31.Diya scored 32 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 32.A price of ₹400 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 33.75% of a number is 132. What is the number?
- 34.A number changes from 40 to 70. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 30% decrease (b) 75% increase (c) 30% increase (d) 75% decrease
- 35.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) more (c) less
- 36.A school club grows from 250 members to 470 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 37.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹800 and sells it for ₹976. What is the profit percentage?
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹800 and sells it for ₹912. What is the profit percentage?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 16%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 40.A cricket bat marked ₹800 has 39% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 80
- 8
- 28
- 80% increase
- 12
- 68
- 23
- 96
- 330
- 90
- 35
- 48
- 140
- 24
- 580
- 3
- 28
- 13
- 80
- 56
- 45
- 24
- 21
- 68
- 11
- 59
- 50
- 98
- 5
- 48
- 40
- 900
- 176
- 75% increase
- less
- 88
- 22
- 14
- 126
- 488
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