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 number changes from 500 to 695. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 39% decrease (b) 49% increase (c) 49% decrease (d) 39% increase
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 3.30 is 12% of ?
- 4.A number changes from 150 to 126. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 24% decrease (b) 24% increase (c) 16% increase (d) 16% decrease
- 5.A price of ₹200 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 6.A shop sold 60 ice creams on Monday and 20% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 7.A school club has 40 members. The number grows by 15%. How many members are there now?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹400 and sells it for ₹568. What is the profit percentage?
- 9.?% of 50 = 39
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 and sells it for ₹438. What is the profit percentage?
- 11.30 children are in a school and 70% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 12.A price of ₹200 goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 13.What is the percentage difference between 56 and 24?
- 14.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 14 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 15.Arjun spent ₹36, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 16.Anaya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 17.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 18.A test has 50 marks. To get 72%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 19.?% of 20 = 10
- 20.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹150 and sells it for ₹183. What is the profit percentage?
- 21.Riya keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 4 years?
- 22.What percent of 20 is 11?
- 23.A shop sold 500 ice creams on Monday and 990 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 24.12 is 12% of ?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹100 and sells it for ₹109. What is the profit percentage?
- 26.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹40 to ₹72. What is the percentage change?
- 27.101 is 50% of ?
- 28.A school bag costs ₹430 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 29.A storybook costs ₹720 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 30%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 31.A torch costs ₹1880 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 32.A torch marked ₹1200 has 43% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 33.A price of ₹100 goes up by 20%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 34.One shop sells a table fan for ₹72 and another sells it for ₹88. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹250 and sells it at a loss of 12%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 36.Riya scored 408 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 37.A torch marked ₹200 has 8% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 38.The price of a torch comes down from ₹120 to ₹102. What is the percentage decrease?
- 39.Dev scored 26 out of 40 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹244. What is the loss percentage?
Answer key
- 39% increase
- 52
- 250
- 16% decrease
- 312
- 72
- 46
- 42
- 78
- 46
- 21
- 312
- 80
- 44
- 300
- 4240
- 159
- 36
- 50
- 22
- 300
- 55
- 98
- 100
- 9
- 80
- 202
- 473
- 72
- 90
- 1974
- 684
- 60
- 20
- 30
- 68
- 16
- 15
- 65
- 39
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