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 400 to 528. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 42% increase (b) 32% increase (c) 42% decrease (d) 32% decrease
- 2.What percent of 200 is 108?
- 3.Riya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 4.12% of a number is 6. What is the number?
- 5.What is the percentage difference between 18 and 22?
- 6.35% of 60 =
- 7.180 children are in a school and 45% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 8.Meera scored 24 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 25%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 10.A football costs ₹1060 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 11.40% of a number is 20. What is the number?
- 12.One shop sells a toy car for ₹66 and another sells it for ₹54. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 13.A number changes from 500 to 435. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 13% increase (b) 13% decrease (c) 65% increase (d) 65% decrease
- 14.A tank had 25 litres of water. Now it has 18 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 15.A shop sold 200 ice creams on Monday and 218 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 16.A number changes from 250 to 205. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 45% increase (c) 18% increase (d) 18% decrease
- 17.Rohan scored 186 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
- 18.A tank has 20 litres of water and 10% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 20.A toy car marked ₹120 has 30% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 21.₹4000 earns ₹960 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 22.₹500 earns ₹60 simple interest at 4% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 50%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 24.27 is 15% of ?
- 25.440 children are in a school and 65% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 26.One shop sells a storybook for ₹51 and another sells it for ₹69. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 27.A tank had 100 litres of water. Now it has 71 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 28.Meera keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 29.120% of 55 =
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹78. What is the loss percentage?
- 31.₹3000 earns ₹900 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 32.Aarav scored 213 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Aarav’s percentage?
- 33.A kite is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹102. What is the discount percentage?
- 34.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹80 to ₹100. What is the percentage increase?
- 35.Diya spent ₹72, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Diya have, in rupees?
- 36.A football marked ₹120 has 40% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 37.Anaya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 38.23 is what percent of 25?
- 39.Meera spent ₹13, which is 5% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 40.A tank had 50 litres of water. Now it has 33 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
Answer key
- 32% increase
- 54
- 2200
- 50
- 20
- 21
- 81
- 96
- 10
- 53
- 50
- 20
- 13% decrease
- 28
- 9
- 18% decrease
- 62
- 18
- 12
- 84
- 4
- 3
- 40
- 180
- 286
- 30
- 29
- 4360
- 66
- 48
- 3
- 71
- 15
- 25
- 288
- 72
- 2320
- 92
- 260
- 34
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