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.?% of 20 = 10
- 2.What is the percentage difference between 143 and 257?
- 3.110 children are in a school and 30% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 4.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 8 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 5.A toy car costs ₹430 before tax and ₹473 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 6.Riya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 3 years?
- 7.What percent of 500 is 180?
- 8.4% of 525 =
- 9.A cricket bat costs ₹400. The price comes down by 48%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 10.40% of 475 =
- 11.60% of a number is 24. What is the number?
- 12.A number changes from 150 to 165. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 15% increase (b) 10% decrease (c) 15% decrease (d) 10% increase
- 13.A kite costs ₹600 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 14.40% of 365 =
- 15.A storybook costs ₹1500 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 16.A number changes from 250 to 205. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 18% increase (c) 18% decrease (d) 45% increase
- 17.A number changes from 60 to 105. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% decrease (b) 75% decrease (c) 75% increase (d) 45% increase
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 10%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 19.A tank has 80 litres of water and 55% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 20.A water bottle costs ₹1700 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 21.78 is what percent of 150?
- 22.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 72% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 23.₹2000 earns ₹160 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 24.The price of a torch changes from ₹20 to ₹25. What is the percentage change?
- 25.A school bag costs ₹1225 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹80 and sells it at a loss of 25%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 28.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 29.14 is what percent of 25?
- 30.?% of 60 = 18
- 31.A tank has 120 litres of water and 55% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 and sells it for ₹339. What is the profit percentage?
- 33.A kite costs ₹950 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 34.A number changes from 120 to 174. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 54% increase (b) 45% decrease (c) 45% increase (d) 54% decrease
- 35.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 36.A number changes from 300 to 264. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% decrease (b) 12% increase (c) 36% increase (d) 36% decrease
- 37.Isha scored 295 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Isha’s percentage?
- 38.One shop sells a kite for ₹46 and another sells it for ₹54. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 40.A water bottle costs ₹1720 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
Answer key
- 50
- 57
- 33
- 60
- 10
- 1350
- 36
- 21
- 208
- 190
- 40
- 10% increase
- 660
- 146
- 1680
- 18% decrease
- 75% increase
- 15
- 36
- 1904
- 52
- 172
- 4
- 25
- 147
- 105
- 60
- 110
- 56
- 30
- 54
- 13
- 1121
- 45% increase
- 99
- 12% decrease
- 59
- 16
- 12
- 86
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