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 38 and 42?
- 2.90% of 270 =
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 7%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 4.A school club grows from 400 members to 592 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 16%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 6.A test has 80 marks. To get 35%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 7.Dev keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Dev get in 1 year?
- 8.Rohan scored 8 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 9.A price goes up by 20% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) more (c) the same
- 10.Rohan scored 414 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Rohan’s percentage?
- 11.A tank holds 160 litres of water and 30% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 12.3 is what percent of 20?
- 13.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 14.A lunch box costs ₹60. The price comes down by 5%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 15.The price of a school bag goes up from ₹25 to ₹42. What is the percentage increase?
- 16.12% of 75 =
- 17.A kite is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹396. What is the discount percentage?
- 18.Arjun scored 18 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 19.₹5000 earns ₹1000 simple interest at 10% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 20.A number changes from 40 to 38. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 5% decrease (b) 2% increase (c) 2% decrease (d) 5% increase
- 21.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹80 to ₹120. What is the percentage increase?
- 22.A football costs ₹1400 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 23.A price of ₹100 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 24.Isha spent ₹22, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 25.A torch marked ₹400 has 34% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 26.2% of 250 =
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹285. What is the loss percentage?
- 28.?% of 40 = 28
- 29.?% of 400 = 252
- 30.Sara keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Sara get in 3 years?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 14%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 33.One shop sells a toy car for ₹88 and another sells it for ₹72. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 34.A tank holds 250 litres of water and 12% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 35.The price of a school bag changes from ₹250 to ₹450. What is the percentage change?
- 36.The price of a kite comes down from ₹20 to ₹7. What is the percentage decrease?
- 37.A lunch box marked ₹1000 has 8% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 38.A farmer picks 400 mangoes and 35% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹190. What is the loss percentage?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹67. What is the loss percentage?
Answer key
- 10
- 243
- 42
- 48
- 40
- 28
- 40
- 40
- less
- 69
- 48
- 15
- 585
- 57
- 68
- 9
- 34
- 72
- 2
- 5% decrease
- 50
- 1652
- 63
- 55
- 264
- 5
- 5
- 70
- 63
- 1650
- 780
- 84
- 20
- 30
- 80
- 65
- 920
- 140
- 24
- 33
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