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 water bottle costs ₹1350 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 2.Aarav keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 3.30% of a number is 75. What is the number?
- 4.A number changes from 80 to 36. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% decrease (b) 44% decrease (c) 44% increase (d) 55% increase
- 5.The price of a table fan changes from ₹400 to ₹248. What is the percentage change?
- 6.Meera scored 56 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 7.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 18 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 8.150% of 528 =
- 9.A test has 50 marks. To get 46%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹600 and sells it at a loss of 7%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 33%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 12.A number changes from 100 to 94. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% decrease (b) 16% decrease (c) 6% increase (d) 16% increase
- 13.Riya scored 420 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹80 and sells it for ₹92. What is the profit percentage?
- 15.Meera keeps ₹2500 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 1 year?
- 16.1 is 5% of ?
- 17.A storybook marked ₹800 has 15% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 18.A lunch box costs ₹1250 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 19.A water bottle costs ₹1950 before GST and ₹2301 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 20.150 children are in a school and 6% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 21.A kite is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹59. What is the discount percentage?
- 22.A pencil box marked ₹250 has 6% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 23.Arjun scored 420 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
- 24.Meera scored 50 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 25.A lunch box is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹95. What is the discount percentage?
- 26.A test has 40 marks. To get 90%, how many marks does Isha need?
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 28.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 29.The price of a water bottle goes up from ₹60 to ₹66. What is the percentage increase?
- 30.150% of 294 =
- 31.What percent of 25 is 13?
- 32.A storybook is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹155. What is the discount percentage?
- 33.Meera scored 234 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 34.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 76% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 35.Meera scored 270 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Meera’s percentage?
- 36.What is the percentage difference between 157 and 243?
- 37.A school bag costs ₹100. The price goes up by 55%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 38.A farmer picks 185 mangoes and 40% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 39.20% of a number is 7. What is the number?
- 40.The price of a football changes from ₹20 to ₹23. What is the percentage change?
Answer key
- 1593
- 2240
- 250
- 55% decrease
- 38
- 70
- 10
- 792
- 23
- 558
- 532
- 6% decrease
- 84
- 15
- 50
- 20
- 120
- 1375
- 18
- 9
- 41
- 15
- 84
- 100
- 5
- 36
- 45
- 80
- 10
- 441
- 52
- 38
- 78
- 88
- 54
- 43
- 155
- 74
- 35
- 15
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