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.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹300 to ₹321. What is the percentage change?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹50 and sells it for ₹65. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 49%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 5.A price comes down by 40% and then goes up by 40%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 6.10% of a number is 11. What is the number?
- 7.A number changes from 200 to 214. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 7% decrease (b) 7% increase (c) 14% increase (d) 14% decrease
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹250 and sells it at a profit of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 9.Meera keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 1 year?
- 10.Dev scored 228 marks out of 400 in 4 subjects (100 marks each). What is Dev’s percentage?
- 11.A toy car marked ₹600 has 9% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 12.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 13.A school club has 60 members. The number grows by 15%. How many members are there now?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 15.Isha keeps ₹500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Isha get in 4 years?
- 16.A tank has 20 litres of water and 20% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 49 and 31?
- 18.A kite costs ₹420 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 19.A price of ₹500 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 20.?% of 25 = 17
- 21.A number changes from 120 to 60. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 100% decrease (b) 50% decrease (c) 100% increase (d) 50% increase
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹24. What is the loss percentage?
- 23.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 219 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 24.A lunch box marked ₹150 has 16% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹50 and sells it for ₹53. What is the profit percentage?
- 26.A water bottle costs ₹1180 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 27.A lunch box costs ₹500. The price goes up by 30%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 28.What percent of 40 is 12?
- 29.A cricket bat marked ₹400 has 27% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 30.A school club grows from 120 members to 144 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 31.What percent of 250 is 115?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 15%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 33.Meera scored 24 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 34.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 45% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 35.₹3000 earns ₹360 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 36.Rohan scored 146 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 37.114 is 30% of ?
- 38.A number changes from 40 to 58. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 45% increase (b) 18% decrease (c) 18% increase (d) 45% decrease
- 39.40% of 470 =
- 40.A price comes down by 50% and then goes up by 50%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
Answer key
- 7
- 26
- 30
- 49
- less
- 110
- 7% increase
- 350
- 60
- 57
- 54
- 55
- 69
- 28
- 80
- 16
- 45
- 441
- 375
- 68
- 50% decrease
- 40
- 46
- 24
- 6
- 1239
- 650
- 30
- 108
- 20
- 46
- 15
- 30
- 58
- 4
- 73
- 380
- 45% increase
- 188
- less
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