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 goes up from ₹20 to ₹28. What is the percentage increase?
- 2.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹70 and another sells it for ₹90. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 7%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 4.20% of a number is 15. What is the number?
- 5.₹500 earns ₹105 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 45%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 7.A storybook costs ₹800 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 8.A shop sold 60 ice creams on Monday and 102 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 9.Rohan keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 11% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 10.A shop sold 60 ice creams on Monday and 95% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 11.What is the percentage difference between 100 and 60?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 42%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 13.A wall clock costs ₹1870 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹800 but has to sell it for ₹408. What is the loss percentage?
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 25%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 16.Rohan scored 28 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 17.A shop sold 150 ice creams on Monday and 40% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 18.12% of a number is 39. What is the number?
- 19.₹1000 earns ₹200 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 20.A storybook costs ₹40. The price goes up by 70%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 21.12% of a number is 24. What is the number?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 15%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 23.What percent of 20 is 18?
- 24.A pencil box marked ₹120 has 40% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 25.18 is what percent of 50?
- 26.A price comes down by 30% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) less (c) more
- 27.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹250 but has to sell it for ₹205. What is the loss percentage?
- 28.A toy car is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹124. What is the discount percentage?
- 29.24 is what percent of 60?
- 30.A kite costs ₹80. The price comes down by 15%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 31.40% of 515 =
- 32.Kabir keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 5 years?
- 33.A number changes from 250 to 110. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 66% increase (b) 56% decrease (c) 56% increase (d) 66% decrease
- 34.What percent of 300 is 285?
- 35.A torch costs ₹280 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 36.A torch is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹96. What is the discount percentage?
- 37.80% of 140 =
- 38.A water bottle costs ₹40. The price goes up by 65%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 39.Anaya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 3 years, in rupees?
- 40.The price of a storybook changes from ₹20 to ₹10. What is the percentage change?
Answer key
- 40
- 25
- 744
- 75
- 7
- 54
- 40
- 70
- 1110
- 117
- 50
- 63
- 2057
- 49
- 30
- 35
- 210
- 325
- 5
- 68
- 200
- 18
- 90
- 72
- 36
- less
- 18
- 38
- 40
- 68
- 206
- 1500
- 56% decrease
- 95
- 14
- 20
- 112
- 66
- 1060
- 50
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