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 pencil box marked ₹800 has 7% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 2.A pencil box is marked ₹1000. In a sale it is sold for ₹860. What is the discount percentage?
- 3.40 is what percent of 80?
- 4.A cricket bat marked ₹1200 has 19% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 5.A pencil box costs ₹1150 before GST and ₹1357 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 6.The price of a cricket bat goes up from ₹500 to ₹755. What is the percentage increase?
- 7.A tank had 200 litres of water. Now it has 160 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 8.A school bag marked ₹100 has 31% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 9.A shop sold 80 ice creams on Monday and 160 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 10.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 180 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 11.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 27% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 12.?% of 400 = 136
- 13.A football costs ₹1070 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 14.4 is what percent of 40?
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 34%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 16.A wall clock costs ₹860 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 17.Isha spent ₹165, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 18.A number changes from 25 to 42. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 68% increase (b) 17% increase (c) 17% decrease (d) 68% decrease
- 19.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 20.A toy car is marked ₹600. In a sale it is sold for ₹450. What is the discount percentage?
- 21.A wall clock costs ₹850 before GST and ₹1003 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 22.40 children are in a school and 15% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 23.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 24% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 24.4% of 50 =
- 25.One shop sells a pencil box for ₹52 and another sells it for ₹48. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹250 and sells it for ₹340. What is the profit percentage?
- 27.6% of 600 =
- 28.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 29.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 30.A test has 40 marks. To get 85%, how many marks does Aarav need?
- 31.28 is 10% of ?
- 32.A school bag marked ₹150 has 34% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 33.A table fan costs ₹1250 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 34.5% of a number is 2. What is the number?
- 35.The price of a table fan goes up from ₹60 to ₹117. What is the percentage increase?
- 36.A number changes from 200 to 112. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 88% decrease (b) 44% increase (c) 88% increase (d) 44% decrease
- 37.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 330 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 38.The price of a wall clock comes down from ₹300 to ₹36. What is the percentage decrease?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹100 and sells it for ₹109. What is the profit percentage?
- 40.A kite costs ₹500 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
Answer key
- 56
- 14
- 50
- 972
- 18
- 51
- 20
- 31
- 100
- 28
- 508
- 34
- 1177
- 10
- 102
- 903
- 330
- 68% increase
- 54
- 25
- 18
- 6
- 19
- 2
- 8
- 36
- 36
- 144
- 80
- 34
- 280
- 99
- 1475
- 40
- 95
- 44% decrease
- 32
- 88
- 9
- 60
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