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 is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹132. What is the discount percentage?
- 2.258 is what percent of 300?
- 3.A toy car costs ₹420 before GST and ₹441 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 4.A school club has 120 members. The number grows by 5%. How many members are there now?
- 5.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 52% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 6.A tank has 40 litres of water and 15% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹120 but has to sell it for ₹72. What is the loss percentage?
- 8.A toy car marked ₹100 has 31% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 9.A number changes from 300 to 579. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 93% increase (b) 103% increase (c) 103% decrease (d) 93% decrease
- 10.A farmer picks 100 mangoes and 3% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 8%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 12.A pencil box is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹150. What is the discount percentage?
- 13.Diya keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 3% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 14.90 is 40% of ?
- 15.80% of 550 =
- 16.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 41%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 46 and 34?
- 18.28 is what percent of 40?
- 19.Anaya scored 21 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Anaya score?
- 20.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹400 to ₹288. What is the percentage change?
- 21.Sara spent ₹1, which is 50% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Sara have, in rupees?
- 22.What is the percentage difference between 86 and 74?
- 23.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹88. What is the loss percentage?
- 24.Isha spent ₹96, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 25.Dev scored 18 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 26.What is the percentage difference between 144 and 96?
- 27.Meera keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Meera get in 4 years?
- 28.What percent of 40 is 6?
- 29.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 30%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 32.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹324. What is the loss percentage?
- 33.A test has 500 marks. To get 70%, how many marks does Dev need?
- 34.A water bottle is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹141. What is the discount percentage?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 35%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 36.27 is what percent of 60?
- 37.2% of 400 =
- 38.A number changes from 150 to 258. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 72% decrease (b) 82% decrease (c) 72% increase (d) 82% increase
- 39.84 is what percent of 120?
- 40.A wall clock costs ₹1790 before tax and ₹1969 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
Answer key
- 34
- 86
- 5
- 126
- 608
- 34
- 40
- 31
- 93% increase
- 3
- 64
- 40
- 4240
- 225
- 440
- 423
- 30
- 70
- 42
- 28
- 2
- 15
- 12
- 128
- 90
- 40
- 720
- 15
- 43
- 752
- 36
- 19
- 350
- 6
- 14
- 45
- 8
- 72% increase
- 70
- 10
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