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 storybook marked ₹100 has 23% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 2.A number changes from 50 to 70. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 40% increase (b) 40% decrease (c) 20% increase (d) 20% decrease
- 3.25% of a number is 4. What is the number?
- 4.What is the percentage difference between 114 and 186?
- 5.The price of a football changes from ₹500 to ₹655. What is the percentage change?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹200 but has to sell it for ₹188. What is the loss percentage?
- 7.The price of a toy car goes up from ₹20 to ₹27. What is the percentage increase?
- 8.A price of ₹400 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 9.A shop sold 400 ice creams on Monday and 22% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 10.A table fan is marked ₹200. In a sale it is sold for ₹116. What is the discount percentage?
- 11.One shop sells a lunch box for ₹12 and another sells it for ₹28. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 12.A storybook costs ₹1700 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 13.A storybook marked ₹100 has 19% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 14.A school bag costs ₹1100 before GST and ₹1155 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 15.A farmer picks 300 mangoes and 2% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 16.A school club has 200 members. The number grows by 38%. How many members are there now?
- 17.A school club grows from 250 members to 285 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 18.A water bottle costs ₹1175 plus 12% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 19.A kite marked ₹400 has 21% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 20.What percent of 300 is 108?
- 21.A school bag costs ₹200 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 22.₹2000 earns ₹600 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 23.A wall clock costs ₹350 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 20%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 25.30% of a number is 42. What is the number?
- 26.Diya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 9% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 4 years, in rupees?
- 27.Arjun spent ₹23, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Arjun have, in rupees?
- 28.12% of a number is 39. What is the number?
- 29.A number changes from 200 to 362. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 81% increase (b) 91% increase (c) 91% decrease (d) 81% decrease
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 27%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 31.Anaya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 32.The price of a torch changes from ₹100 to ₹76. What is the percentage change?
- 33.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 34.A farmer picks 140 mangoes and 15% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 8%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 36.A school bag costs ₹60. The price goes up by 50%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 37.What is the percentage difference between 16 and 24?
- 38.50% of a number is 135. What is the number?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹38. What is the loss percentage?
- 40.What is the percentage difference between 108 and 132?
Answer key
- 77
- 40% increase
- 16
- 48
- 31
- 6
- 35
- 216
- 488
- 42
- 80
- 2006
- 19
- 5
- 6
- 276
- 14
- 1316
- 84
- 36
- 236
- 10
- 413
- 16
- 140
- 6800
- 115
- 325
- 81% increase
- 146
- 1120
- 24
- 54
- 21
- 92
- 90
- 40
- 270
- 5
- 20
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