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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- 1.50% of a number is 165. What is the number?
- 2.A price of ₹500 goes up by 50%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 3.The price of a toy car changes from ₹60 to ₹39. What is the percentage change?
- 4.One shop sells a school bag for ₹87 and another sells it for ₹63. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 5.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹128 and another sells it for ₹72. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 6.A farmer picks 325 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 7.30% of 400 =
- 8.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 63 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 9.33 is what percent of 60?
- 10.₹4000 earns ₹560 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 11.30% of 600 =
- 12.₹3000 earns ₹240 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 13.A storybook costs ₹700 before GST and ₹826 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 14.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 26%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 20%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 16.A number changes from 100 to 78. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 22% decrease (b) 32% decrease (c) 32% increase (d) 22% increase
- 17.A number changes from 60 to 117. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 57% decrease (b) 95% increase (c) 57% increase (d) 95% decrease
- 18.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹40 but has to sell it for ₹36. What is the loss percentage?
- 19.One shop sells a storybook for ₹42 and another sells it for ₹38. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 20.A shop sold 20 ice creams on Monday and 29 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 21.Isha scored 196 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Isha score?
- 22.A kite is marked ₹120. In a sale it is sold for ₹60. What is the discount percentage?
- 23.?% of 150 = 15
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 50%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 25.Isha keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Isha get in 2 years?
- 26.A storybook costs ₹800 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 27.Riya spent ₹69, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 28.A tank holds 400 litres of water and 2% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 29.30% of a number is 42. What is the number?
- 30.Aarav spent ₹120, which is 30% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Aarav have, in rupees?
- 31.What percent of 60 is 30?
- 32.A tank had 120 litres of water. Now it has 114 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 33.A wall clock marked ₹200 has 14% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 34.A toy car costs ₹1790 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 35.A torch is marked ₹300. In a sale it is sold for ₹225. What is the discount percentage?
- 36.A table fan costs ₹120. The price comes down by 80%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 37.The price of a storybook changes from ₹300 to ₹432. What is the percentage change?
- 38.Meera spent ₹51, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 39.A tank had 150 litres of water. Now it has 132 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.10 is 25% of ?
Answer key
- 330
- 450
- 35
- 32
- 56
- 13
- 120
- 26
- 55
- 2
- 180
- 4
- 18
- 126
- 32
- 22% decrease
- 95% increase
- 10
- 10
- 45
- 98
- 50
- 10
- 60
- 500
- 944
- 230
- 8
- 140
- 400
- 50
- 5
- 28
- 1969
- 25
- 24
- 44
- 204
- 12
- 40
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