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 shopkeeper buys a football for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 48%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 2.A farmer picks 75 mangoes and 4% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it for ₹116. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.40% of a number is 84. What is the number?
- 5.What is the percentage difference between 242 and 158?
- 6.A pencil box costs ₹1800 before GST and ₹1890 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 7.What is the percentage difference between 32 and 48?
- 8.A test has 200 marks. To get 45%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 9.A cricket bat costs ₹400. The price comes down by 36%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 10.Arjun scored 24 out of 25 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 11.A torch costs ₹1850 before tax and ₹2072 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 12.A lunch box marked ₹300 has 34% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 13.The price of a lunch box changes from ₹120 to ₹192. What is the percentage change?
- 14.A lunch box is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹445. What is the discount percentage?
- 15.A number changes from 120 to 156. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 30% decrease (b) 36% decrease (c) 30% increase (d) 36% increase
- 16.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹60 to ₹6. What is the percentage decrease?
- 17.A torch costs ₹350 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 18.A school club grows from 150 members to 261 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹267. What is the loss percentage?
- 20.Riya spent ₹42, which is 12% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 21.Dev keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 22.A torch marked ₹1200 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 23.24 is what percent of 60?
- 24.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 25.A school club has 400 members. The number grows by 17%. How many members are there now?
- 26.Dev keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 27.A farmer picks 300 mangoes and 45% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 28.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 30% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 29.What percent of 200 is 132?
- 30.One shop sells a kite for ₹78 and another sells it for ₹42. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 31.4% of 525 =
- 32.A wall clock costs ₹1300 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 33.6 is what percent of 20?
- 34.A torch costs ₹1530 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 10% are added?
- 35.9 is 15% of ?
- 36.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 and sells it at a profit of 8%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 37.A price goes up by 30%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 38.15% of a number is 42. What is the number?
- 39.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 40.A torch costs ₹120. The price goes up by 70%. What is the new price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 78
- 3
- 16
- 210
- 42
- 5
- 40
- 90
- 256
- 96
- 12
- 198
- 60
- 11
- 30% increase
- 90
- 42
- 74
- 11
- 350
- 1560
- 600
- 40
- 630
- 468
- 4500
- 135
- 42
- 66
- 60
- 21
- 65
- 30
- 153
- 60
- 324
- 56
- 280
- 68
- 204
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