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 tank has 25 litres of water and 56% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 2.A price of ₹200 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 3.A number changes from 250 to 230. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 8% decrease (b) 20% decrease (c) 20% increase (d) 8% increase
- 4.12 is 5% of ?
- 5.A table fan costs ₹80. The price goes up by 5%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 6.Riya spent ₹25, which is 25% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 7.A torch is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹87. What is the discount percentage?
- 8.₹3000 earns ₹480 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 9.A number changes from 40 to 52. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 12% increase (b) 30% increase (c) 12% decrease (d) 30% decrease
- 10.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹213. What is the loss percentage?
- 11.10 is what percent of 50?
- 12.A number changes from 40 to 16. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 70% decrease (b) 70% increase (c) 60% decrease (d) 60% increase
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹300 and sells it at a loss of 10%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 14.11 is what percent of 25?
- 15.A storybook costs ₹60. The price goes up by 95%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 16.What percent of 40 is 8?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 101 and 99?
- 18.A lunch box marked ₹150 has 26% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹348. What is the loss percentage?
- 20.A number changes from 500 to 945. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 99% increase (b) 89% decrease (c) 89% increase (d) 99% decrease
- 21.12% of 250 =
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹320. What is the loss percentage?
- 23.A price goes up by 50% and then comes down by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹600 and sells it at a profit of 6%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 25.Meera scored 110 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 26.16 is what percent of 40?
- 27.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹300 to ₹198. What is the percentage change?
- 28.80% of 585 =
- 29.A price goes up by 40%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 30.The price of a school bag changes from ₹300 to ₹558. What is the percentage change?
- 31.80% of a number is 192. What is the number?
- 32.A football costs ₹1750 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 33.A number changes from 40 to 62. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 22% decrease (b) 55% increase (c) 55% decrease (d) 22% increase
- 34.40% of 305 =
- 35.Diya scored 72 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Diya score?
- 36.A farmer picks 200 mangoes and 8% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 37.50 is 40% of ?
- 38.A price of ₹500 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 39.₹5000 earns ₹900 simple interest at 6% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 40.40% of 315 =
Answer key
- 11
- 264
- 8% decrease
- 240
- 84
- 100
- 13
- 4
- 30% increase
- 29
- 20
- 60% decrease
- 30
- 44
- 117
- 20
- 2
- 111
- 13
- 89% increase
- 30
- 36
- more
- 636
- 55
- 40
- 34
- 468
- 54
- 86
- 240
- 210
- 55% increase
- 122
- 90
- 16
- 125
- 180
- 3
- 126
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