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 school club has 150 members. The number grows by 86%. How many members are there now?
- 2.5% of a number is 11. What is the number?
- 3.50% of a number is 141. What is the number?
- 4.What is the percentage difference between 151 and 249?
- 5.A price of ₹100 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 6.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 and sells it at a profit of 32%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 7.A tank holds 500 litres of water and 3% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 8.A tank has 300 litres of water and 37% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹300 and sells it for ₹321. What is the profit percentage?
- 10.A number changes from 300 to 540. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 90% increase (b) 80% decrease (c) 80% increase (d) 90% decrease
- 11.A farmer picks 460 mangoes and 90% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 12.A water bottle costs ₹850 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 18% are added?
- 13.The price of a torch comes down from ₹40 to ₹6. What is the percentage decrease?
- 14.The price of a school bag changes from ₹50 to ₹46. What is the percentage change?
- 15.Riya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 16.A test has 40 marks. To get 45%, how many marks does Arjun need?
- 17.The price of a storybook goes up from ₹25 to ₹44. What is the percentage increase?
- 18.520 children are in a school and 35% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 19.A price of ₹400 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 20.Arjun scored 504 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
- 21.A team scored 25 runs in one match and 19 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 22.A school bag marked ₹120 has 50% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 23.A toy car is marked ₹400. In a sale it is sold for ₹360. What is the discount percentage?
- 24.What is the percentage difference between 111 and 189?
- 25.A school club grows from 60 members to 75 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 26.A number changes from 200 to 292. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 46% decrease (b) 92% increase (c) 46% increase (d) 92% decrease
- 27.Rohan scored 37 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Rohan score?
- 28.₹4000 earns ₹600 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 29.The price of a wall clock changes from ₹200 to ₹382. What is the percentage change?
- 30.12% of 25 =
- 31.5% of a number is 2. What is the number?
- 32.A shop sold 80 ice creams on Monday and 112 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 33.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 200 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 34.₹1500 earns ₹180 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 35.What percent of 50 is 5?
- 36.A football marked ₹500 has 33% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 37.15 is 5% of ?
- 38.25% of a number is 26. What is the number?
- 39.What is the percentage difference between 93 and 57?
- 40.2 is 40% of ?
Answer key
- 279
- 220
- 282
- 49
- 132
- 128
- 15
- 189
- 7
- 80% increase
- 414
- 153
- 85
- 8
- 1120
- 18
- 76
- 182
- 840
- 84
- 24
- 60
- 10
- 52
- 25
- 46% increase
- 74
- 5
- 91
- 3
- 40
- 40
- 20
- 4
- 10
- 335
- 300
- 104
- 48
- 5
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