Percentage Questions with Answers Worksheet

Percentage lesson 20: Final challenge: mixed percentages · Set 910 · 40 questions

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.

1. 1.The price of a table fan comes down from ₹60 to ₹54. What is the percentage decrease?
2. 2.₹500 earns ₹300 simple interest at 12% a year. For how many years was it kept?
3. 3.A price of ₹500 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
4. 4.12% of a number is 39. What is the number?
5. 5.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹500 and sells it at a profit of 42%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
6. 6.A farmer picks 20 mangoes and 65% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
7. 7.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
8. 8.A school club has 80 members. The number grows by 60%. How many members are there now?
9. 9.A number changes from 200 to 238. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 19% increase (b) 38% decrease (c) 38% increase (d) 19% decrease
10. 10.A school club grows from 40 members to 54 members. What is the percentage increase?
11. 11.A number changes from 40 to 38. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 2% increase (b) 5% decrease (c) 5% increase (d) 2% decrease
12. 12.A torch is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹280. What is the discount percentage?
13. 13.40% of 265 =
14. 14.A table fan costs ₹300 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
15. 15.A number changes from 120 to 222. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 95% increase (b) 95% decrease (c) 85% increase (d) 85% decrease
16. 16.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 78 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
17. 17.A kite marked ₹400 has 24% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
18. 18.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 37%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
19. 19.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
20. 20.30% of a number is 36. What is the number?
21. 21.70% of 210 =
22. 22.216 is 60% of ?
23. 23.A water bottle costs ₹25. The price comes down by 40%. What is the new price, in rupees?
24. 24.Riya spent ₹52, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
25. 25.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹250 and sells it at a loss of 10%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
26. 26.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹172 and another sells it for ₹228. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
27. 27.8% of 425 =
28. 28.A lunch box is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹117. What is the discount percentage?
29. 29.?% of 300 = 93
30. 30.A tank had 20 litres of water. Now it has 17 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
31. 31.120% of 270 =
32. 32.Riya keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
33. 33.Arjun scored 450 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Arjun’s percentage?
34. 34.The price of a cricket bat comes down from ₹200 to ₹168. What is the percentage decrease?
35. 35.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 50%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
36. 36.What is the percentage difference between 177 and 63?
37. 37.Meera scored 44 out of 80 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
38. 38.Kabir keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 4 years?
39. 39.200 children are in a school and 3% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
40. 40.What percent of 20 is 9?

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