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.The price of a wall clock comes down from ₹300 to ₹87. What is the percentage decrease?
- 2.A storybook costs ₹1450 before GST and ₹1711 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 3.150% of 310 =
- 4.A lunch box is marked ₹150. In a sale it is sold for ₹120. What is the discount percentage?
- 5.A price of ₹100 goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 6.A price of ₹300 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 7.A number changes from 200 to 326. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 63% decrease (b) 73% increase (c) 63% increase (d) 73% decrease
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹250 and sells it at a loss of 30%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 12%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 10.12% of 400 =
- 11.120% of 395 =
- 12.A shop sold 100 ice creams on Monday and 166 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 13.The price of a storybook goes up from ₹400 to ₹520. What is the percentage increase?
- 14.45% of 360 =
- 15.What is the percentage difference between 53 and 147?
- 16.The price of a school bag changes from ₹25 to ₹48. What is the percentage change?
- 17.34 is what percent of 200?
- 18.₹5000 earns ₹400 simple interest at 8% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 19.49 is 20% of ?
- 20.A test has 80 marks. To get 95%, how many marks does Riya need?
- 21.45% of 480 =
- 22.A lunch box costs ₹360 before GST and ₹378 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 23.One shop sells a kite for ₹31 and another sells it for ₹69. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 24.What percent of 20 is 4?
- 25.Kabir scored 49 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 26.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹96 and another sells it for ₹54. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 27.Riya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 10% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 1 year?
- 28.A kite costs ₹160 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 41%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 30.The price of a cricket bat changes from ₹300 to ₹258. What is the percentage change?
- 31.3 is 15% of ?
- 32.A price of ₹400 goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 33.A shop sold 250 ice creams on Monday and 500 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 34.Dev keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 6% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 20%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 36.₹500 earns ₹15 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 37.A tank holds 240 litres of water and 45% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 38.The price of a pencil box goes up from ₹200 to ₹370. What is the percentage increase?
- 39.What percent of 50 is 16?
- 40.A team scored 60 runs in one match and 25% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
Answer key
- 71
- 18
- 465
- 20
- 121
- 231
- 63% increase
- 75
- 224
- 48
- 474
- 66
- 30
- 162
- 94
- 92
- 17
- 1
- 245
- 76
- 216
- 5
- 76
- 20
- 98
- 56
- 200
- 8
- 205
- 14
- 20
- 720
- 100
- 1590
- 10
- 3
- 108
- 85
- 32
- 45
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