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 price goes up by 50% and then comes down by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) more (b) the same (c) less
- 2.A school club grows from 50 members to 69 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 3.One shop sells a cricket bat for ₹225 and another sells it for ₹175. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 4.60% of a number is 171. What is the number?
- 5.₹1500 earns ₹270 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 6.A toy car marked ₹400 has 14% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹80 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 8.A team scored 150 runs in one match and 16% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 9.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 37%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 10.A pencil box marked ₹500 has 13% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 11.A number changes from 20 to 35. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 75% decrease (b) 15% decrease (c) 15% increase (d) 75% increase
- 12.Dev keeps ₹3000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 1 year, in rupees?
- 13.?% of 250 = 210
- 14.Ishaan scored 48 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Ishaan score?
- 15.₹5000 earns ₹150 simple interest in 1 year. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 16.?% of 50 = 36
- 17.Riya keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 2% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Riya get in 1 year?
- 18.172 is what percent of 400?
- 19.60% of a number is 162. What is the number?
- 20.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹25 to ₹31. What is the percentage change?
- 21.60% of 425 =
- 22.Ishaan scored 378 marks out of 600 in 6 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 23.?% of 250 = 35
- 24.Dev keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 4% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Dev get in 2 years?
- 25.One shop sells a table fan for ₹90 and another sells it for ₹30. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 26.The price of a torch changes from ₹50 to ₹41. What is the percentage change?
- 27.Isha spent ₹75, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Isha have, in rupees?
- 28.30% of 90 =
- 29.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 35%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 30.One shop sells a water bottle for ₹27 and another sells it for ₹53. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 31.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 30%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 32.What percent of 50 is 7?
- 33.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹200 and sells it at a profit of 13%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 34.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹150 and sells it at a loss of 40%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 35.The price of a wall clock goes up from ₹250 to ₹270. What is the percentage increase?
- 36.15% of a number is 27. What is the number?
- 37.₹1000 earns ₹180 simple interest at 9% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 38.What percent of 500 is 390?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 28%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 40.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 44%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
Answer key
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- 38
- 25
- 285
- 6
- 344
- 92
- 126
- 296
- 65
- 75% increase
- 3210
- 84
- 96
- 3
- 72
- 40
- 43
- 270
- 24
- 255
- 63
- 14
- 120
- 100
- 18
- 375
- 27
- 54
- 65
- 84
- 14
- 26
- 90
- 8
- 180
- 2
- 78
- 64
- 44
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