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.One shop sells a storybook for ₹58 and another sells it for ₹42. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 2.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹558. What is the loss percentage?
- 3.40% of a number is 144. What is the number?
- 4.Kabir scored 153 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Kabir’s percentage?
- 5.₹5000 earns ₹100 simple interest at 2% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 6.₹1500 earns ₹540 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 7.A football marked ₹600 has 27% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 8.₹1500 earns ₹450 simple interest in 3 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 9.A toy car costs ₹150. The price comes down by 12%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 10.What percent of 120 is 24?
- 11.One shop sells a wall clock for ₹144 and another sells it for ₹156. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 12.575 children are in a school and 12% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 13.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹400 and sells it for ₹452. What is the profit percentage?
- 14.A number changes from 300 to 258. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 14% decrease (b) 14% increase (c) 42% increase (d) 42% decrease
- 15.12% of 575 =
- 16.Anaya keeps ₹5000 in a bank at 7% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Anaya get in 1 year?
- 17.What is the percentage difference between 48 and 72?
- 18.Meera spent ₹10, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 19.The price of a school bag changes from ₹50 to ₹29. What is the percentage change?
- 20.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹500 but has to sell it for ₹395. What is the loss percentage?
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹100 but has to sell it for ₹92. What is the loss percentage?
- 22.The price of a kite goes up from ₹400 to ₹488. What is the percentage increase?
- 23.A pencil box costs ₹200. The price goes up by 28%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 24.A price goes up by 10%, and then the new price goes up by 20%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 25.A team scored 20 runs in one match and 10% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 26.A school bag costs ₹1480 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 27.A pencil box costs ₹1080 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 28.75 is 25% of ?
- 29.30% of a number is 57. What is the number?
- 30.30 children are in a school and 40% of them come by bus. How many children come by bus?
- 31.Kabir keeps ₹1000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 5 years, in rupees?
- 32.Arjun scored 7 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Arjun score?
- 33.Meera scored 19 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Meera score?
- 34.The price of a torch changes from ₹60 to ₹120. What is the percentage change?
- 35.88 is 40% of ?
- 36.A team scored 250 runs in one match and 65 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 37.54 is what percent of 60?
- 38.A shopkeeper buys a lunch box for ₹50 and sells it at a loss of 28%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 39.A cricket bat marked ₹400 has 49% off in a sale. How many rupees do you save?
- 40.A price of ₹500 comes down by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 32
- 7
- 360
- 51
- 1
- 9
- 438
- 10
- 132
- 20
- 8
- 69
- 13
- 14% decrease
- 69
- 350
- 40
- 25
- 42
- 21
- 8
- 22
- 256
- 32
- 18
- 1554
- 54
- 300
- 190
- 12
- 1600
- 35
- 38
- 100
- 220
- 74
- 90
- 14
- 196
- 210
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