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.What percent of 50 is 39?
- 2.A price of ₹300 goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹100 and sells it for ₹118. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.A lunch box marked ₹250 has 32% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 5.76 is 40% of ?
- 6.A shop sold 50 ice creams on Monday and 86 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 7.15 is 5% of ?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 40%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 9.92 is 25% of ?
- 10.Rohan spent ₹3, which is 20% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
- 11.A wall clock costs ₹600 before GST and ₹708 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 12.A school club grows from 40 members to 62 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 13.A test has 80 marks. To get 50%, how many marks does Sara need?
- 14.The price of a pencil box comes down from ₹300 to ₹147. What is the percentage decrease?
- 15.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 16.A price goes up by 20%, and then the new price goes up by 40%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 17.One shop sells a kite for ₹84 and another sells it for ₹156. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 18.Riya scored 290 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 19.A table fan costs ₹1950 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 20.30% of 250 =
- 21.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹250 and sells it for ₹330. What is the profit percentage?
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹120 and sells it at a loss of 15%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 23.₹500 earns ₹100 simple interest at 5% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹50 but has to sell it for ₹35. What is the loss percentage?
- 25.A number changes from 100 to 129. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 29% increase (b) 39% decrease (c) 29% decrease (d) 39% increase
- 26.A torch costs ₹800 before tax and ₹896 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 27.The price of a storybook changes from ₹250 to ₹395. What is the percentage change?
- 28.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹500 and sells it at a loss of 40%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 29.?% of 25 = 4
- 30.A price of ₹300 goes up by 30%, and then the new price comes down by 50%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 31.60% of a number is 51. What is the number?
- 32.A number changes from 400 to 164. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 59% decrease (b) 69% decrease (c) 59% increase (d) 69% increase
- 33.A cricket bat costs ₹1160 before tax and ₹1276 after tax. What is the tax rate, in percent?
- 34.₹1000 earns ₹150 simple interest at 3% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 35.A price of ₹400 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 20%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 36.The price of a pencil box changes from ₹20 to ₹16. What is the percentage change?
- 37.A number changes from 50 to 100. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 50% decrease (b) 100% increase (c) 100% decrease (d) 50% increase
- 38.A test has 80 marks. To get 45%, how many marks does Kabir need?
- 39.Isha keeps ₹2000 in a bank at 12% simple interest a year. What is the total amount after 2 years, in rupees?
- 40.The price of a school bag comes down from ₹250 to ₹30. What is the percentage decrease?
Answer key
- 78
- 630
- 18
- 170
- 190
- 72
- 300
- 16
- 368
- 15
- 18
- 55
- 40
- 51
- 110
- 68
- 60
- 58
- 2301
- 75
- 32
- 18
- 4
- 30
- 29% increase
- 12
- 58
- 200
- 16
- 195
- 85
- 59% decrease
- 10
- 5
- 352
- 20
- 100% increase
- 36
- 2480
- 88
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