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.₹4000 earns ₹560 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 2.A price of ₹100 comes down by 40%, and then the new price comes down by 30%. What is the final price, in rupees?
- 3.Ishaan scored 189 marks out of 300 in 3 subjects (100 marks each). What is Ishaan’s percentage?
- 4.A farmer picks 250 mangoes and 2% of them are ripe. How many mangoes are ripe?
- 5.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹600 and sells it for ₹900. What is the profit percentage?
- 6.A water bottle costs ₹450 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 7.A team scored 40 runs in one match and 36 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 8.One shop sells a table fan for ₹88 and another sells it for ₹72. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 9.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 45 runs in the next. What is the percentage decrease?
- 10.40% of a number is 58. What is the number?
- 11.Kabir keeps ₹1500 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 1 year?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹40 and sells it for ₹42. What is the profit percentage?
- 13.The price of a storybook changes from ₹100 to ₹114. What is the percentage change?
- 14.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 90% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 15.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹40 and sells it at a profit of 35%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 16.What is the percentage difference between 230 and 170?
- 17.A torch costs ₹1125 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 18.65% of 60 =
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a wall clock for ₹40 and sells it at a loss of 5%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 20.A number changes from 120 to 114. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 6% increase (b) 5% increase (c) 5% decrease (d) 6% decrease
- 21.2% of 300 =
- 22.A shopkeeper buys a table fan for ₹300 but has to sell it for ₹225. What is the loss percentage?
- 23.A table fan costs ₹1820 plus 5% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹300 and sells it for ₹366. What is the profit percentage?
- 25.A football is marked ₹800. In a sale it is sold for ₹600. What is the discount percentage?
- 26.A number changes from 25 to 41. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 16% increase (b) 16% decrease (c) 64% increase (d) 64% decrease
- 27.What percent of 200 is 52?
- 28.A number changes from 120 to 186. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 55% decrease (b) 66% decrease (c) 55% increase (d) 66% increase
- 29.The price of a lunch box goes up from ₹250 to ₹385. What is the percentage increase?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹534. What is the loss percentage?
- 31.The price of a toy car changes from ₹60 to ₹33. What is the percentage change?
- 32.What percent of 80 is 40?
- 33.A cricket bat costs ₹1550 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 34.The price of a water bottle changes from ₹300 to ₹471. What is the percentage change?
- 35.A storybook marked ₹1200 has 35% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 36.What is the percentage difference between 177 and 63?
- 37.?% of 150 = 78
- 38.A pencil box costs ₹1640 before GST and ₹1722 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 39.A shopkeeper buys a kite for ₹50 and sells it at a profit of 6%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 40.A price of ₹500 goes up by 10%, and then the new price comes down by 10%. What is the final price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 2
- 42
- 63
- 5
- 50
- 531
- 10
- 20
- 10
- 145
- 75
- 5
- 14
- 8
- 14
- 30
- 135
- 39
- 38
- 5% decrease
- 6
- 25
- 1911
- 22
- 25
- 64% increase
- 26
- 55% increase
- 54
- 11
- 45
- 50
- 1829
- 57
- 780
- 95
- 52
- 5
- 3
- 495
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