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.Dev spent ₹30, which is 75% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Dev have, in rupees?
- 2.Riya spent ₹1, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Riya have, in rupees?
- 3.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹500 and sells it for ₹710. What is the profit percentage?
- 4.A price comes down by 10% and then goes up by 20%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) less (b) the same (c) more
- 5.?% of 120 = 6
- 6.106 is 40% of ?
- 7.What percent of 25 is 4?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a toy car for ₹150 but has to sell it for ₹129. What is the loss percentage?
- 9.A team scored 80 runs in one match and 85% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 10.A number changes from 40 to 64. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 24% decrease (b) 60% increase (c) 24% increase (d) 60% decrease
- 11.Rohan spent ₹39, which is 15% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Rohan have, in rupees?
- 12.One shop sells a table fan for ₹84 and another sells it for ₹66. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 13.?% of 400 = 152
- 14.Kabir scored 12 out of 20 in a maths test. What percentage did Kabir score?
- 15.Aarav scored 154 out of 200 in a maths test. What percentage did Aarav score?
- 16.A water bottle costs ₹500. The price comes down by 77%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 17.A price goes up by 50%, and then the new price goes up by 50%. What is the total percentage increase?
- 18.What percent of 500 is 470?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹150 and sells it at a profit of 44%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 20.A torch costs ₹40. The price comes down by 65%. What is the new price, in rupees?
- 21.One shop sells a toy car for ₹183 and another sells it for ₹117. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 22.60% of a number is 126. What is the number?
- 23.A school bag costs ₹700 before GST. How many rupees of GST at 5% are added?
- 24.80% of 60 =
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹400 but has to sell it for ₹360. What is the loss percentage?
- 26.A shopkeeper buys a storybook for ₹100 and sells it at a loss of 27%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 27.160 is what percent of 500?
- 28.A number changes from 20 to 22. Which is the right percentage change? (a) 10% decrease (b) 2% increase (c) 2% decrease (d) 10% increase
- 29.A lunch box is marked ₹500. In a sale it is sold for ₹360. What is the discount percentage?
- 30.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹800 and sells it at a loss of 12%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 31.The price of a torch comes down from ₹400 to ₹248. What is the percentage decrease?
- 32.The price of a kite goes up from ₹60 to ₹108. What is the percentage increase?
- 33.A school bag costs ₹600 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 34.A wall clock costs ₹825 before tax. How many rupees of tax at 12% are added?
- 35.A shopkeeper buys a pencil box for ₹500 and sells it for ₹585. What is the profit percentage?
- 36.A kite costs ₹1950 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 37.₹3000 earns ₹630 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 38.What is the percentage difference between 26 and 74?
- 39.A tank had 40 litres of water. Now it has 14 litres. What is the percentage decrease?
- 40.The price of a wall clock comes down from ₹150 to ₹69. What is the percentage decrease?
Answer key
- 40
- 10
- 42
- more
- 5
- 265
- 16
- 14
- 12
- 60% increase
- 260
- 24
- 38
- 60
- 77
- 115
- 125
- 94
- 216
- 14
- 44
- 210
- 35
- 48
- 10
- 27
- 32
- 10% increase
- 28
- 96
- 38
- 80
- 708
- 99
- 17
- 2301
- 3
- 96
- 65
- 54
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