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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- 1.8% of 450 =
- 2.Kabir keeps ₹4000 in a bank at 5% simple interest a year. How many rupees of interest does Kabir get in 2 years?
- 3.What percent of 50 is 9?
- 4.What percent of 500 is 350?
- 5.₹1500 earns ₹420 simple interest at 7% a year. For how many years was it kept?
- 6.75% of a number is 15. What is the number?
- 7.A shopkeeper buys a water bottle for ₹120 and sells it at a profit of 5%. How many rupees of profit does the shopkeeper make?
- 8.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹400 and sells it at a loss of 34%. How many rupees does the shopkeeper lose?
- 9.A water bottle is marked ₹100. In a sale it is sold for ₹89. What is the discount percentage?
- 10.Meera spent ₹32, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 11.A shopkeeper buys a cricket bat for ₹200 and sells it at a loss of 33%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 12.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹600 but has to sell it for ₹324. What is the loss percentage?
- 13.A school club grows from 20 members to 33 members. What is the percentage increase?
- 14.A tank holds 305 litres of water and 40% of it is used. How many litres are used?
- 15.Kabir spent ₹2, which is 40% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Kabir have, in rupees?
- 16.15% of a number is 57. What is the number?
- 17.One shop sells a football for ₹58 and another sells it for ₹102. What is the percentage difference between the two prices?
- 18.Meera spent ₹21, which is 10% of the pocket money. How much pocket money did Meera have, in rupees?
- 19.A shopkeeper buys a football for ₹800 and sells it for ₹904. What is the profit percentage?
- 20.A team scored 50 runs in one match and 22% fewer in the next. How many runs did it score in the next match?
- 21.A football costs ₹950 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 22.A cricket bat is marked ₹250. In a sale it is sold for ₹200. What is the discount percentage?
- 23.What is the percentage difference between 168 and 72?
- 24.A shopkeeper buys a school bag for ₹100 and sells it at a profit of 15%. What is the selling price, in rupees?
- 25.A shopkeeper buys a torch for ₹150 and sells it for ₹204. What is the profit percentage?
- 26.A kite costs ₹520 plus 10% tax. What is the total price, in rupees?
- 27.A tank has 150 litres of water and 20% of it is used. How many litres are left?
- 28.A storybook marked ₹300 has 5% off in a sale. What is the sale price, in rupees?
- 29.35% of 340 =
- 30.₹500 earns ₹60 simple interest in 4 years. What is the rate of interest per year, in percent?
- 31.A cricket bat costs ₹820 before GST and ₹861 after GST. What is the GST rate, in percent?
- 32.Dev scored 43 out of 50 in a maths test. What percentage did Dev score?
- 33.A shop sold 300 ice creams on Monday and 444 on Tuesday. What is the percentage increase?
- 34.A test has 40 marks. To get 60%, how many marks does Diya need?
- 35.A price comes down by 20% and then goes up by 10%. Is the final price more than, less than or the same as the starting price? (a) the same (b) more (c) less
- 36.A shop sold 40 ice creams on Monday and 75% more on Tuesday. How many ice creams did it sell on Tuesday?
- 37.Riya scored 465 marks out of 500 in 5 subjects (100 marks each). What is Riya’s percentage?
- 38.30 is what percent of 40?
- 39.10% of a number is 31. What is the number?
- 40.A pencil box costs ₹350 plus 18% GST. What is the total price, in rupees?
Answer key
- 36
- 400
- 18
- 70
- 4
- 20
- 6
- 136
- 11
- 320
- 134
- 46
- 65
- 122
- 5
- 380
- 55
- 210
- 13
- 39
- 1121
- 20
- 80
- 115
- 36
- 572
- 120
- 285
- 119
- 3
- 5
- 86
- 48
- 24
- less
- 70
- 93
- 75
- 310
- 413
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