Percentage Practice Questions with Answers
- Find 25% of 240.
Answer: 60 - Find 15% of 360.
Answer: 54 - A number is 480. Find 35% of it.
Answer: 168 - 72 is what percent of 240?
Answer: 30% - 45 is what percent of 180?
Answer: 25% - A shirt costs ₹800. If the price is increased by 15%, find the new price.
Answer: ₹920 - A bag costs ₹1,200. It is sold at a discount of 20%. Find the selling price.
Answer: ₹960 - In a class of 40 students, 65% are present. How many students are present?
Answer: 26 students - Vaishnavi scored 72 marks out of 90. Find her percentage.
Answer: 80% - A shopkeeper bought an article for ₹600 and sold it for ₹690. Find the profit percentage.
Answer: 15% - The price of a bicycle is ₹5,000. Its price is decreased by 12%. Find the new price.
Answer: ₹4,400 - 18% of a number is 54. Find the number.
Answer: 300 - 35% of a number is 140. Find the number.
Answer: 400 - A student scored 420 marks out of 600. Find the percentage.
Answer: 70% - A school has 800 students. If 55% of them are girls, find the number of boys.
Answer: 360 boys - The population of a village is 2,500. If it increases by 8%, find the new population.
Answer: 2,700 - A book marked at ₹500 is sold at a discount of 15%. Find the discount amount and selling price.
Answer: ₹75 discount, ₹425 selling price - A number is increased from 250 to 300. Find the percentage increase.
Answer: 20% - A number is decreased from 800 to 680. Find the percentage decrease.
Answer: 15% - A shopkeeper purchased a toy for ₹750 and sold it for ₹900. Find the profit and profit percentage.
Answer: ₹150 profit, 20% profit - A number is increased from 240 to 300. Find the percentage increase.
Answer: 25% - A number is decreased from 750 to 630. Find the percentage decrease.
Answer: 16% - Vaishnavi scored 414 marks out of 600. Find her percentage.
Answer: 69% - A shirt costing ₹1,250 is increased in price by 16%. Find its new price.
Answer: ₹1,450 - The price of a school bag is ₹1,800. After a discount of 15%, find its selling price.
Answer: ₹1,530 - A shopkeeper bought an article for ₹1,200 and sold it for ₹1,380. Find the profit percentage.
Answer: 15% - An article is sold for ₹1,530 at a loss of 15%. Find its cost price.
Answer: ₹1,800 - 24% of a number is 96. What is 35% of the same number?
Answer: 140 - 40% of a number is 180. Find 65% of the number.
Answer: 292.5 - A number is first increased by 20% and then decreased by 10%. If the original number is 500, find the final number.
Answer: 540 - The population of a town is 12,500. It increases by 8%. Find the new population.
Answer: 13,500 - A bicycle marked at ₹8,000 is sold after giving a discount of 12%. Find the discount and selling price.
Answer: ₹960 discount, ₹7,040 selling price - A student needs 40% marks to pass an examination of 750 marks. She scored 276 marks. By how many marks did she fall short of the passing marks?
Answer: 24 marks - A shopkeeper buys an article for ₹2,400. He wants to earn a profit of 18%. At what price should he sell it?
Answer: ₹2,832 - The price of an article is increased by 25% and becomes ₹1,500. Find its original price.
Answer: ₹1,200 - A number is decreased by 20% and becomes 360. Find the original number.
Answer: 450 - A school has 1,200 students. 45% are boys. If 20% of the boys are absent, how many boys are present?
Answer: 432 boys - The population of a village increases by 10% in one year and by 20% in the next year. If the population after two years is 26,400, find the original population.
Answer: 20,000 - 32% of a number is 48 more than 20% of the same number. Find the number.
Answer: 400 - A number is increased by 35% and then decreased by 20%. If the final number is 1,080, find the original number.
Answer: 1,000 - 37.5% of a number is 225. Find 64% of the same number.
Answer: 384 - The population of a town increases by 18% and becomes 23,600. Find the original population.
Answer: 20,000 - A number is decreased by 30%. By what percentage should the decreased number be increased to get the original number?
Answer: 42 6/7% - A number is increased by 20% and then increased by 25%. If the original number is 640, find the final number.
Answer: 960 - 45% of a number is 72 less than 60% of the same number. Find the number.
Answer: 480 - A number is first decreased by 20% and then increased by 30%. If the final number is 1,248, find the original number.
Answer: 1,200 - In an examination, 72% students passed. If 224 students failed, find the total number of students.
Answer: 800 students - 27.5% of a number is 165. Find 42% of that number.
Answer: 252 - The price of a book is reduced by 20%. By what percentage should the reduced price be increased to become equal to the original price?
Answer: 25% - A number is increased by 15% and then decreased by 15%. If the original number is 2,400, find the final number and percentage decrease.
Answer: 2,346 and 2.25% decrease - The population of a village decreases by 12% and becomes 17,600. Find its original population.
Answer: 20,000 - 40% of a number is 25% more than 32% of another number. If the second number is 500, find the first number.
Answer: 400 - A number is increased by 25% and the result is increased by another 20%. If the final number is 1,500, find the original number.
Answer: 1,000 - In a class, 60% students are boys. If the number of girls is 280, find the total number of students.
Answer: 700 students - A number is decreased by 25% and then increased by 40%. If the original number is 800, find the final number and percentage change.
Answer: 840 and 5% increase - 72% of a number is 180 more than 42% of the same number. Find the number.
Answer: 600 - The population of a city increases by 10% in the first year, decreases by 10% in the second year, and increases by 20% in the third year. If the original population was 25,000, find the final population.
Answer: 29,700 - A number is increased by 40%. By what percentage must the new number be decreased so that it becomes 12% greater than the original number?
Answer: 20% - 32% of one number is equal to 48% of another number. If the second number is 240, find the first number.
Answer: 360 - 45% of one number is equal to 30% of another number. If the first number is 180, find the second number.
Answer: 270 - The difference between two numbers is 180. The smaller number is 40% of the larger number. Find both numbers.
Answer: Smaller = 120, Larger = 300 - A school library has 2,400 books. Of these, 37.5% are Science books and 22.5% are Mathematics books. How many books are neither Science nor Mathematics?
Answer: 960 books - A farmer has 1,800 kg of wheat. He sells 35% of it to one customer and 28% of the remaining wheat to another customer. How much wheat is left?
Answer: 1,170 kg - A warehouse contains 3,200 boxes. 18.75% of the boxes contain toys, 27.5% contain books, and the remaining boxes contain stationery. Find the number of stationery boxes.
Answer: 1,720 boxes - A shop has 2,500 notebooks. 32% are ruled, 28% are plain, and 16% are drawing notebooks. The rest are graph notebooks. Find the number of graph notebooks.
Answer: 600 graph notebooks - A water tank has a capacity of 4,800 litres. It is filled to 62.5% of its capacity. Then 25% of the water currently in the tank is used. How many litres of water remain?
Answer: 2,250 litres - A library has 3,600 books. 45% are English books. Of the remaining books, 40% are Hindi books. How many books are in neither of these two categories?
Answer: 1,188 books - A factory produces 5,000 units in a month. 18% are sent to Delhi, 24% to Lucknow, and 16% to Kanpur. The remaining units are distributed equally among 7 other cities. How many units does each city receive?
Answer: 300 units - A fruit basket contains 2,400 fruits. 35% are apples, 25% are oranges, and 15% are bananas. The remaining fruits are guavas. Find the number of guavas.
Answer: 600 guavas - A school has 1,500 students. 48% participate in sports, and 37.5% of the remaining students participate in music activities. How many students participate in neither sports nor music?
Answer: 487.5 students - A farmer harvested 4,800 kg of rice. He stored 45% in one warehouse and 27.5% in another. The remaining rice was packed equally into 8 containers. How much rice was packed in each container?
Answer: 165 kg - A book has 640 pages. A student reads 37.5% of the book on Monday and 25% of the remaining pages on Tuesday. How many pages are still unread?
Answer: 300 pages - A container holds 6,400 litres of oil. 31.25% is transferred to Tank A and 18.75% to Tank B. The remaining oil is divided equally among 5 tanks. How much oil is transferred to each of these tanks?
Answer: 640 litres - A school has 2,800 students. 42.5% use the school bus, 17.5% use bicycles, and 15% walk to school. The remaining students use other means of transport. Find their number.
Answer: 700 students - A warehouse has 7,200 kg of material. 25% is used on the first day, and 37.5% of the remaining material is used on the second day. How much material is left?
Answer: 3,375 kg - A library receives 4,000 new books. 27.5% are fiction, 32.5% are educational, and 15% are reference books. The remaining books are divided equally among 5 other sections. How many books does each section receive?
Answer: 200 books - A farmer has 3,600 kg of vegetables. 22.5% are potatoes, 17.5% are tomatoes, and 30% are onions. The remaining vegetables are carrots. Find the quantity of carrots.
Answer: 1,080 kg - A school auditorium has 2,400 seats. 75% of the seats are occupied in the morning and 62.5% of the seats are occupied in the evening. Find the difference between the numbers of occupied seats at the two times.
Answer: 300 seats - A factory has 8,000 kg of raw material. 27.5% is used for Product A, 22.5% for Product B, and 18% for Product C. The remaining material is equally divided between Products D and E. Find the quantity used for each of D and E.
Answer: 1,280 kg each - A family has ₹24,000 for household expenses. They spend 32.5% on food, 17.5% on education, 12.5% on transport, and 15% on other expenses. How much money remains unspent?
Answer: ₹5,400 - A warehouse contains 10,000 items. 24% are electronic items, 18% are kitchen items, and 27.5% are clothing items. The remaining items are divided equally among 5 other categories. How many items are there in each category?
Answer: 610 items per category