Percentage

1. Ramesh bought a jacket and saved Rs 500 when a discount of 10% was given. What
was the original price of the jacket?
2. A laptop was sold at a 25% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 2,000. What was the
original price of the laptop?
3. Priya bought a pair of shoes and saved Rs 180 with a 12% discount. What was the
price of the shoes before the discount?
4. A refrigerator was sold at a 30% discount, and the customer saved Rs 6,000. What
was the original price of the refrigerator?
5. Neha purchased a book and saved Rs 75 when a 5% discount was applied. What was
the price of the book before the discount?
6. A phone was sold at a 20% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 4,000. What was the
original price of the phone?
7. A customer saved Rs 150 on a shirt after receiving a 10% discount. What was the
original price of the shirt?
8. A sofa was sold at a 35% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 7,000. What was the
original price of the sofa?
9. Seema bought a dress and saved Rs 300 after getting a 15% discount. What was the
price of the dress before the discount?
10. A car was sold at a 5% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 50,000. What was the
original price of the car?
11. Amit bought a television and saved Rs 3,000 with a 25% discount. What was the
original price of the television?
12. A table was sold at a 40% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 800. What was the
original price of the table?
13. A watch was sold at a 15% discount, and the customer saved Rs 450. What was the
original price of the watch?
14. John saved Rs 60 on a book after getting a 20% discount. What was the original price
of the book?
15. A washing machine was sold at a 12% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 4,800. What
was the original price of the washing machine?
16. A microwave oven was sold at a 22% discount, and the customer saved Rs 1,320.
What was the original price of the microwave?
17. Maya bought a bag and saved Rs 360 when a 10% discount was given. What was the
original price of the bag?
18. A guitar was sold at a 18% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 1,080. What was the
original price of the guitar?
19. An air conditioner was sold at a 28% discount, and the customer saved Rs 7,000.
What was the original price of the air conditioner?
20. A gaming console was sold at a 20% discount, and the buyer saved Rs 2,400. What
was the original price of the console?
1. Percentage of a Number

1. What is 25% of 300?

2. Find 40% of 500.
3. What is 12% of 1,200?
4. If 75% of a number is 450, what is the number?
5. Find 60% of 1,000.

2. Percentage Increase

6. The price of a book increased from Rs 200 to Rs 250. What is the percentage increase
in the price of the book?
7. The population of a town increased from 8,000 to 10,000. What is the percentage
increase in population?
8. A car’s price increased from Rs 5,00,000 to Rs 5,50,000. What was the percentage
increase in its price?
9. A student scored 60 marks in one exam and 75 marks in the next exam. What was the
percentage increase in marks?
10. The price of a chocolate increased from Rs 20 to Rs 25. What is the percentage
increase?

3. Percentage Decrease

11. A mobile phone’s price decreased from Rs 15,000 to Rs 12,000. What is the
percentage decrease in its price?
12. The population of a village decreased from 1,200 to 1,000. What was the percentage
decrease in population?
13. The price of a dress was reduced from Rs 2,500 to Rs 2,000. What is the percentage
decrease?
14. A car’s speed reduced from 80 km/h to 60 km/h. What is the percentage decrease in
speed?
15. A laptop’s price dropped from Rs 45,000 to Rs 40,000. What is the percentage
decrease in its price?

4. Finding a Percentage When Part of a Whole is Given

16. Ramesh scored 45 out of 60 in a test. What percentage did he score?

17. If a factory produced 800 cars in one month and sold 600 of them, what percentage of
cars were sold?
18. A student answered 70 questions correctly out of 100. What percentage of the
questions did the student answer correctly?
19. A class has 40 students, and 28 of them passed an exam. What percentage of students
passed?
20. Out of 500 apples in a store, 120 apples were sold. What percentage of apples were
sold?
1. Percentage of a Number

1. What is 35% of 720?

2. Find 20% of 3,600.
3. What is 15% of 450?
4. If 60% of a number is 300, what is the number?
5. Calculate 25% of 1,000.
6. Find 80% of 1,500.
7. What is 5% of 980?
8. Calculate 45% of 640.
9. If 90% of a number is 1,800, what is the number?
10. Find 18% of 560.

2. Percentage Increase

11. A bicycle's price increased from Rs 2,400 to Rs 2,880. What is the percentage
increase?
12. The population of a town increased from 12,000 to 15,000. What is the percentage
increase?
13. The salary of an employee increased from Rs 18,000 to Rs 21,600. What is the
percentage increase?
14. A football team's winning percentage increased from 50% to 60%. What is the
percentage increase?
15. The price of a washing machine increased from Rs 12,000 to Rs 15,000. What is the
percentage increase?
16. A company’s revenue increased from Rs 4,50,000 to Rs 5,40,000. Calculate the
percentage increase.
17. The price of a pen increased from Rs 50 to Rs 65. What is the percentage increase?
18. A train’s speed increased from 80 km/h to 100 km/h. What is the percentage increase?
19. The enrollment in a school increased from 400 students to 480 students. What is the
percentage increase?
20. A mobile phone’s price increased from Rs 20,000 to Rs 25,000. What is the
percentage increase?

3. Percentage Decrease

21. The price of a table decreased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 4,250. What is the percentage
decrease?
22. The population of a city decreased from 40,000 to 35,000. What is the percentage
decrease?
23. The price of a refrigerator decreased from Rs 30,000 to Rs 27,000. What is the
percentage decrease?
24. A book’s price dropped from Rs 500 to Rs 425. Calculate the percentage decrease.
25. The cost of a bus ticket was reduced from Rs 60 to Rs 48. What is the percentage
decrease?
26. The number of students in a class decreased from 50 to 42. What is the percentage
decrease?
27. The speed of a car decreased from 120 km/h to 90 km/h. What is the percentage
decrease?
 28. The price of a pair of shoes dropped from Rs 2,000 to Rs 1,600. What is the
percentage decrease?
29. A company’s production dropped from 1,200 units to 1,000 units. What is the
percentage decrease?
30. The price of a laptop dropped from Rs 60,000 to Rs 48,000. What is the percentage
decrease?

4. Word Problems (Increase/Decrease)

31. The cost of a jacket increased by 25%, and the new price is Rs 2,500. What was the
original price of the jacket?
32. A shopkeeper increased the price of a toy by 20%, and the new price is Rs 240. What
was the original price of the toy?
33. A man’s salary was increased by 10%, and his new salary is Rs 33,000. What was his
original salary?
34. A bicycle’s price was reduced by 15%, and the new price is Rs 1,870. What was the
original price?
35. A television was sold after giving a 12% discount, and the final price was Rs 15,840.
What was the original price of the TV?
36. The price of a phone decreased by 8%, and the new price is Rs 23,000. What was the
original price of the phone?
37. After a price increase of 30%, a sofa costs Rs 19,500. What was the original price of
the sofa?
38. A student’s marks increased by 20%, and their new score is 72 out of 100. What was
the original score?
39. A company’s revenue decreased by 12%, and its new revenue is Rs 4,40,000. What
was its original revenue?
40. A house’s value decreased by 18%, and the new value is Rs 82,000. What was the
original value of the house?

5. Mixed Percentage Applications

41. In a school, 60% of students passed the exam. If 240 students passed, how many
students are there in total?
42. A store sold 75% of its inventory. If it sold 300 items, how many items were in the
store initially?
43. A recipe calls for 20% of the total ingredients to be sugar. If 500 grams of ingredients
are used, how much sugar is needed?
44. In a class of 50 students, 80% attended a field trip. How many students attended the
field trip?
45. A car's price after a 20% discount is Rs 4,80,000. What was the original price of the
car?
46. 35% of the tickets for a concert were sold in the first hour. If 280 tickets were sold,
how many total tickets were available?
47. The price of a shirt after a 15% discount is Rs 850. What was the original price?
48. A student scored 75% in an exam with a total of 200 marks. How many marks did the
student score?
49. In a town, 65% of the population are adults. If the total population is 10,000, how
many are adults?
50. A person saved 25% of their income. If the amount saved is Rs 12,500, what is their
total income?