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Percentages and percentage change worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Percentages and percentage change worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.Write 3/4 as a percentage.
- 2.A textbook is reduced from £60 to £45. Work out the percentage reduction.
- 3.The price of a share falls by 10% on Monday and then rises by 10% on Tuesday. Work out the overall percentage change from Monday's starting price.
- 4.There are 400 students at a school. 25% of them have a brother, 40% have a sister and 15% have both a brother and a sister. Work out how many of the students have neither a brother nor a sister.
- 5.A company's profit this year is 130% of last year's profit. Last year's profit was £40,000. Work out this year's profit.
- 6.Order these three values from smallest to largest: 3/8, 0.43, 41%.
- 7.A charity fun run raises money through entry fees and donations. Entry fees raise £1,260, which is 60% of the total amount raised. Work out how much money was raised through donations.
- 8.A box holds 80 chocolates. 75% of them are milk chocolates. Work out how many milk chocolates are in the box.
- 9.After a 20% discount, a jacket costs £48. Work out the original price of the jacket.
- 10.The price of a games console is reduced by 10%. In a later sale the reduced price is reduced by 10% again. Work out the overall percentage decrease.
- 11.The price of a cycling helmet rises from £80 to £116. Work out the percentage increase.
- 12.The number of members of a running club increases from 45 to 54. Work out the percentage increase.
- 13.Write 1/5 as a percentage.
- 14.Write 0.25 as a percentage.
- 15.A car is bought for £17,500. Its value decreases by 12% in the first year, and by a further 10% of its reduced value in the second year. Work out the value of the car at the end of the second year, giving your answer to the nearest pound.
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