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Percentages and percentage change worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "percentages and percentage change" — DfE statement R9. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
Percentages and percentage change worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.Work out the difference between 45% of 70 and 35% of 80.
- 2.The price of a jacket increases by 50% and then decreases by 50%. Describe the overall change from the original price.
- 3.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.
- 4.A jumper costs £45 at Shop A, where it is reduced by 20%. The same jumper costs £34 at Shop B, where a further 10% reduction is then applied. Work out the difference between the two reduced prices.
- 5.Priya invests £750 in a savings account that pays simple interest. After 3 years, the account contains £840. Work out the annual rate of simple interest.
- 6.The price of a cycling helmet rises from £80 to £116. Work out the percentage increase.
- 7.After a 20% discount, a jacket costs £48. Work out the original price of the jacket.
- 8.Write 1/5 as a percentage.
- 9.Order these three values from smallest to largest: 3/8, 0.43, 41%.
- 10.Write 3/4 as a percentage.
- 11.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.
- 12.In a test, Amelia answered 18 of the 24 questions correctly. Work out the percentage of the questions she answered correctly.
- 13.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.
- 14.Work out 50% of 60.
- 15.The rent on a flat increases by 10% one year and by a further 10% the following year. Work out the overall percentage increase over the two years.
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