KS2 Percentage Practice Questions
Fifty practice questions at Key Stage 2 level, suitable for children in Years 3 to 6 (ages 7 to 11). Questions are split into three sets: basic percentage calculations, real-world word problems, and multi-step challenge questions. Click Show Answer to reveal a full worked solution.
Set 1: Basic Questions
Finding 50%, 25%, 10%, 5% and 1% of amounts.
1. What is 50% of 60?
2. What is 25% of 80?
3. What is 10% of 90?
4. What is 50% of 46?
5. What is 25% of 120?
6. What is 10% of 350?
7. What is 5% of 80?
8. What is 1% of 400?
9. What is 50% of £5.20?
10. What is 25% of 200?
11. What is 10% of 85?
12. What is 5% of 60?
13. What is 1% of 800?
14. What is 50% of 74?
15. What is 25% of 48?
16. What is 10% of 420?
17. What is 5% of 140?
18. What is 1% of 650?
19. What is 25% of £3.20?
20. What is 50% of 150?
Set 2: Word Problems
Real-world scenarios using shopping, test scores, pocket money, pizza, sports and school.
21. Ava has 40 sweets. She gives 50% to her friend. How many sweets does she give away?
22. A shop has 200 items. 25% are on sale. How many are on sale?
23. In a class of 30 pupils, 10% are left-handed. How many are left-handed?
24. Callum scores 17 out of 20 in a test. What percentage is that?
25. A football team played 40 games and won 25% of them. How many games did they win?
26. There are 60 books on a shelf. 50% are fiction. How many are fiction?
27. Sophie earns £8.00 pocket money per week and saves 10%. How much does she save each week?
28. A pizza has 8 slices. James eats 3 slices. What percentage did he eat?
29. A jar has 100 marbles. 1% are blue. How many are blue?
30. In a survey of 50 children, 50% said they liked football. How many liked football?
31. A t-shirt costs £20 and is reduced by 25%. How much is the reduction?
32. A runner completed 40 km out of a 100 km race. What percentage did they complete?
33. There are 80 children at a party. 10% choose chocolate cake. How many choose chocolate cake?
34. Lucy scored 14 out of 20 in her spelling test. What percentage is that?
35. A bag of flour weighs 1 kg. Tom uses 25% of it. How many grams does he use?
36. A cinema has 200 seats. 5% are reserved for wheelchair users. How many seats is that?
37. Marcus has £60. He spends 50% on food and 10% on transport. How much does he spend altogether?
38. A recipe uses 400 g of flour. 25% of that is wholemeal flour. How much wholemeal flour is needed?
39. A class of 25 pupils took a test. 20% scored above 90. How many scored above 90?
40. In a bag of 50 counters, 10% are yellow. How many are yellow?
Set 3: Challenge Questions
Multi-step problems for more able pupils.
41. A shop reduces a coat by 25% in a sale. The sale price is £45. What was the original price?
42. In a class, 60% of pupils are girls. There are 18 girls. How many pupils are in the class altogether?
43. A cake recipe calls for 300 g of sugar. The baker increases the recipe by 50%. How much sugar is needed?
44. Maya saves 10% of her pocket money each week. After 5 weeks she has saved £6.00. How much pocket money does she receive each week?
45. A book costs £15. Its price increases by 20%, then the new price is reduced by 20%. What is the final price?
46. There are 40 red and blue beads in a bag. 25% are red. How many blue beads are there?
47. Tom earns £120 per week. He spends 25% on food and 10% on transport and saves the rest. How much does he save each week?
48. A school has 500 pupils. 48% are boys. How many girls are there?
49. In a bag of 200 sweets, 15% are red and 35% are blue. How many are neither red nor blue?
50. A price goes up by 10%, then down by 10%. If the starting price is £50, what is the final price? Why is it not £50?
Learn the theory
Not sure how to approach these questions? Read the KS2 percentages guide first.