AQA GCSE Percentage Worksheet
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AQA GCSE Percentage Worksheet
Section A (questions 1 to 15) is non-calculator. Section B (questions 16 to 30) allows a calculator. Show all working. The number of marks available is shown in brackets.
Section A: Non-Calculator (Foundation)
1. Find 50% of 84. [1 mark]
2. Find 25% of 160. [1 mark]
3. Find 10% of 430. [1 mark]
4. Find 15% of 80. [2 marks]
5. Find 35% of 120. [2 marks]
6. A coat costs £48. It is reduced by 20% in a sale. What is the sale price? [2 marks]
7. A shop increases all prices by 10%. A lamp originally costs £35. What is the new price? [2 marks]
8. A student scores 36 out of 60 in a test. Write this as a percentage. [2 marks]
9. In a class of 30 pupils, 18 are girls. What percentage of the class are boys? [2 marks]
10. Write 45 out of 180 as a percentage. [1 mark]
11. A television is priced at £320. It is reduced by 25% in a sale. Find the sale price. [2 marks]
12. A worker earns £560 per week. She gets a 5% pay rise. By how much does her weekly pay increase? [2 marks]
13. A jacket costs £80. VAT at 20% is added. What is the total cost including VAT? [2 marks]
14. Out of 200 people surveyed, 150 said they preferred tea. What percentage preferred tea? [1 mark]
15. A bag of flour weighs 500 g. A baker uses 45% of the bag. How many grams does she use? [2 marks]
Section B: Calculator (Higher)
16. A price after a 15% increase is £161. What was the original price? [2 marks]
17. After a 30% reduction, a dress costs £63. What was the original price? [2 marks]
18. A laptop costs £850 plus VAT at 20%. Calculate the total cost including VAT. [2 marks]
19. A car is bought for £12,000 and sold for £9,600. Calculate the percentage loss. [2 marks]
20. A trader buys a bicycle for £240 and sells it for £300. Calculate the percentage profit. [2 marks]
21. An item including VAT at 20% costs £96. What is the price before VAT? [2 marks]
22. A house was worth £180,000 three years ago. It has increased in value by 4% each year using compound growth. What is it worth now? Give your answer to the nearest pound. [3 marks]
23. A car worth £16,000 depreciates at 18% per year. What is the car worth after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest pound. [3 marks]
24. Sophie invests £5,000 at 3.5% compound interest per year. How much does she have after 4 years? Give your answer to the nearest penny. [3 marks]
25. A town has a population of 24,000. The population decreases by 2.5% per year. What is the population after 2 years? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. [3 marks]
26. After a 12% increase, a salary is £33,600. What was the original salary? [2 marks]
27. A population grew from 45,000 to 48,600. Calculate the percentage increase. [2 marks]
28. Marcus buys a flat for £120,000. He spends £8,000 on improvements and sells it for £145,000. Calculate the percentage profit on the total amount he spent. [3 marks]
29. £2,000 is invested at 5% compound interest per year. In which year does the investment first exceed £2,500? Use trial and improvement and show your working. [4 marks]
30. A factory produces 4,800 units one year and 5,520 units the next year. The following year production falls by 10% from the previous year. Calculate the overall percentage change from year 1 to year 3. [4 marks]
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