Edexcel GCSE Percentage Worksheet
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Edexcel 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. A pair of trainers costs £60. They are reduced by 30% in a sale. What is the sale price? [2 marks]
2. A cinema has 240 seats. 75% of the seats are sold for a showing. How many seats are sold? [2 marks]
3. In a survey of 400 people, 60 said they walked to work. What percentage walked to work? [1 mark]
4. A school has 850 pupils. 34% are in the sixth form. How many pupils are in the sixth form? [2 marks]
5. Find 35% of 280. [2 marks]
6. A coat is priced at £75 before VAT. VAT at 20% is added. What is the total price? [2 marks]
7. A student scores 56 out of 80 in a science test. Write this as a percentage. [1 mark]
8. A town has a population of 12,000. The population increases by 5%. What is the new population? [2 marks]
9. A supermarket reduces the price of a box of cereal from £2.40 to £1.92. What is the percentage reduction? [2 marks]
10. Find 45% of 200. [2 marks]
11. A sports club has 160 members. 15% are under 18 years old. How many members are under 18? [2 marks]
12. A dress is reduced from £120 to £90 in a sale. What is the percentage decrease? [2 marks]
13. A bus fare increases by 10% from £1.80. What is the new fare? [2 marks]
14. Write 72 out of 240 as a percentage. [1 mark]
15. A factory makes 1,200 items in a day. 8% are faulty. How many items are faulty? [2 marks]
Section B: Calculator (Higher)
16. After a 24% increase, a salary is £37,200. What was the original salary? [2 marks]
17. A price after a 35% reduction is £52. What was the original price? [2 marks]
18. A car costs £18,500 plus VAT at 20%. What is the total cost including VAT? [2 marks]
19. An antique is bought for £350 and sold for £427. Calculate the percentage profit. [2 marks]
20. A population of 62,000 decreases by 3% per year compound. What is the population after 2 years? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. [3 marks]
21. £3,000 is invested at 4% compound interest per year. How much is in the account after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest penny. [3 marks]
22. A car worth £22,000 depreciates at 15% per year. What is it worth after 4 years? Give your answer to the nearest pound. [3 marks]
23. After including VAT at 20%, a washing machine costs £540. What is the price before VAT? [2 marks]
24. A house was worth £240,000. It increased in value by 6% per year for 3 years. What is it worth now? Give your answer to the nearest pound. [3 marks]
25. The number of visitors to a museum fell from 84,000 to 71,400. Calculate the percentage decrease. [2 marks]
26. Emily invests £7,500 at 2.8% compound interest per year. How much does she have after 5 years? Give your answer to the nearest penny. [3 marks]
27. A motorbike is bought for £6,400 and sold 2 years later for £4,096. What is the annual rate of depreciation? [3 marks]
28. Amir buys a laptop for £480, spends £75 on repairs, and sells it for £621. Calculate the percentage profit on the total amount he spent. [3 marks]
29. A property was bought for £150,000 and sold for £195,000 after 4 years of 6.8% compound annual growth. Show that the compound growth model gives approximately the correct selling price. [4 marks]
30. A value increases by 20% and then decreases by 20%. Show that the final value is 4% less than the original value and explain why the two percentage changes do not cancel out. [4 marks]
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