Eduqas GCSE Percentage Worksheet
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Eduqas GCSE Percentage Worksheet
Section A (questions 1 to 12) is non-calculator. Section B (questions 13 to 25) allows a calculator. Show all working. The number of marks available is shown in brackets.
Section A: Non-Calculator (Foundation)
1. Find 40% of 250. [1 mark]
2. A Welsh language course has 80 students. 35% are beginners. How many students are beginners? [2 marks]
3. Write 27 out of 90 as a percentage. [1 mark]
4. A jacket costs £64. It is reduced by 25% in a sale. Find the sale price. [2 marks]
5. A farm in Pembrokeshire produces 1,600 kg of potatoes. 8% are unsuitable to sell. How many kilograms are unsuitable? [2 marks]
6. A pupil scores 42 out of 56 in a Welsh history test. Write this as a percentage. [1 mark]
7. Find 17.5% of £80. [2 marks]
8. A train journey costs £48 before a 15% senior discount. What does a senior passenger pay? [2 marks]
9. A council reduces its budget from £2,400,000 to £2,040,000. Calculate the percentage reduction. [2 marks]
10. Find 60% of 450. [1 mark]
11. A hotel raises its room price by 10% from £90 per night. What is the new nightly price? [2 marks]
12. In a village of 320 households, 48 have solar panels. What percentage have solar panels? [1 mark]
Section B: Calculator (Higher)
13. A cottage in Snowdonia was valued at £210,000 in 2020. By 2023 it was valued at £264,600. Calculate the percentage increase over the three years. [2 marks]
14. After a 35% discount, a mountain bike costs £390. What was the original price? [2 marks]
15. A price including VAT at 20% is £162. What is the price before VAT? [2 marks]
16. The number of tourists visiting a Welsh coastal town was 48,000 in 2022 and 44,640 in 2023. Calculate the percentage decrease. [2 marks]
17. A Welsh dairy farm produces 85,000 litres of milk per year. Production is set to increase at 3% per year compound. How much milk will the farm produce after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest litre. [3 marks]
18. A property is bought for £175,000 and sold for £196,000. The owner paid £4,500 in fees. Calculate the percentage profit based on the total amount paid (purchase price plus fees). [3 marks]
19. A car bought for £13,000 depreciates at 16% per year. What is it worth after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest pound. [3 marks]
20. The population of a Welsh market town is 15,400 and is decreasing at 1.2% per year compound. What will the population be after 5 years? Give your answer to the nearest whole number. [3 marks]
21. Rhiannon invests £4,500 at 3.6% compound interest per year. How much does she have after 4 years? Give your answer to the nearest penny. [3 marks]
22. After a 22% increase in rent, a tenant in Cardiff pays £976 per month. What was the original monthly rent? [2 marks]
23. A renewable energy project in Wales produces 1.2 million kWh of electricity in year 1. Output grows at 4.5% per year compound. How much electricity will it produce in year 4? Give your answer to the nearest thousand kWh. [3 marks]
24. Owain buys a van for £18,000. In year 1 it depreciates by 20%, and in year 2 it depreciates by a further 15%. What is the van worth at the end of year 2? [3 marks]
25. An agricultural business in the Brecon Beacons earns £320,000 in 2021. Revenue falls by 4% in 2022 and then rises by 7% in 2023. Calculate the overall percentage change in revenue from 2021 to 2023. Give your answer to 1 decimal place. [4 marks]
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