Percentage and Business Worksheet
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Percentage and Business Worksheet
Use your knowledge of percentages to answer these business and finance questions. Show your working clearly.
1. A business buys a product for £40 and sells it for £56. Calculate the percentage profit.
2. A shop buys trainers for £75 and sells them for £60 in a clearance sale. Calculate the percentage loss.
3. A salesperson earns 8% commission on £4,500 of sales. How much commission do they earn?
4. An estate agent charges 1.5% commission on the sale of a house. The house sells for £285,000. How much commission does the estate agent earn?
5. A retailer buys a desk for £120 and applies a 45% markup. What is the selling price?
6. A product sells for £92 including a 15% markup on cost. What was the cost price?
7. In a local market for smartphones, Company A has sales of £3.6 million and the total market is worth £18 million. What is Company A's market share as a percentage?
8. A company's revenue was £240,000 in year 1 and £276,000 in year 2. Calculate the percentage increase in revenue.
9. A company's profit fell from £85,000 to £68,000. Calculate the percentage decrease in profit.
10. A plumber charges £340 for a job, excluding VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. What is the total amount the customer pays?
11. A receipt shows a total of £156 including VAT at 20%. What was the price before VAT?
12. A business starts the year with 150 members of staff. During the year 24 employees leave and are not replaced. What is the staff turnover rate as a percentage?
13. A business has an annual budget of £80,000. 35% is allocated to wages. How much is spent on wages?
14. A business's budget of £120,000 allocates 40% to marketing, 30% to salaries, and 15% to rent. How much of the budget remains unallocated?
15. A business has fixed costs of £15,000 per month and variable costs of £12 per unit. It sells each unit for £20. How many units must it sell to break even? What percentage of a target of 2,500 units does the break-even quantity represent?
16. A business's energy costs increased from £6,400 to £8,320 per year. Calculate the percentage increase in energy costs.
17. A company sells 4,000 units at £15 each. Its total costs are £48,000. Express the profit as a percentage of the revenue (profit margin).
18. A business raises its prices by 12% due to increased costs. A customer used to pay £250 per month for services. What will they pay after the increase?
19. A company buys raw materials for £54,000. Due to a new supplier deal, costs fall by 18%. How much does the company save, and what are the new costs?
20. A salesperson's monthly sales target is £25,000. In January they achieved £21,500. What percentage of their target did they reach? By what percentage did they miss the target?
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