Percentage Homework Sheet
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Percentage Homework Sheet
Answer all questions. Show your working clearly. You may use a calculator.
Find 35% of 240.
Find 12% of 850.
A pair of trainers costs £60. They are reduced by 20% in a sale. What is the sale price?
A plant grows from 40 cm to 52 cm. Calculate the percentage increase in its height.
Express 18 out of 24 as a percentage.
A school has 450 pupils. 54% of them travel to school by bus. How many pupils travel by bus?
Increase 320 by 15%.
Decrease 500 by 8%.
A coat originally costs £120 and is now sold for £90. Calculate the percentage decrease in price.
A bag of apples weighs 800 g. 5% of the weight is the bag itself. How much do the apples weigh?
In a survey, 60 out of 75 students said they preferred maths to science. What percentage preferred maths?
A television is advertised at £480. It is reduced by 12.5% in a sale. What is the sale price?
Extension Questions
Only attempt these if you have finished the main questions.
- After a 25% increase, a number becomes 375. What was the original number?
- A jacket was reduced by 30% in a sale to £105. What was the original price?
- James invests £1,000 at a compound interest rate of 3% per year. How much will he have after 3 years? Give your answer to the nearest penny.
- A car was bought for £12,000 and sold two years later for £8,400. Calculate the percentage loss.
- A population increased by 4% in year one and decreased by 4% in year two. Starting from 5,000, what is the population at the end of year two? Explain why the answer is not 5,000.
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