Percentage Shopping Worksheet
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Percentage Shopping Worksheet
Answer each shopping question. Show your working clearly. Some questions ask you to compare deals.
1. A T-shirt costs £20. It is reduced by 10% in a sale. What is the sale price?
2. A pair of trainers costs £80. A shop offers 25% off. How much do the trainers cost in the sale?
3. A supermarket reduces a pack of coffee from £5.00 to £4.00. What is the percentage discount?
4. A jacket has a price tag of £120. VAT at 20% is added at the till. What is the final price including VAT?
5. A laptop is priced at £750 before VAT. VAT is charged at 20%. What is the total price a customer pays?
6. A coat normally costs £160. In a Black Friday sale it is reduced by 35%. What is the sale price?
7. Store A sells headphones for £60, reduced by 20%. Store B sells the same headphones for £55, reduced by 10%. Which store offers the better deal? Show your working.
8. A phone originally cost £480. Its price was reduced by 15% in a sale. How much do you save compared to the original price?
9. A supermarket sells cereal in two sizes. A 500 g box costs £2.80 and a 750 g box costs £3.90. Which size gives better value for money? Use percentages or unit costs to justify your answer.
10. A television has a sale price of £340 after a 15% reduction. What was the original price before the discount?
11. A receipt shows a price of £96 including VAT at 20%. What was the price before VAT?
12. A pair of jeans is on sale for £42 after a 30% reduction. What was the original price?
13. A clothing store advertises "up to 40% off". A dress originally priced at £85 is now £54.40. What percentage discount has been applied?
14. A shopper has a budget of £200. They want to buy a gaming console priced at £250. The shop offers 15% off for loyalty card holders. Can the shopper afford it? Show your working.
15. An online retailer charges £360 for a tablet. A high street shop sells the same tablet for £400 but offers 12% off with a voucher. Which is cheaper and by how much?
16. A supermarket reduces juice from £1.60 to £1.20. Calculate the percentage reduction, giving your answer to 1 decimal place.
17. A sofa has a sale price of £663 after a 10% discount. What was the original price?
18. A shop reduces all prices by 20% on Monday, then reduces all remaining prices by a further 10% on Tuesday. A bag originally costs £50. What is the price after both reductions? Is this the same as a single 30% reduction? Explain your answer.
19. A sports shop has two offers on the same trainers (original price £90): Offer A gives 30% off. Offer B gives 20% off then a further 15% off the reduced price. Which offer gives a lower final price? Show your working.
20. A car is advertised at £8,500 including VAT at 20%. A business can reclaim the VAT. How much will the car cost the business after reclaiming the VAT? What percentage of the advertised price is this?
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