Math Drills
Finding the Percentage
A-2Word Problems (Decimals, Basic)
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What this worksheet covers
- Topic
- Percentage
- Worksheet
- Finding the Percentage
The percentage itself is found, in word problems set in scenes such as passengers against capacity, this year's amount against last year's, and the discount off a regular price. There are questions writing the answer as a decimal, questions writing it as a percent, and questions answering how many times as large with a unit of multiplication, and the discount rate takes two steps, finding the difference and then turning it into a percentage.
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A question whose answer box carries % needs one more step, multiplying the decimal from the division by a hundred. A figure below 1 such as 0.35 standing in the % box means that step is missing. Questions with a unit of multiplication and questions with no unit need no multiplying by a hundred, so checking the shape of the answer box first is the quickest road.
Unlike the previous lesson, which only restated, from here a percentage is made out of the figures in a scene. In Finding the Compared Quantity the percentage is given first and the direction turns to finding the amount it stands for.
- Decimals (Basics)3 questions
- Decimals (How Many Times as Many)3 questions
Questions & answers
Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Percentage”, shown with their answers.
(1)The area of the park is 200㎡. Of it, the area of the flower bed is 36㎡. What ratio of the whole park is the area of the flower bed? Answer □
Answer: 0.18
(2)There are 50 boys. Of them, 21 are in the soccer club. What ratio of the total number of boys is the number in the soccer club? Answer □
Answer: 0.42
(3)There are 80 pens. Of them, 36 are red. What ratio of the total number of pens is the number of red pens? Answer □
Answer: 0.45
(4)There is 4.8kg of yogurt and 1.6kg of cheese. The weight of the yogurt is how many times the weight of the cheese? Answer □
Answer: 3times
(5)The length of the board is 1.8m, and the length of the pole is 1.5m. The length of the board is how many times the length of the pole? Answer □
Answer: 1.2times
(6)There is 5.6L of oil and 3.2L of water. The amount of oil is how many times the amount of water? Answer □
Answer: 1.75times
What to do next
More worksheets in this unit
Finding the PercentageFinding the Percentage Word Problems (%, Application)
Finding the Compared QuantityFinding the Compared Quantity Word Problems (Basic)
Finding the Compared QuantityFinding the Compared Quantity Word Problems (Increase/Decrease, 2 Steps)
Finding the Base QuantityFinding the Base Quantity Word Problems (Decimals, %)
