Math Drills
Finding the Percentage
B-1Word Problems (%, Application)
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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.
- % (Composition Ratio)2 questions
- Rate of Increase and Decrease (Decimals)2 questions
- Discount Rate (%, Two Steps)2 questions
Questions & answers
Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Percentage”, shown with their answers.
(1)A bottle has a capacity to hold 500mL of drink, and right now 400mL is in it. What percentage of the bottle's capacity is the amount of drink in it? Answer □
Answer: 80%
(2)A pool with a capacity of 200 people has 50 people using it. What percentage of the capacity is the number of users? Answer □
Answer: 25%
(3)Travis's weight was 40kg last year, but fell to 36kg this year. This year's weight is what ratio of last year's weight? Answer □
Answer: 0.9
(4)A town's population was 800 people last year, but fell to 720 people this year. This year's population is what ratio of last year's population? Answer □
Answer: 0.9
(5)A custom celebration cake with a regular price of 400 dollars was sold at a sale price of 380 dollars. The discount is what percent of the regular price? Answer □
Answer: 5%
(6)Headphones with a regular price of 500 dollars were sold at a sale price of 400 dollars. The discount is what percent of the regular price? Answer □
Answer: 20%
What to do next
More worksheets in this unit
Finding the PercentageFinding the Percentage Word Problems (Decimals, Basic)
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, %)
