Math Drills
Finding the Percentage
B-2Word 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)There is 20m of ribbon. Of it, 7m was used. What percentage of the original ribbon is the length of ribbon used? Answer □
Answer: 35%
(2)A box is big enough to hold 50 candies, and right now 30 are in it. What percentage of the number the box can hold is the number of candies in it? Answer □
Answer: 60%
(3)The number of registered users of a site was 300 people last year, but fell to 270 people this year. This year's number of registered users is what ratio of last year's? Answer □
Answer: 0.9
(4)The number of students at an elementary school was 70 last year, and rose to 91 this year. This year's number of students is what ratio of last year's? Answer □
Answer: 1.3
(5)A chess set with a regular price of 300 dollars was sold at a sale price of 240 dollars. The discount is what percent of the regular price? Answer □
Answer: 20%
(6)A handcrafted luxury umbrella with a regular price of 2000 dollars was sold at a sale price of 1700 dollars. The discount is what percent of the regular price? Answer □
Answer: 15%
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, %)
