Math Drills
Finding the Percentage
B-3Word 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 800mL of water, and right now 720mL is in it. What percentage of the bottle's capacity is the amount of water in it? Answer □
Answer: 90%
(2)A field was expected to yield 160kg of potatoes, but the actual harvest was 40kg. What percentage of what was expected is the actual harvested weight? Answer □
Answer: 25%
(3)The number of applicants to a contest was 350 people last year, and 525 people this year. This year's number of applicants is what ratio of last year's? Answer □
Answer: 1.5
(4)The number of participants in an event was 300 people last year. This year it rose to 360 people. This year's number of participants is what ratio of last year's? Answer □
Answer: 1.2
(5)A basketball with a regular price of 100 dollars was sold at a sale price of 90 dollars. The discount is what percent of the regular price? Answer □
Answer: 10%
(6)A drone with a regular price of 2400 dollars was sold at a sale price of 1200 dollars. The discount is what percent of the regular price? Answer □
Answer: 50%
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, %)
