Math Drills
Finding the Compared Quantity
B-1Word Problems (Increase/Decrease, 2 Steps)
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What this worksheet covers
- Topic
- Percentage
- Worksheet
- Finding the Compared Quantity
The base amount is multiplied by a percentage to give the amount it stands for. Word problems come with the percentage shown as a decimal and shown as a percent, and they run through percentages above 100%, amounts after an increase or a decrease with profit or a discount folded in, and two-stage questions taking a part of a whole and then a part of that.
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A question taking a part and then a part of it needs two multiplications. An expression that adds the two percentages first, or settles for a single multiplication, never shows the intermediate amount of the first stage. Whether two multiplications starting from the base amount stand in the expression box is the mark.
In Finding the Base Quantity the multiplication turns into a division, and the percentage together with the amount it stands for is placed at the start instead. The direction that multiplies to reach an answer is complete here.
- Finding the Amount After an Increase2 questions
- Finding the Amount After a Decrease2 questions
- % (Two Successive Stages)2 questions
Questions & answers
Problems and answers on this worksheet
These are the problems in “Percentage”, shown with their answers.
(1)A smartphone was bought for 1200 dollars, and a regular price was set by adding a profit of 40% of the purchase price. What is the regular price of this smartphone, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 1680dollars
(2)A video game console was bought for 600 dollars, and a regular price was set by adding a profit of 50% of the purchase price. What is the regular price of this video game console, in how many dollars? Answer □
Answer: 900dollars
(3)A workbook has 80 questions in total. 15% of them have been solved. How many questions have not been solved yet? how many Answer □
Answer: 68questions
(4)There was 500g of sugar. 60% of the total was used to make sweets. How much sugar is left, how many g? Answer □
Answer: 200g
(5)2000 oranges were harvested in a field. 60% of all the oranges are large, and 25% of the large ones were sent to the market. How many oranges were sent to the market? Answer □
Answer: 300oranges
(6)There were 1500 users at the pool. 20% of the users are children, and 70% of the children are students of a swimming class. How many children are in the swimming class? Answer □
Answer: 210people
What to do next
More worksheets in this unit
Finding the PercentageFinding the Percentage Word Problems (Decimals, Basic)
Finding the PercentageFinding the Percentage Word Problems (%, Application)
Finding the Compared QuantityFinding the Compared Quantity Word Problems (Basic)
Finding the Base QuantityFinding the Base Quantity Word Problems (Decimals, %)
