Thursday, 22 May 2014

Percentages

Find 50% of:

1) £450      6) £650
2) £625      7) £419
3) £290      8) £505
4) £34.50   9) £775
5) £273     10) £815

Find 25% of:

1) £84               6)  £98
2) £400             7)  £58
3) £240             8)  £300
4) £660             9)  £15
5) £182            10) £25

Find 10% of:

1)  £400              6) £5
2)  £350              7) £14.50
3)  £855              8) £2.40
4)  £35                9) £5.60
5)  £75               10) £4.80

One step word problems:

1.  Sam had 678 marbles. He gave 50% of his marbles to his friend Jack. How many marbles did he give to Jack?

2. Kirsty had a rose garden in her backyard. 25% of the 192 roses were red. How many red roses were there in the garden?

3. Maria made a huge bouquet with 60 tulips. 10% of the tulips were yellow. How many yellow tulips were in the bouquet?

4. Year 6 had 76 pupils. 25% had blue eyes. How many pupils had blue eyes?

5. 560 cars are parked in a parking lot. 10% of the were BMWs. How many BMWs are there? 
    25% of them were Volkswagen. How many Volkswagen were there?

Two step word problems:

1. Kate gets £10 every week as pocket money. She saves 25% of it every week. How much does she save after 20 weeks?

2. There were 168 trees in a garden. 25% of them were apple trees. Rest were pear trees. How many pear trees were there?

3. A popular video game costs £34. It is on sale for 10% off. How much does it cost now?

4. There were 1120 apples in a sack. 10% were spoiled. How many unspoiled apples were there in the sack?

5. Mr. Baker bought a 5 kg of flour. He used 25% of the flour to make cakes and pies. How much flour would be left in the bag?



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