Percentages
1. Bill's weight decreases from 64.8 kg to 59.3 kg.
Calculate the percentage decrease in Bill's weight.
Give your answer correct to 3 significant figures.
2. George wants to watch all 23 games that a football team will play at home next season.
He can buy
a season ticket costing £425
or 23 separate tickets costing £24 each ticket.
What percentage of the total cost of 23 separate tickets does George save by buying a season ticket?
3. Emily buys a pack of 12 bottles of water.
The pack costs £5.64
Emily sells all 12 bottles for 50p each.
Work out Emily's percentage profit.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
4. Greg sells car insurance and home insurance.
The table shows the cost of these insurances.
Insurance car insurance home insurance
Cost £200 £350
Each month Greg earns
£530 basic pay
5% of the cost of all the car insurance he sells
and 10% of the cost of all the home insurance he sells
In May Greg sold
6 car insurances
and 4 home insurances
Work out the total amount of money Greg earned in May.
5. Sean wants to go on holiday.
He is going to get a loan of £720 to help pay for the holiday.
Sean will have to pay back the £720 plus interest of 15%.
He will pay this back in 12 equal monthly installments.
How much money will Sean pay back each month?
6. Claire is making a loaf of bread.
A loaf of bread loses 12% of its weight when it is baked.
Claire wants the baked loaf of bread to weigh 1.1 kg.
Work out the weight of the loaf of bread before it is baked.
A force of 70 newtons acts on an area of 20 cm2
𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒
pressure =
𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑎
The force is increased by 10 newtons.
The area is increased by 10 cm2
Helen says,
"The pressure decreases by less than 20%"
Is Helen correct?
You must show how you get your answer.
7. In 2018, Gretal earned $32 000.
In 2019, Gretal’s earnings increased by 7%.
Work out her earnings in 2019.
8. Dhanu has a model railway.
He has a train that consists of a locomotive and 4 coaches.
The mass of the locomotive is 87 g and the mass of each coach is 52 g.
i) Work out the total mass of the train............................................... g [2]
ii) Work out the mass of the locomotive as a percentage of the total mass of the train.
............................................. % [1]
9. The price of a bicycle is $1020.
Club members receive a 15% discount on this price.
Find how much a club member pays for this bicycle.
$ ...................................................
10. One month, Gretal spent a total of $360 on presents.
1
She spent 5
of this total on presents for her parents.
2
She spent 3
of the remaining money on presents for her friends.
She spent the rest of the money on presents for her sisters.
Calculate the percentage of the $360 that she spent on presents for her sisters.
............................................. %
11. Marianne sells photos.
The selling price of each photo is $6.
Marianne makes a profit of $2.25 on each photo.
Calculate her profit as a percentage of the selling price.
............................................%
12. In 2019, the membership fee of a cycling club is $79.50.
This is 6% more than last year.
Find the increase in the cost of the membership.
$ ..................................................
13. Since a school was opened, the number of students has increased by 60%.
There are now 240 students.
Calculate the number of students when the school was opened.
14. Rowena buys and sells clothes.
i) She buys a jacket for $40 and sells it for $45.40 .
Calculate the percentage profit.
............................................ % [3]
ii) She sells a dress for $42.60 after making a profit of 20% on the cost price.
Calculate the cost price.
$ ............................................... [3]
15. There were 3.08 x 105 passengers that made a journey in 2018.
This was a 12% decrease in the number of passengers that made this journey in 2017.
Find the number of passengers that made this journey in 2017.
Give your answer in standard form.
